Module5CloningPeriodOneWarmup&Reading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1.Themonsterbegantohatehiscreatorbecause________.A.hefeltlonelyandunhappyB.hiscreatorgavehimanuglyfaceC.hiscreatorrefusedtocreateawifeforhimD.hewantedtobecomeclever2.Bywhichdoweknowthecreatureisintelligentandhashumanemotions?A.Thecreaturelovedandrespectedhiscreator—Frankenstein.B.Thecreatureismorecreativethanhiscreator—Frankenstein.C.HewantedFrankensteintocreateawifeforhimandhatedhimbecauseofhisrefusal.D.Thecreatureknowshowtoendhisownlife.3.WhenFrankensteinmanagedtogivethecreaturelife,hewas________.A.proudofhimselfB.excitedC.sadD.disgusted4.WhatdidFrankensteinregret?A.Heregrettedthathehadnotmadethecreaturebeautiful.B.Heregrettedthathehadcreatedthecreature.C.Heregrettedthathehadtakenthecreaturehome.D.Heregrettedthathehadletthecreatureseehiswife.5.WhydidFrankensteinhavedreams?A.Becausehewastoohappytoseethecreaturefulloflife.B.Becausehewastooterrifiedofthehorriblecreature.C.Becausehewishedforanewandcreativelife.D.Becausehewasafraidthatthecreaturewouldmurderhim.Ⅱ.课文缩写Frankenstein,ayoungscientist,discoversthe1.________ofhowtogivelifetolifelessmattersand2.________acreaturethat3.________ahumanbeing.Unfortunately,thecreaturemakesthepeoplearound4.________;moreover,heis5.________andhashuman6.________.WhenFrankensteinrefusestocreatea7.________forhim,hehatesFrankenstein,and8.________hisbrotherandwife.Inorderto9.________thecreature,Frankenstein10.________himtotheArctic,wherehediesandthemonsterdisappearsintotheiceandsnow.Ⅲ.介、副词填空1.Feelingveryanxious,Ipreparedtheequipmentthatwouldgivelife________thethingthatlayatmyfeet.2.Itwasalreadyoneinthemorningandtherainfell________thewindow.3.Mycandlewasalmostburnt________when,______itstinylight,Isawtheyelloweyeofthecreatureopen.4.Butthesethingscontrastedhorribly________hisyelloweyes,hiswrinkledyellowskinandblacklips.5.AtlastIthrewmyself________thebedinmyclothes,tryingtofindafewmomentsofsleep.能力提升阅读理解AI’msuremanyofyouhaveseenStarWars,JurassicPark,Multiplicity,ormanyoftheothermoviesthatdescribecloning.Mostofwhatyouseeinthesemoviesisfalse.Whatyoudon’tknowisthatcloningcouldbedangerous,tothecloneandtooursocietyasawhole.It’simmoraltohaveahumanclone.Whataboutidentity?Humansarepromisedtherighttotheirownpersonality.Whatwouldhappenifweignorethoserightsbygivingthemsomeoneelse’sgeneticidentity?True,personalityisnotfixedingeneticfaultofthecloned.Also,thereisalargepowerstrugglehere.Cloningmeansadegreeofpowerandcontroloveranotherperson’sphysicalidentityandthatignorestheirrightsandtheironlypersonality.Thepersondoingthecloningwouldhavemorepowerthananyparentwouldhave.Cloningwouldalsodealwithkillingembryons(胚胎).Youmightnothaveknown,butDolly,thesheepthatwasclonedin1996,wasoneofover200sheepembryosandherswastheonlyembryothatsurvived.Therestdiedorwerethrownaway.Imagineifthefailureratewasthathighwhenwestartedtoclonehumans.Morethan200embryos,thestartof200humanbeings,woulddieforthesakeofjustoneembryothatwouldhavethesameDNAassomeoneelse.Cloningsomeone,atthispresenttime,wouldbeextremelydangeroustothebirthmotherandtheclone.Instudiesdoneoncows,4outof12birthmothersdied.Thereisaveryhighfailurerate,whichisshowedinthecloningofDolly.Evenifyouhadafewgoodembryos,failureshavebeennoticeableinanimaltests.So,shouldweworkaheadintheworldof...