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  3. In the Age of Genetics, you no longer have to try to cut out smoking or think twice about gobbling that candy bar in your desk d

In the Age of Genetics, you no longer have to try to cut out smoking or think twice about gobbling that candy bar in your desk d

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问题     In the Age of Genetics, you no longer have to try to cut out smoking or
think twice about gobbling that candy bar in your desk drawer.
And forget jogging in a cold                                         【M1】______
morning. The die was cast long ago, from the moment when the parental【M2】______
sperm and egg first integrate.
The resulting package of chromosomes has programmed                  【M3】______
every step of your life. So sit back,
relax and leave the driving with someone else. But                   【M4】______
one problem remains: this new world order is
at sharp odd with an older theism, that                              【M5】______
blame can and must be assigned in every human transaction. We have built a vast judicial industrial
complex that offers lawsuits for every need, satisfying various urges like the【M6】______
wish for fairness or revenge, for getting rich quick or simply getting your due. This
all blame all-the-time approach applies to much
more than determining culpability would a                            【M7】______
neighbor trip on your lawn and break an arm. It also says that people are responsible for
their own health- and illness. It is your error if you develop cancer or a heart attack【M8】______
because you didn’t eat, think or breathe right. You have allowed the corrosive effect of
unresolved anger or stress or poor self-esteem undermine your health.
So if you are sick                                                   【M9】______
or miserable or both, it’s your own darned fault. No wonder we fled. The transition from
the chaotic, barking family feud character of lawsuits to the sleek silence of a future
devotes to cloning and splicing genes surely derives
from something larger than scientific                                【M10】______
opportunity or our fascination with "Star Trek".
【M5】
选项
答案odd改成odds。
解析 odd和odds是两个不同意义的词，前者指的是“奇数的、奇怪的”，后者在此指“差别”。
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