浙江大学英语语言与语言学2003(含答案)考研真题考研试题

浙江大学
二 OO 三年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题
考试科目：语言与语言学 编号：423
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PartⅠ Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Section A(10 points)
Here are the opinions of some visitors to the Scientific American website about cloning. Read the paragraphs
carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions that follow.
I have a cute little dog named Spot. She‟s really a great dog—extremely healthy and full of personality. But
she‟s getting old, and I‟ve thought a lot about getting her cloned before she dies, because she‟s not a breed, she‟s a
mutt, and I‟ll never be ale to find another dog like her. As a biology teacher and a religious person, I don‟t have
any problems with cloning. Identical twins are basically clones of each other. That doesn‟t make them copies of the
same individual; it just gives them the same genetic traits. I think that if out Heavenly Father had a problem with
cloning, he would never have allowed identical twins to become a reality. We just have to realize mat each
individual ( be I plant, animal or human) is a product of its body for that spirit was created. Even identical twins
aren‟t totally identical. They are individuals. So let‟s not ban this technology like a bunch of book=burning Nazis.
There is no sense in banning something with so much potential because we‟re afraid of clone maniacs.
Ray Bradley, Rivers Junction Mich.
Cloning technology is here, for better or for worse, and it won‟t be gotten rid of. I fear that somewhere down
the road, the wrong people with the wrong agenda will do what we all fear. If we ban the use of this technology
now, we will not be prepared to deal with this eventuality. Knowledge is power. If we utilize this technology and
become familiar with it and set up international laws and guidelines for its utilization, however, we will be better
prepared for the misuses that will eventually plague us. Cloning is a tool and, as such, is good or bad according
into this new frontier.
Connie McManus, Nibley Utah
I do not, quite frankly, understand all the fuss over the ethics of cloning humans—or livestock, for that
matter. How is cloning humans fundamentally different, ethically, from in vitro fertilization? It‟s not as if we could
start growing clones to keep a handy supply of compatible body parts incase the need for a transplant arises. The
same laws, rights and freedoms would apply to a clone as would apply to anyone else. As for livestock, the thought
of vast herds of genetically identical animas brings to mind the vast orchards of genetically identical apple trees
over the mountains from me in eastern Washington. True, the risk is that any disease or parasite that infects one
member of the herd (or one tree in the orchard ) will infect them all, and the farmer could be financially wiped out
in one fell swoop. It may be unwise to put all one‟s eggs in one genetic basket; that‟s a choice each farmer must
make. But is it unethical? Hardly.
Kevin Mounts, Seattle Wash.
I have mixed feelings on cloning. The medical technology that may arise from such an event is immense, but
the many ethical issues point to stopping before we go any further. Yet I don‟t believe we should stop, but we must
proceed with caution. We have now reached a point in our intelligence where we may be able to control the natural
selection process of this earth; I feel this would be wrong. As a race we have already managed to find new ways to
destroy life, so before we create new life unnaturally, let‟s find ways to save what this plant already holds.
MichaelA. Healy, Seattle Wash
I am both excited and disturbed by the latest discoveries in cloning. The thought of reproducing life forms
opens an enormous ethical dilemma, which, though not readily applicable to humans, needs to be addressed.
Should we be able to conceive “ourselves” someday? Could we bring back our lost loved ones and watch them