大学英语（食品加工技术专业3+2专本贯通）
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Global Reading >> Part Division of the Text

Parts	Para(s)	Main Ideas
1	1~4	The writer relates under what circumstances the stem cell research company Stemagen was set up.
2	5~23	The writer gives an account of their research efforts toward the goal of creating lines of embryonic stem cells using a process known as therapeutic cloning.
3	24~27	The writer tells about his attitude towards criticisms against using embryos for scientific research.

Global Reading >> Further Understanding

I. For Part 1 True or False

1. When Hwang Woo-Suk reported his success in creating human embryonic stem cells by cloning, people felt they were cheated. (F)

(=When Hwang Woo-Suk reported his success in creating human embryonic stem cells by cloning, people felt very excited.)

2. A lot of diseases would be treated if human embryonic stem cells can really be created by cloning. (T)

3. Dr. Wood has a profound love for his mother. (T)

4. Dr. Wood decided to do something for his mother when she developed diabetes. (F)

(=Dr. Wood decided to do something for his mother at her funeral.)

5. The other founder of Stemagen, the stem research company, also lost his father to diabetes. (F)

(=The other founder of Stemagen, the stem research company, lost his father to ALS.)

6. As his mother had diabetes, Dr. Wood thought it was rather ordinary to see his mother lose her eyesight and most of her ability to walk. (F)

(=It was absolutely horrifying for Dr. Wood to see his mother lose her eyesight and most of her ability to walk.)

I. For Part 2

i. Table Completion

Reproductive cloning VS Therapeutic cloning

Types of Cloning	Purpose	Effects
Reproductive cloning	(=To create an exact copy of an animal or human that already exists or has existed)	The majority of reproductive clones are abnormal, with very high miscarriage rates, very high stillbirth rates, fetal anomalies, death soon after birth, etc.
Therapeutic cloning	To harvest embryonic stem cells for use in medical treatments	(=Therapeutic cloning does not involve any type of risk to human life and actually provides tremendous potential for the relief of suffering in human beings.)

ii. Multiple Choice

1. What are the researchers interested in? (=C)

A. Cloning genes.

B. Helping the sick.

C. Creating disease-specific and person-specific stem cell lines.

D. Putting a human face on cloning.

2. What is Dr. Wood referred to as? (=D)

A. The man to clone Dolly.

B. The first man to clone human embryonic stem cells.

C. The first man to cure diabetes.

D. The first man to “clone himself”.

3. What has led to the firestorm of controversy? (=A)

A. Humanizing cloning.

B. Providing a roadmap.

C. Serving the purpose of helping the patients.

D. A woman donating an egg.

4. Why were people skeptical about their achievement? (=C)

A. Because it’s impossible to clone blastocyst nowadays.

B. Because the cell had been destroyed.

C. Because some scientists cheated the public in the past.

D. Because the researchers couldn’t prove the embryos were clones.

II. For Part 3 Blank Filling

1. To Dr. Wood, it’s an honor to be condemned by the Vatican and President Bush in the same week.

2. Researchers in the embryonic stem cell field and their opponents usually have no dialogue.

3. To give an embryo all the rights of a human life doesn’t make sense to Dr. Wood.

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