不可逆作用（irresistible effect）
Lots of creatures already reproduce without sex. Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, in 1978, (1) of human beings (2) in laboratory glassware rather than in bed.
If human cloning becomes possible—and since the birth of a sheep called Dolly, (3) doubt that it will be feasible to clone a person by 2025—even the link between sex organs and reproduction (4) . You will then be able to take a cutting from your body and grow a new person, (5) you were a willow tree.
(6) , we have already divorced sex from reproduction. In the 1960s, the contraceptive pill freed women to enjoy sex for its own sake. (7) , greater tolerance of homosexuality signaled society’s acceptance of nonreproductive sex of another sort. These changes are only continuations of a (8) that started perhaps a million years ago.
Human beings (9) the interest in infertile, social sex with a few other species: dolphins, apes and some birds. But (10) sex is too good for human beings to (11) , more and more people will abandon it as a (12) of reproduction.
In the modern world, you can (13) have sex and parenthood without suffering the bit (14) . Some Hollywood actresses (15) the urge for mothering by electing to adopt children (16) spoil their figures (as they see it) by childbearing. For people as beautiful as this, the temptation to (17) a clone (reared in a surrogate womb) could one day be (18) .
However, human cloning and designer babies are probably not (19) . Even assuming that the procedures are judged safe and efficient in farm animals, still a long way off, they will be heavily (20) , if not banned, by many governments for human beings.
Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.18（）
A:resistible B:irresistible C:resistless D:resistant
Gambling is {{U}}lawful{{/U}} in this state.
A:legal B:irresistible C:enjoyable D:profitable
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Homosexuals (同性恋)
? ?Many
homosexuals prefer to be called gay or, for woman, lesbian. Most of them live
quiet lives just {{U}}?(51) ?{{/U}} anyone else. Some gay people have
always raised children, {{U}}?(52) ?{{/U}} or with partners, and the use
of artificial insemination (人工受精) is increasing among lesbians.
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?Gay persons are in every kind of job. Some are very open about their
homosexuality, and some are more private. Some {{U}}?(53) ?{{/U}} their
sexual orientation as a biological given and others as a choice. For those women
who see it as a choice, one reason often given is the inequality in most
heterosexual (异性恋的) relationships.
? ?Homosexuality has been common
in most cultures throughout history and generally {{U}}?(54) ?{{/U}}. As a
result, homosexual activity became a crime, {{U}}?(55) ?{{/U}} which the
penalty in early courts was death. Homosexual behavior is still {{U}}?(56)
?{{/U}} in many countries and the United States.
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?Homosexuality later came to be viewed widely as less a sin than a
sickness, but now no mental health professional (具有从业资格的人) any longer
{{U}}?(57) ?{{/U}} homosexuality an illness. More recent theories to
{{U}}?(58) ?{{/U}} for homosexuality have included those based on
biological and sociological factors. Today, {{U}}?(59) ?{{/U}} , there is
no conclusive general theory that can explain the cause of
homosexuality.
? ?Attitudes {{U}}?(60) ?{{/U}} homosexuality
began to change in the second half of the 20th century. Gays attribute this, in
part, to their own struggle for their rights and pride in their orientation.
Some large companies now {{U}}?(61) ?{{/U}} health-care benefits to the
life partners of their gay employees. Many cities also have officially appointed
lesbian and gay advisory (咨询) committees.
? ?{{U}} ?(62)
?{{/U}}some attitudes have changed, however, prejudice (偏见) still exists, and
in the late 1980s and early 1990s there were considerable shouts against
homosexuals, ?with attempt to {{U}}?(63) ?{{/U}}laws forbidding the
granting of basic civil rights to gays.
? ?The AIDS epidemic, which
started in the 1980s, has devastated(毁坏)the gay community and brought it
together as never before, The organized gay response to the lack of government
financial support for fighting AIDS and to the needs of the thousands of AIDS
victim. {{U}}?(64) ?{{/U}} they be gays or not, has been a model of
community action. AIDS, however, has also {{U}}?(65) ?{{/U}} people with
another reason for their prejudice. |
A:legal B:illegal C:resistible D:irresistible
Gambling is {{U}}lawful{{/U}} in Nevada.
A:legal B:irresistible C:enjoyable D:profitable
Gambling is lawful in Nevad
A:a. legal irresistible enjoyable profitable
Gambling is {{U}}lawful{{/U}} in Nevada.
A:legal B:irresistible C:enjoyable D:profitable
Gambling is {{U}}lawful{{/U}} in Nevada.
A:legal B:irresistible C:enjoyable D:profitable
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