Tony: These days, the word “clone” has appeared very often in the newspapers. Do you know its meaning?

Lana: I read a report. It said that Dr. Ian Wilmut successfully cloned a lamb* named Dolly from a grown-up sheep. So people call him the “father” of Dolly.

Tony: In fact, the word “clone” means to produce the “same” animal by taking cells* from a

grown-up one. I think, if we know how to do cloning, we need only to keep a small number

of sheep, cows or horses.

Lana: What’s more, these days some people even want to clone humans. They have asked: Can we

clone ourselves?                                                       

Tony: It seems interesting. But do you think it possible to do that?

Lana: No, impossible! First, I think we cannot clone a dead person, because the cells in his body are dead already.

Tony: Then can we clone a living person?

Lana: Again no! You might clone yourself one after another, but it is only a copy, not a real you. It is only something, not a “human”.

Tony: Well, you mean that it is not a real human.

Lana: True enough! I think Dr. Wilmut would most like to make better animals, and it has nothing to do with human cloning.

小题1:The word “clone” means_________________.

复制  B 克隆 C 抄袭   D 制造

小题2:Dolly was the name of _______.

A. the father of a sheep  B. a famous scientist  

C. . a grown-up sheep    D a sheep that was cloned

小题3:Lana says Dr. Ian Wilmut is the “father” of Dolly. Here, she means __________.

Dr. Ian Wilmut was the first man to clone a sheep in his lab

Dr. Ian Wilmut gave Dolly a new life

Dr. Ian Wilmut took care of Dolly like a father

D.  Dr. Ian Wilmut has a daughter whose name is Dolly

小题4: From the conversation,          may be clone in our life.

A a tree   B a person   C  an elephant   D  an orange

小题5:According to the conversation, we know about         .

Scientists have successfully cloned humans. 

Dr. Wilmut likes to do human cloning.

C. Cloned animals are better than humans.  

D. Lana doesn’t think humans shouldn’t be cloned.