职称英语理工AB类阅读理解精选练习题(4)

　　The Gene Industry 　　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. 　　Wild as these notions may sound, every one has its advocates in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. 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. 　　A) using metal-hungry microbes . 　　C) adjusting the engine. 　　According to the passage, which of the following would worry the critics the most? 　　B) The creation of biological solar cells. 　　D) The unexpected release of destructive microbes. 　　A) Developing a savings bank of ones organs. 　　C) Producing people with cow-like stomachs. 　　According to the passage, Hitler attempted to 　　B) develop genetic farming for food supply. 　　D) encourage the development of genetic weapons for the war. 　　A) The commercial applications of genetic engineering are inevitable. 　　C) Americans are proud of their countries for biological progress. 　　1.B。该题问根据文章来看，汽车发动机的尾气可能被什么检测到?。我们可以先看看备选答案，这是因为这个问题较接近生活，所以可能可以直接借助常识进行推理判断。A说用渴望吃金属的微生物，B说使用酶， C说调整发动机， D说给予新的生命形式专利权。不难从常识判断C和D都不正确。再借助原文，利用答案线索词exhaust of a car engine检测，不难在第1段的第2句中发现答案相关句。 该句说他们梦想把酶放入汽车中去监控尾气并且向微机传送污染数据...，依据此可判断B是正确的答案。批评家 和worryp 　　3.D.该题问下面哪个术语没有被提到?。因为第2题的答案在第2段，所以对于第3题我们从第3段开始看。对比备选答案项我们不难发现C在该段的段首句;该段的倒数第3句中有B;而该段的最后一句中含有A，所以D没有在原文中被提到。西特勒是专有名词，容易在文章中查找，所以我们选定该词为答案线索词 　　5.A.该题问Jeremy Rifkin和 Ted Howard的话暗示了什么?。