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Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes in the autom
Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes in the autom
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2017-11-28
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Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes in the automobile to monitor exhaust and send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what the New York Times calls "metal-hungry microbes that might be used to mine valuable trace metals from ocean water." They have already demanded and won the right to patent new life forms.
Nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific rivalry in the entire biotechnological field. They create images not of oil spills, but of "microbe spills" that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and accidental release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and respectable scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger the imagination.
Should we breed people with cow-like stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby relieving the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction times or assembly-line workers designed to do our monotonous work for us? Should we attempt to eliminate "inferior" people and breed a "super-race"? (Hitler tried this, but without the genetic weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories.) Should we produce soldiers to do our fighting? Should we use genetic forecasting to pre-eliminate "unfit" babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a "savings bank" full of spare kidney, livers, or hands?
Wild as these notions may sound, everyone has its advocates (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial applications. As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God? "Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way as assembly lines, automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance becomes commercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created."
Which of the following notions is NOT mentioned?
选项
A、Developing a "savings bank" of one’s organs.
B、Breeding soldiers for a war.
C、Producing people with cow-like stomachs.
D、Using genetic forecasting to cure diseases.
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。第三段第一句提到,我们应该繁殖出胃像牛一样的人吗?由此句可知文中有提到[C]项。本段倒数第三句提到,我们应该繁殖出能够替我们去战斗的士兵吗?由此句可排除[B]项。本段最后一句提到,我们应该增加储备器官,每个人都有一个多余的肾、肺或手的“储蓄银行”吗?由此可知,文中有提及发育出器官(kidney,livers,or hands)的“储蓄银行”,故可排除[A]项。本段倒数第二句提到,我们应该运用基因预测来提前淘汰不健康的婴儿吗?[D]项中的用基因预测来治愈疾病与此句内容不符。
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