Uptonow,somescientistshavesuggestedthatcloningexistingpeoplemightbeethically(伦理地)acceptableinsomecases.Onepossibilityisgeneratingreplacementforadyingrelative.Allsuchpossibilities,however,raisetheconcernthattheclonewouldbetreatedaslessthanacompleteindividual,becauseheorshewouldlikelysufferfromlimitationsandexpectationsbasedonthefamily'sknowledgeofthegenetic“twin”.Thoseexpectationsmightbefalse,becausehumanpersonalityisonlypartlydeterminedbygenes.Thecloneofanextrovert(性格外向的人)couldhaveaquitedifferentwayofbehavior.Clonesofathletes,moviestars,orscientistsmightwellchoosedifferentcareersbecauseofchanceeventsinearlylife.
Somepeoplehavealsopointedoutthatcouplesinwhichonememberisinfertile(不生育)mightchoosetomakeacopyofoneortheotherpartner.Butsocietyoughttobeconcernedthatacouplemightnottreatnaturallyachildwhoisacopyofjustoneofthem.Becauseothermethodsareavailableforthetreatmentofallknowntypesofinfertility,thetraditionalchoiceseemsmoreappropriate.Noneofthesuggestedusesofcloningformakingcopiesofexistingpeopleisethicallyacceptabletomywayofthinking,becausetheyarenotintheinterestsoftheresultingchild.ItshouldgowithoutsayingthatIamstronglyopposedtoallowingclonedhumanembryostodevelopsothattheycanbetissuedonors.
Inspiteofthis,itseemsclearthatcloningfromcultured(人工培育的)cellswillofferimportantmedicalopportunities.Predictionsaboutnewtechnologiesareoftenwrong;societalattitudeschange;unexpecteddevelopmentsoccur.Timewilltell.Butbiomedicalresearcherslookingintothepotentialofcloningnowhaveplentytodo.
36.Towardscloninganexistingperson,whatconcerndoestheauthorshow?
A.Theclonecreatedisunlikelytofulfillyourexpectations.
B.Theclonecreatedisethicallyunacceptable.
C.Theclonecreatedwillbemistreated.
D.Theclonecreatedwillhaveonedefectoranother.
37.Fromthetextweknowthataclonewill________.
A.bepartlysimilarinpersonalitytothepersonitiscreatedfrom
B.sharethesamecharacteristicswiththepersonitiscreatedfrom
C.ch