1、Read the following passage and fill in blanks using terms from Task 1. 窗體頂端Experts have forecast the most influential technological applications in the next decades. They include and animals, technology treatment, making medicine according to a patient's , man-made muscle and tissues, , memory-e

2、nhancing drugs, chips inserted into the brain, medical robots, etc. Those technologies are all concerned with biotechnology.     Your answer Correct answer   (1) 啦啦啦 GM crops   (2) stem cell   (3) genetic map   (4) cloning 窗體底端1-5BCDAC1. What is the passage mainly about

3、? (A) Risks involved in stem cell research. (B) Benefits from stem cell research. (C) Advantages of genetic engineering. (D) The debate of the two parties on stem cell research.   2. Who is against stem cell research? (A) The Republican Party. (B) The Democratic Party. (C) The male speaker. (D)

4、 The female speaker.   3. What is special about a stem cell? (A) It can become another type of cell. (B) It can be obtained from another type of cell. (C) It can turn a brain cell into a kidney cell. (D) It can turn a kidney cell into a brain cell.   4. When can a stem cell become another

5、celltype? (A) When it divides. (B) When it combines with another stem cell. (C) When one takes a certain drug. (D) When one is in good health.   5. Why do some people oppose stem cellresearch? (A) They worry about legal problems. (B) They worry about social problems. (C) They want to reduce med

6、ical risks. (D) They don't want to interfere with nature.   窗體頂端Your answer Correct answer   (1) Research   (2) genes   (3) journal   (4) warn   (5) productivity   (6) grow   (7) survival   (8) Plant breeders have already used preliminary information

7、from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests   (9) The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops   (10) While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome

8、, the mapping of the human genes is also making headway 窗體底端CBDADYour answer Correct answer   (1) kitchens   (2) opposed   (3) labeled   (4) completely   (5) law   (6) no way   (7) GM ingredients   (8) choice   (9) Tougher   (10) any content   (

9、11) the public   (12) fear   (13) safer   (14) naturally   (15) cheap   (16) decide Your answer Correct answer   (1) biotechnology   (2) rejected   (3) special labels   (4) 73 percent to 27 percent / 73% to 27%   (5) a new type of tomato   (6) a

10、gainst   (7) save lives   (8) improve the human condition   (9) medicines   (10) conventional foods AABBA DBACCYour answer Correct answer   (1) trees   (2) native genes   (3) black   (4) onion   (5) taste   (6) poisonous   (7) tested   (8)

11、toxic   (9) fish   (10) popular   (11) bigger   (12) food   (13) normally   (14) larger   (15) threefold   (16) genes   (17) originally   (18) different   (19) risks   (20) laboratory (21) environment 1-5ACDBA ACDCB CDCABYour answer Correct

12、 answer   (1) downtown   (2) loan   (3) security   (4) agreed   (5) against   (6) underground   (7) settle   (8) That will be $5,000 in principal, and $20.30 in interest   (9) We're very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked

13、 out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled   (10) Where else in Manhattan can I park my car for two weeks for only $20.30 and expect it to be there when I return Your answer Correct answer   (1) trouble   (2) sales   (3) save   (4) backed   (5) salary   (6) priv

14、ate medical   (7) 100,000 pounds   (8) another   (9) money   (10) hire   (11) debt   (12) face the facts   (13) securing   (14) difficult   (15) contacts   (16) schoolboy excuse Your answer Correct answer   (1) environment   (2) economy

15、60; (3) minus   (4) enterprise's   (5) benefits   (6) demands   (7) balanced, sustainable   (8) generations CDDAB BABAAYour answer Correct answer   (1) marketing campaign   (2) huge challenge   (3) market   (4) football   (5) eight new teams 

16、0; (6) time-consuming   (7) the marketing and the organisation AAADCABCYour answer Correct answer   (1) future needs   (2) shares   (3) risk   (4) banks   (5) 30   (6) a half   (7) rate   (8) capital loss   (9) interchangeably   (10) savings DBC

17、CA ABBAAYour answersCorrect answers 1) 1) they must sort out their cash flow problem by selling a part of the business to investors. 2) 2) it's a realistic amount to take this manufacturing business forward. 3) 3) they must update their initial business plan 4) 4) it's ti

18、me to put on the suit and try to sell part of Cyclepods to an investor. 5) 5) so I'll have to. maybe get the heavies in or something. 6) 6) The most important thing James needs to do over the next two months is to raise cash 7) 7) Cyclepods can't do anything without an updated

19、 business plan. 8) 8) it's back to basics for a fun evening of number crunching and spread sheets, 9) 9) it's time for a professional and considered rehearsal to get his sales pitch just right. 10) 10) Presentation skills are going to be crucialABDBC CBDACHe has been following the roller coaster ride of his stock portfolio and it's driving him mad.Stocks are pretty hard to predict. So she has put her money into hedge funds.A hedge is a way of reducing risk. A hedge fund is a company that creates a stock portfolio that tries to balance the market ac