AccordingtoanEnglishnewspaperscientistscouldbegincloninghumanembryosinBritainin2001.ItisunderstoodthatthegovernmenthasalreadyagreedtouseFrankenstein’stechnologybelievingthebenefitsaremoreimportantthanethical（伦理的）concerns.ResearchersthinkitwillbepossibletogrowbraintissuetocurethediseasesthatarelikelytogetworseastimepasseslikeAlzheimer’sandproduce“sparepart”organslikeheartsandkidneysfortransplant（移植）.

Ministersareawarethatthechangeinthelawwillbeascontroversialasthelawwhichlegalizedabortion(堕胎）morethan30yearsago.Somepoliticiansreactedangrilyarguingthatthegovernmenthadalreadymadeupitsmindwithoutdiscussion.Churchleadersandanti-abortioncampaignershavelongexpressedtheirhorrorattheplansarguingthateventheearliestembryosareformsofhumanlife.Theybelievethatgettinganembryofromcellsismorallyunacceptable.Anditwillalsocauseargumentsabouthowfarscientistsshouldinterferewithnatureandleadtoaccusationsthatthey are“playingGod”.

Thecloningofhumanembryostoprovidesparepartsisregardedbymostexpertstobethemostimportantstepforwardinthe21stcenturymedicine.ScientistssaytreatmentofdiseasessuchasAlzheimer’sandParkinson’swillbethefirstapplicationofcloning.TheabilitytocloneembryoswasfirstachievedbyscientistsinScotlandinthelate1990sandnowtheabilitytogrowstemcellsintotissuesandorgansisbeingdevelopedbyAmericanresearchers.Combiningthetwotechnologieswillmeananendtolongwaitsfororgansfromdonorsandproblemscausedbyrejection(排异反应）oftransplantedtissuesbythebody.

IanWilmutthemanwhoclonedDollythesheephaswarnedthatBritishexpertswillgotoAmericawheresuchworkislegalifthegovernmentdoesnotpermitit.

【小题1】Thegovernmenthasdecidedtoallowscientiststoclonehumanembryosbecausetheythinkthat____.

A．Frankenstein’stechnologyisadvancedB．ItsadvantagesaremoreimportantthanitsdisadvantagesC．DiseaseslikeAlzheimer’sareaseriousproblemintheircountryD．Theycanmakealotofmoneyfromit【小题2】Theunderlinedw