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Uptonow,somescientistshavesuggestedthatcloningexistingpeoplemightbeethically(伦理地)acceptableinsomecases.Onepossibilityisgeneratingreplacementforadyingrelative.Allsuchpossibilities,however,raisetheconcernthat

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Uptonow,somescientistshavesuggestedthatcloningexistingpeoplemightbeethically(伦理地)acceptableinsomecases.Onepossibilityisgeneratingreplacementforadyingrelative.Allsuchpossibilities,however,raisetheconcernthattheclonewouldbetreatedaslessthanacompleteindividual,becauseheorshewouldlikelysufferfromlimitationsandexpectationsbasedonthefamily'sknowledgeofthegenetic“twin”.Thoseexpectationsmightbefalse,becausehumanpersonalityisonlypartlydeterminedbygenes.Thecloneofanextrovert(性格外向的人)couldhaveaquitedifferentwayofbehavior.Clonesofathletes,moviestars,orscientistsmightwellchoosedifferentcareersbecauseofchanceeventsinearlylife.

Somepeoplehavealsopointedoutthatcouplesinwhichonememberisinfertile(不生育)mightchoosetomakeacopyofoneortheotherpartner.Butsocietyoughttobeconcernedthatacouplemightnottreatnaturallyachildwhoisacopyofjustoneofthem.Becauseothermethodsareavailableforthetreatmentofallknowntypesofinfertility,thetraditionalchoiceseemsmoreappropriate.Noneofthesuggestedusesofcloningformakingcopiesofexistingpeopleisethicallyacceptabletomywayofthinking,becausetheyarenotintheinterestsoftheresultingchild.ItshouldgowithoutsayingthatIamstronglyopposedtoallowingclonedhumanembryostodevelopsothattheycanbetissuedonors.

Inspiteofthis,itseemsclearthatcloningfromcultured(人工培育的)cellswillofferimportantmedicalopportunities.Predictionsaboutnewtechnologiesareoftenwrong;societalattitudeschange;unexpecteddevelopmentsoccur.Timewilltell.Butbiomedicalresearcherslookingintothepotentialofcloningnowhaveplentytodo.

36.Towardscloninganexistingperson,whatconcerndoestheauthorshow?

A.Theclonecreatedisunlikelytofulfillyourexpectations.

B.Theclonecreatedisethicallyunacceptable.

C.Theclonecreatedwillbemistreated.

D.Theclonecreatedwillhaveonedefectoranother.

37.Fromthetextweknowthataclonewill________.

A.bepartlysimilarinpersonalitytothepersonitiscreatedfrom

B.sharethesamecharacteristicswiththepersonitiscreatedfrom

C.ch

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