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【題目】An extinct mountain goat that was once common in the Pyrenees became the first animal to be brought back from extinction. Researchers used frozen DNA to produce a clone, but the newborn kid died within minutes of birth due to breathing difficulties.

The Pyrenean ibex is a type of mountain goat，which is believed to have died out completely in 2000. Before the death of the last known individual（a13-year-old female known as Celia）, biologists took cells from her skin and ears. An earlier cloning attempt to use the skin cells failed. But the latest attempt involved the creation of 439 cloned embryos. Of these cloned embryos, 57 were put into the female domestic goats, but only one goat gave birth and the newborn cloned kid died after seven minutes as a result of lung disease.

Researchers say that other cloned animals, including sheep, have been born with similar lung disease, but they say that overall the experiment was a major step forward in the effort to bring the ibex back to its mountain home. The leading researcher Jose Folch says, “the cloned kid was genetically like the ibex；in species such as the ibex，cloning is the only possibility to avoid its complete disappearance.”

The failure to produce a living clone from DNA that was frozen only a decade ago shows the difficulty researchers would face in trying to bring back species that have been extinct（滅絕的） for decades or centuries. Researchers have had the idea of bringing back the Tasmanian tiger, which went extinct in 1936. There are, however, other species that have been seriously suggested for cloning，such as the giant panda, the African bongo antelope, the Sumatran tiger and the pygmy hippo. Supporters believe cloning provides hope of keeping these endangered animals alive before they die out．

【1】What do we know about the cloned ibex?

A. It died of lung disease.

B. It was the first cloned animal in the world.

C. It lived for thirteen years.

D. It was born in 2000.

【2】Jose Foleh would agree that cloning ．

A. is not suitable and should be banned.

B. requires immediate attention.

C. should be carried out cautiously.

D. may help prevent animal extinction.

【3】We can conclude from the passage that ．

A. cloning has developed quickly in developed countries.

B. no more animals will die out in the future.

C. cloning makes it possible to preserve endangered species.

D. cloning seldom results in physical problems for animals.

【4】What’s the best title for this passage?

A、Great advancement in cloning goats.

B、Difficulties in saving extinct animals.

C、Public concerns about cloning.

D、Cloning brought back an extinct species for a while.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析:文章講述了克隆使得一個(gè)已經(jīng)滅絕的物種又生存下來的故事，雖然這個(gè)動(dòng)物不久之后死于肺病，但是克隆還是有可能幫助一些物種不滅絕。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文the newborn cloned kid died after seven minutes as a result of lung disease.可知cloned ibex因肺病死亡，故選A。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)cloning is the only possibility to avoid its complete disappearance可知克隆可避免種族滅絕，故選D。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文cloning is the only possibility to avoid its complete disappearance可知克隆使得瀕臨滅絕的物種可能不會(huì)滅絕，表達(dá)一種可能性，并不是確定性，故選C。

【4】D文章標(biāo)題題。文章講述了克隆使得一個(gè)已經(jīng)滅絕的物種又生存下來的故事，雖然這個(gè)動(dòng)物不久之后死于肺病，故選D。