Passage 1
With only about 1,000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That's a move similar to what a Texas A&M University researcher has been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah's Ark.”
Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine a nd a pioneer in embryo(胚胎) transfer work and related procedures, says he salut es the Chinese effort and “I wish them all the best success possible. It's a wo rthwhile project, certainly not an easy one, and it's very much like what we're attempting here at Texas A&M—to save animals from extinction.”
Noah's Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos, semen(精子) and DNA of endang ered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should beco me extinct, Kraemer says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to r eintroduce the species in the future.
It is estimated that as many as 2,000 species of mammals, birds and reptiles w ill become extinct over the next 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.
This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells fr om a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are n ow trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.
The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.
“The nuclear transfer of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will p robably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy. It take s a long time and it's difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth t he effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Missyplicity Project at Texas A&M, the firstever attempt at cloning a dog.
“They are trying to do something that's never been done, and this is very sim ilar to our work in Noah's Ark. We're both trying to save animals that face exti nction. I certainly applaud their effort and there's a lot we can learn from wha t they are attempting to do. It's a research that is very much needed.”
61. The aim of “Noah's Ark” project is to .
A) implant embryo into a host animal
B) salute the Chinese efforts in saving pandas
C) save endangered animals from extinction
D) introduce cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese w hite rabbit
6 2How long will the Chinese pandacloning project take according to th e passage?
A) 1 Year.
B) 3 to 5 years.
C) 2 years.
D) 25 years.
63. The word “groundbreaking” (Paragraph 7) can be interpreted as [CD#3 ].
A) esentially new
B) pioneering
C) evolutionary
D) epochmaking
64. What could be the major problem in cloning pandas according to Profes sor Kraemer?
A) Lack of available panda eggs.
B) Lack of host animals.
C) Lack of qualified researchers.
D) Lack of funds.
65. The best title for the passage may be [CD#3].
A) China—the Native Place of Pandas Forever
B) China's Efforts to Clone Pandas
C) China's First Cloned Panda
D) Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas
Passage 1
生词助记
desperately adv.拚命地
undertake v.从事，进行
procedure n.程序
salute v.赞扬，颂扬
nitrogen n.氮
reptile n.爬行动物
extinct adj.灭绝的
a host animal 受体动物
难句释疑(见文中下划线句子)
【框架分析】 本句为主从复合句，if引导表示将来虚拟的非真实条件状语从句， 主句中says后为that宾语从句。
【难点直击】the basic building blocks基础的建设材料，指的其上句中的卵 子、胚胎、精子和DNA。
【参考译文】 如果某些物种灭绝了，Kraemer说这将会有足够的基础建设材料再 造这些物种。
答案精解
提纲挈领：本文为新闻报导类文章。第一段为全文导语。从第二段起具体介绍Duane Kraemer对中国科学家克隆大熊猫的做法的评价，并与美国科学家正在从事的“诺亚方舟”计划做了对比。文章最后一段表达了他们对中国同行所做的工作的高度评价，由此也向读者介绍了中国科学 家在克隆大熊猫这个项目上所做的努力。
61. C)。细节题。题意是：“诺亚方舟”项目的目的是什么。
迷途点津 A)把胚胎植入受体动物体内；B)赞扬中国连拯救大熊猫上付出的努力；C) 拯救濒危动物使其不敢于灭绝；D)把死去的雌性熊猫的细胞导入一只日本白鬼的卵细胞中。第三段第一、二句指出，“诺亚方舟”项目的目的在于收集濒临灭绝的动物的卵子、胚胎、精子和DNA，并且液体氮将它们储存起来。万一某些物种灭绝了，将会有足够的基
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