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Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed unfortunately. Some
parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and
not the lost child. Here lies the_difficulty,_for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of
the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests,
would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would
develop quite differently. Is it fair to the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?
Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples
might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interests. But
because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance, conflicts would be sure to arise if the
cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no
interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success_also_depends_on_fortune. What if
the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of their parents simply because of bad luck?
Every child should be wanted for itself, as a person. In making a copy of oneself or some famous
person, a parent is purposely specifying the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years,
particularly in the U. S., much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in
ways that they wish. So I suggest there should be a greater need to consider the interests of the child and
to reject these suggested uses of cloning.
1. The underlined part "the difficulty" in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A. cloning a baby is difficult
B. it's difficult to give birth to a new baby
C. the dead child can't come back again
D. the cloned baby can't replace the lost child
2. According to the passage,one of the reasons why couples usually decide to clone babies is ________.
A. to bring back a child killed unfortunately
B. to exchange their children
C. to develop the same interests as their child
D. to succeed in making fortune
3. The sentence "Success also depends on fortune" implies that ________.
A. the result may be unpredictable
B. the child does not live up to the parents' hopes
C. the cloned child fails to develop the same interest as the original
D. the baseball player turns to acting
4. We CAN'T conclude that ________ according to the observation made by the author.
A. it's important to consider the interests of the child rather than the suggested uses of cloning
B. parents can't expect to get the lost child back by cloning a new baby
C. much importance should be placed on the right of parents to reproduce babies in ways that they wish
D. every child should be wanted as a unique individual
