【2020抗击疫情热点】做中考英语阅读理解03：中国首只克隆猫“大蒜”（含解析 原文翻译）

1、知识像烛光，能照亮一个人，也能照亮无数的人。-培根【2020抗击疫情热点】做中考英语阅读理解03：阅读理解：中国首只克隆猫“大蒜” 英语原文：a company in beijing announced that it had successfully bred(繁殖) chinas first cloned(克隆) cat, reports china science and technology daily. the kitten named garlic(大蒜) was born on july 21, 2019, in a laboratory(实验室) of the biotechn

2、ology company sinogene. it was born from an embryo(胚胎) carried by a surrogate(代孕) mother, said wang jidong, the ceo of sinogene.garlic has been verified（证实的） as a cloned cat by a third-party verification organization, and is currently in a good condition.the birth of the kitten is the result of a cl

3、oning program that began last august. chen dayuan, a researcher from the institute of zoology at the chinese academy of sciences, said the technology developed by the company has a high success rate: one cloned kitten from four implanted surrogates.its rare(罕见的) for cats to be successfully cloned, s

4、aid shi zhensheng, a professor from the veterinary medicine college at china agricultural university. cats have unique reproductive characteristics, which make them difficult to clone. the success of sinogene marks a step forward in chinas cloning research sector.the cloning technology used to creat

5、e garlic will help china to build a genetic library of endangered species (物种), with the goal of breeding species under threat of extinction.试题：1. how old is the cloned cat garlic now? a. less than one year old. b. one year old. c. two years old. d. three years old.2. the underlined expression of “i

6、n a good condition” could be replaced by _. a. happy b. healthy c. beautiful d. expensive3. which of the following statements is correct?a. sinogene is a biotechnology company in beijing.b. the cloning program began in july, 2019.c. its common to clone cats successfully because they are easy to clon

7、e.d. the success of cloning garlic might help china save endangered plants.4. which section of newspaper is the passage probably from? a. people b. science c. culture d. travel参考答案：1-4.abab解析：1 a 根据第二段“the kitten named garlic(大蒜) was born on july 21, 2019, in a laboratory(实验室) of the biotechnology c

8、ompany sinogene”，可知“这只名叫大蒜（大蒜）的小猫于2019年7月21日出生于中新生物科技公司的实验室”。故“大蒜”目前还不到一周岁，选a. less than one year old.2 b “in a good condition”，状态良好。a. happy高兴， b. healthy健康， c. beautiful漂亮， d. expensive昂贵的，根据句意可知，应选b healthy3 a 细节题。a、 sinogene是北京的一家生物科技公司。根据第一段“a company in beijing announced that it had successful

9、ly bred(繁殖) chinas first cloned(克隆) cat, reports china science and technology daily.”据中国科技报报道，北京一家公司宣布成功培育出中国第一只克隆猫。可知a选项正确。b、 克隆计划始于2019年7月。根据第三段“the birth of the kitten is the result of a cloning program that began last august. 这只小猫的出生是去年8月（2018年8月）开始的克隆计划的结果。”可知b选项错误。c、 成功克隆猫很常见，因为它们很容易克隆。根据第四段“c

10、ats have unique reproductive characteristics, which make them difficult to clone.猫有独特的繁殖特性，这使得它们很难克隆。”可知c选项错误。d、 克隆大蒜的成功可能有助于中国拯救濒危植物。根据第五段“the cloning technology used to create garlic will help china to build a genetic library of endangered species (物种), 利用克隆技术培育大蒜，将有助于中国建立濒危物种遗传文库”，可知d选项错误。故本题选a4

11、b 这篇文章可能来自哪一份报纸？，根据文章大意，可知选b science科学中英对译：a company in beijing announced that it had successfully bred(繁殖) chinas first cloned(克隆) cat, reports china science and technology daily.据中国科技报报道，北京一家公司宣布成功培育出中国第一只克隆猫。the kitten named garlic(大蒜) was born on july 21, 2019, in a laboratory(实验室) of the biotec

12、hnology company sinogene. it was born from an embryo(胚胎) carried by a surrogate(代孕) mother, said wang jidong, the ceo of sinogene.garlic has been verified（证实的） as a cloned cat by a third-party verification organization, and is currently in a good condition.“这只名叫大蒜（大蒜）的小猫于2019年7月21日出生于中新生物科技公司的实验室。“它

13、是由一个代孕妈妈携带的胚胎出生的，”中新网ceo王继东说，“大蒜已经被第三方鉴定机构鉴定为克隆猫，目前状况良好。”the birth of the kitten is the result of a cloning program that began last august. chen dayuan, a researcher from the institute of zoology at the chinese academy of sciences, said the technology developed by the company has a high success rate

14、: one cloned kitten from four implanted surrogates.这只小猫的出生是去年8月开始的克隆计划的结果。中国科学院动物研究所研究员陈大元表示，该公司研发的技术成功率很高：从4个植入的代孕妈妈中克隆出1只小猫。its rare(罕见的) for cats to be successfully cloned, said shi zhensheng, a professor from the veterinary medicine college at china agricultural university. cats have unique reproductive characteristics, which make them difficult to clone. the success of sinogene marks a step forward in chinas cloning research sector.中国农业大学兽医学院教授石振生说，成功克隆猫是很罕见的。猫有独特的繁殖特性，这使得它们很难克隆。中国基因的成功标志着中国克隆研究