Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34.
Therapeutic cloning
Reproductive cloning involves implanting a cloned embryo into a uterus in the hope of producing a healthy foetus. A company called Clonaid claims to have successfully cloned thirteen human babies. They say that all of the babies are healthy and are in various location including Hong Kong, UK, Spain and Brazil. Clonaid states that they are using human cloning to assist infertile couples, homosexual couples and families who have lost a beloved relative.
The same technology can be used for animal cloning. If endangered species such as the giant panda and Sumatran tiger could be cloned, they could be saved from extinction. Livestock such as cows could also be cloned to allow farmers to reproduce cattle that produce the best meat and most milk. This could greatly help developing countries where cows produce significantly less meat and milk.
The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. reproductive cloning
B. the development of cloning technology
C. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
D. the first cloned dog
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Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Từ "it" trong đoạn 2 đề cập đến ______________.
A. sinh sản nhân bản B. sự phát triển của công nghệ nhân bản
C. đại học Khoa học và Công nghệ Hồng Kông D. con chó được nhân bản đầu tiên
Dẫn chứng: Professor Chow went on to explain that, “The development of the technology is a good thing in itself but how we monitor it and who we allow to use it will be of great importance”.
Đáp án: A
Dịch bài đọc:
Nhân bản điều trị
Ông King Chow, trợ lý giáo sư về công nghệ sinh học tại Đại học Khoa học và Công nghệ Hồng Kông hoan nghênh việc Hàn Quốc công bố con chó nhân bản đầu tiên trên thế giới, nhưng ông cũng cảnh báo rằng chúng ta cần phải bảo vệ việc nhân bản vô tính có khả năng sinh sản. Giáo sư Chow tiếp tục giải thích rằng, "Sự phát
triển của công nghệ này là một điều tốt đẹp, nhưng chúng tôi giám sát nó như thế nào và chúng tôi cho phép sử dụng nó như thế nào sẽ rất quan trọng".
Giáo sư Chow là một trong nhiều học giả cảm thấy rằng cần phải có một con đường rõ ràng giữa nhân bản sinh sản và nhân bản điều trị. Liệu pháp nhân bản bao gồm việc sử dụng tế bào gốc phôi để phát triển tế bào hoặc các cơ quan của con người có thể được sử dụng để chữa bệnh như bệnh Parkinson và bệnh tiểu đường. Những người ngồi trên xe lăn có thể đi lại được nhờ công nghệ này vì các nhà khoa học tin rằng họ có thể nhân bản các tế bào mới để chữa các vết thương ở lưng và cổ.
Sinh sản vô tính
Sinh sản nhân bản bao gồm cấy ghép phôi nhân tạo vô tính vào tử cung với hy vọng tạo ra một bào thai khỏe mạnh. Một công ty được gọi là Clonaid tuyên bố đã thành công trong việc nhân bản mười ba con người. Họ nói rằng tất cả các em bé đều khỏe mạnh và đang ở các vị trí khác nhau bao gồm Hồng Kông, Anh, Tây Ban Nha và Brazil. Clonaid nói rằng họ đang sử dụng nhân bản để giúp đỡ các cặp vợ chồng vô sinh, cặp vợ chồng đồng tính và gia đình đã mất đi người thân yêu.
Cùng một công nghệ có thể được sử dụng để nhân bản động vật. Nếu những loài nguy cấp như gấu trúc và hổ Sumatra có thể được nhân bản, chúng có thể được cứu thoát khỏi sự tuyệt diệt. Chăn nuôi gia súc như bò cũng có thể được nhân bản để cho phép người nông dân sản xuất ra gia súc sản xuất thịt và sữa tốt nhất. Điều này có thể giúp ích rất nhiều cho các nước đang phát triển nơi mà bò sản xuất ít thịt và sữa.
The ______ of toothpaste are located in the health and beauty section of the supermarket.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _________ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _________ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _________ the boss’s attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _________ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27) _________ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô 25
Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very ______ winter.
In today’s paper, it ______ that there will be a new government soon.
We've had to postpone ______ to France because the children are ill.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Many people who live near the ocean depend on it as a source of food, recreation, and to have economic opportunities.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The techniques of science and magic are quite different, but their basic aims – to understand and control nature, they are very similar.
His clothes are in a mess because he ______ the house all morning.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
My brother couldn’t speak a word. He could do that when he turned three.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The various parts of the body require so different surgical skills that many surgical specialties have developed.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
When the police arrived the thieves took to flight leaving all the stolen things behin
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _________ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _________ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _________ the boss’s attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _________ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27) _________ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô 24
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _________ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _________ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _________ the boss’s attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _________ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27) _________ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô 26
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _________ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _________ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _________ the boss’s attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _________ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27) _________ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
Điền vào ô 27
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We’re still hesitating about which school our son ought to go to.
