第八讲：阅读理解训练
第三篇The Gene1 Industry
Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology .They dream of placing nxymse（酶）in the automobile2 to monitor exhaust nad send data om pollution to a microprocessor3 that will then adjust the engine .they speak of what the New York Time callsmetal-hungry microbse （微生物）that might be used to mine valuable trace metals from ocean water.They have already demanded and won the right to patent new liteforms .
Nervous critics,including many scientists,worry that there if corporate,national,
international,and inter-scientific rivalry4 in the entire biotechnological field.They create images not of oil spills in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application.As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted9 Howard,state in their book Who Should Play God ? Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way sa as百度竞价推广bly lines ,automobiles10,vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance bmes commercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploitde and a market for the new technology will be created.
11. According to the passage, the new biology could potentially solve the pollution problem of automobiles by
A using metal-bungry microbes.
B making se of enzymes11.
C adjusting the engines.
D patenting new lifeforms .
12. According to the passage, which of the following would most probably worry the critics of the following would most probably worry the critics of the new biology?
A The microbes in the ocean warter.
B The creation and application of biological solar cells
C The accidental oil spills.
D The unexpected release of destructive micrbes.
13. Which of the following possibilities of the biotechnological applications is NOT mentioned in the third paragraph?
A Developing a savings bank of ones orangs.
B Breeding soldiers for a war .
C Producing people with cow-like stomachs.
D Using genetic forecasting to curt12 diseases.
14. According to the passage,Hitler had attempted to
A biologically change the pilots to win the war .
B develop genetic farming for increasing the food supply .
C kill the people he thought of as being inferior.
D encourage the development of genetic weapons for the war.
15. What is the implication of the sratement of Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard?
A The commercial applications of genetic engineering are inevitable13.
B Large-scale genetic engineering has occurred in the Untied14 States.
C Americans are proud of their computers,automobiles and genetic technologies.
D The potential application of each new genetic advance should be controlled.
