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Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed tragically. Some parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and not the lost child. Here lies the difficulty, for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests, would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would develop quite differently. Is it fair for the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?
Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interest. But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance (基因遗传), conflicts would be sure to come up if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success also depends upon fortune. What if the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of the parents simply because of bad luck?
Every baby should be wanted for itself, as an individual. In making a copy of oneself or some famous person, a parent is carefully specifying (详细说明) the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years, particularly in the United States, much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. So I suggest there is a greater need to consider the interest of the child and to refuse these suggested uses of cloning.
【小题1】According to the author, in cloning a lost child parents ___________.

A．lose the talents of the lost child

B．expect too much from the copy

C．are sure to have an identical copy

D．are sure to have a baby of their dreams

【小题2】What, in the author’s opinion, affects the success of parents’ dreams?

A．The efforts of the parents.

B．The cloned child’s personality.

C．The cloned child’s interest in Einstein.

D．The cloned child’s natural talent.

【小题3】In the last paragraph, the author implies that ________.

A．the cloned child is viewed as independent

B．parents carefully protect the rights of the cloned child

C．parents are eager to wish the cloned child to be somebody.

D．the right of growing in his own way is taken away from the cloned child

答案：【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】D

试题分析：有人建议把克隆技术作为一种带回失去的孩子的途径。但是，父母必须认识到的是，通过克隆得到的孩子是一个全新的生命，他可能不具备原来的孩子所具有的天赋和爱好，也可能无法按照父母的期望成长。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段“for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one...having particular talents and interests”可知，对于失去孩子的父母来说，他们希望看到的是死去的孩子带着他原有的天赋、才能和爱好回到他们身边，而不是一个只有样貌相同的另一个孩子，说明，父母的期望近于苛刻，这对复制的孩子不公平，故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段“But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance, conflicts would be sure to come up if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original...Success also depends upon fortune.”可知，父母的期望能否实现，主要取决于克隆孩子的性格，因为性格只是部分地由遗传决定，另外还有运气的成分在里面，故选B。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据“a parent is carefully specifying (详细说明) the way he or she wishes that child to develop”可知，父亲或母亲希望克隆的孩子按照他们的愿望来成长和发展，根据“much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish”可知，最近，特别是在美国，人们强调克隆的孩子有权作为独立的个体并按照自己的愿望来发展自己，说明克隆孩子被他们的父亲或母亲剥夺了作为个体自由发展的权利，故选D。
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