2014年职称英语考试综合类阅读理解练习题及答案(9)
<p> <span word="Major">Major</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="pursuit">pursuit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="applications">applications</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="biology">biology</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="dream">dream</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="placing">placing</span> <span word="enzymes">enzymes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="automobile">automobile</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="monitor">monitor</span> <span word="exhaust">exhaust</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="microprocessor">microprocessor</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="adjust">adjust</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="engine">engine</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="metal">metal</span>-<span word="hungry">hungry</span> <span word="microbes">microbes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="valuable">valuable</span> <span word="trace">trace</span> <span word="metal">metal</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="water">water</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="demanded">demanded</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="patent">patent</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="lifeforms">lifeforms</span>.</p><p> <span word="Nervous">Nervous</span> <span word="critics">critics</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span>, <span word="worry">worry</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span>, <span word="national">national</span>, <span word="international">international</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inter">inter</span>-<span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="rivalry">rivalry</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="biotechnological">biotechnological</span> <span word="field">field</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="images">images</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="spills">spills</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="microbe">microbe</span> <span word="spills">spills</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="destroy">destroy</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="populations">populations</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="creation">creation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accidental">accidental</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extremely">extremely</span> <span word="poisonous">poisonous</span> <span word="microbes">microbes</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="alarm">alarm</span>. <span word="Completely">Completely</span> <span word="rational">rational</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="respectable">respectable</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="talking">talking</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="possibilities">possibilities</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="stagger">stagger</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span>.</p><p> <span word="Should">Should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="breed">breed</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cow">cow</span>-<span word="with">with</span> <span word="stomachs">stomachs</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="digest">digest</span> <span word="grass">grass</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hay">hay</span>, <span word="thereby">thereby</span> <span word="relieving">relieving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="modifying">modifying</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="chain">chain</span>? <span word="Should">Should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="biologically">biologically</span> <span word="alter">alter</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fit">fit</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="requirement">requirement</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="creating">creating</span> <span word="pilots">pilots</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="faster">faster</span> <span word="reaction">reaction</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="assembly">assembly</span>-<span word="line">line</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="monotonous">monotonous</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span>? <span word="Should">Should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eliminate">eliminate</span> <span word="inferior">inferior</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="breed">breed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="super">super</span>-<span word="race">race</span>? <span word="Should">Should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span>? <span word="Should">Should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="forecasting">forecasting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="eliminate">eliminate</span> <span word="unfit">unfit</span> <span word="babies">babies</span>? <span word="Should">Should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="reserve">reserve</span> <span word="organs">organs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ourselves">ourselves</span>, <span word="each">each</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="having">having</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="were">were</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="savings">savings</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="kidney">kidney</span>, <span word="livers">livers</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="hands">hands</span>?</p>
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