C] help scientists decode body instructions.

¡¡¡¡[D] involve employing surgical instruments.

¡¡¡¡22.The word ¡°rejuvenated¡± (Para. 5) most probably means

¡¡¡¡[A] modified. re-collected. [C] classified. [D] reactivated.

¡¡¡¡23.The research at the University of Wisconsin is mentioned to show

¡¡¡¡[A] the isolation of stem cells. the effects of gene therapies.

¡¡¡¡[C] the advantages of human cloning. [D] the limitations of tissue replacements.

¡¡¡¡24.Which of the following is true according to the text?

¡¡¡¡[A] The principle of gene therapy is applicable to that of cloning.

¡¡¡¡ The isolation of stem cells is too difficult to be feasible.

¡¡¡¡[C] It is reasonable for all body instructions to be activated.

¡¡¡¡[D] Cloned animals will eventually take control of the world.

¡¡¡¡25.Towards the genetic research, the author¡¯s attitude can best be said to be that of

¡¡¡¡[A] Frustration. Indifference. [C] Amazement. [D] Opposition.

¡¡¡¡Text 2

¡¡¡¡What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such consensus cannot be gained from society¡¯s present stage, or from fantasies about what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past, as Homer¡¯s epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize their societies.

¡¡¡¡Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming from a great variety of nations. Lately, it has been emphasized that an asocial, narcissistic personality has become characteristic of Americans, and that it is this type of personality that makes for the lack of wellª²being, because it prevents us from achieving consensus that would counteract a tendency to withdraw into private worlds. In this study of narcissism, Christopher Lash says that modern man, ¡°tortured by selfª²consciousness, turns to new therapies not to free himself of his personal worries but to find meaning and purpose in life, to find something to live for¡±. There is widespread distress because national morale has declined, and we have lost an earlier sense of national vision and purpose.

¡¡¡¡Contrary to rigid religions or political beliefs, as are found in totalitarian societies, our culture is one of the great individual differences, at least in principle and in theory; but this leads to disunity, even chaos. Americans believe in the value of diversity, but just because our is a society based on individual diversity, it needs consensus about some dominating ideas more than societies based on uniform origin of their

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