高中英语 Unit 2 Cloning Listening练习 新人教版选修8(1).doc

using languageis cloning cruel?xiao qing (xq) and rachel brown (rb) are discussing whether cloning is cruel to animals or not.listen again and fill in the blanks.rb: xiao qing, do you think clonings _?xq: what do you mean by that? the scientists are doing a _ job. soon they may be able to bring peoples favourite _ back to life!rb: yes, i know. but doesnt it seem cruel to you that it took _ experiments before dolly was _ cloned? think of all those live _ and eggs that died in order for dolly to be _. i dont approve of that!xq: but, rachel, be _. isnt it always like that with a _ science? this is the way people learn to do things _. rb: i suppose so but they also make the animals do such _ things. one poor cow was made to give birth to a bison. what was the poor creature to think _ it saw its baby?xq: i dont quite understand _ so many people are _ cloning. i think the scientists _ a bit of encouragement. think of the _. cloning may help medical science to produce cures for serious _.rb: yes, i know and i agree with that. its just that i dont agree with the _. xq: why not?rb: well, i think its a dead _. dolly the sheep was “middle-aged” when she was born _ her dna came from a middle-aged “mother”. _ your grandmother would mean a new baby started life as an _ lady!xq: really? i _ thought of that.rb: and it _ the species. cloning means that theres _ variety in the species. so the animals may not be able to _ a particular illness and they might _ out.xq: oh dear! and that was just what you and i were trying to _. in spite of all these, dont you think scientists would still be able to _ the problems?workbook-listeningis human cloning a good idea?wang qiao (wq) is talking to clare peters (cp) about human cloning.listen again and fill in the blanks.wq: what do you think about _ cloning, clare? cp: i dont know what to think. but i _ itll come one of these days. i think there are _ problems that nobody has thought of _.wq: what do you mean by that?cp: well, a clone will be an _ copy of the original donor. right?wq: yes, so _?cp: well, whats the _ between the clone and his original donor?wq: i suppose they must be _ one person. the clone is the _ as his original donor.cp: lets suppose that you take a baby to a laboratory to be _. does it matter if the laboratory _ you the real baby and one clone or two _?wq: yes, it does. but how could this _ happen?cp: well, the scientists may get _.wq: my goodness. surely they would _ if there is an age-gap between the _ and the clone?cp: maybe. what if the donor and the clone are very _ in age? let us suppose they are _ babies.wq: ok.cp: lets suppose that the laboratory wanted to use the _ baby to make more clones. perhaps they know parents _ would like to _ a cloned baby. perhaps this family is _ to have children of their own. so the laboratory keeps the real baby and _ the clones as they grow.wq: but thats a baby _! thats not moral at all!cp: i know, and thats why its _ to get our ideas sorted _ now. so we really have to _ about the problems of human cloning.wq: yes. now i _ your point. we should do something about this. how about a class _? what do you think? workbook-listening taska discussion about cloningbilly (b) and frank (f) are having a discussion about cloning pets.listen again and fill in the blanks.b: you know, frank, i _ with cloning. my mum has a pet _ and she is devoted to her. i think if anything _ to this pet she would be very _. so we want to keep my mother happy by keeping her pet _ forever!f: whats this all about? a little dog! surely you can make your mother happy _ in another way! does she know what people did before cloning was a _?b: yes, and she knows the cloning procedure. shes _ about the experiments in america. they offer _ for pets to produce their own stem cells. these stem cells will _ new pets at a very reasonable price.f: reasonable price! surely it will be very _.b: well, my mother is _ money to go to america with the dog just _ it dies. if she goes to the laboratory, well all _ a week in america. if were lucky, well be able to _ after a few months with a _ dog.f: now i understand. you just want a holiday _ to america, and getting a new dog is just an _.b: yes and why not?f: you are encouraging your mother to _ her dog, so she will want to clone it when it _ old. then you will take _ of that to have a good holiday. dont you think about the _ problems of cloning?b: no, i dont. its _ by me, if i can make my mother happy and enjoy _ as well. thats moral too!f: you know what they say about _ dogs in western countries. people keep dogs _ of having a real ba