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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 morn-【M1】_____
lng. The die was cast long ago,
from the moment when the parental sperm and egg first                                【M2】_____
integrate. The resulting package of chromosomes
has programmed every step of your life. So sit                                       【M3】_____
back, relax and leave the driving with someone else.
But one problem remains: this new world order                                        【M4】_____
is at sharp odd with an older theism,
that blame can and must be assigned in every human transac-                          【M5】_____
tion. We have built a vast judicial-industrial complex that offers lawsuits for every need, satisfying
various urges like the wish for fairness or revenge,
for getting rich quick or simply getting your due.                                   【M6】_____
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 because you didn’t eat,    【M8】_____
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 or miserable or both, it’s your own darned                        【M9】_____
fault. No wonder we fled. The transition from the chaotic, barking family feud character of lawsuitsto the sleek silence of a future devotes to
cloning and splicing genes surely derives from something                             【M10】_____
larger than scientific opportunity or our fascination with"Star Trek. "
【M5】
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答案odd改成odds
解析 odd和odds是两个，前者指的是“奇数的、奇怪的”，后者在此指“差别”。
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