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选择性必修第四册
UNIT I SCIENCE FICTION
,对应答案P477
I.阅读理解
in human health and longevity.
While the prospect of self-replicating
(2023·包头一模)To persist,life must
biotechnology could spark concern,the researchers
reproduce.Scientists at the University of
said that the living machines were entirely contained
Vermont,Tufts University,and the Wyss
in a lab and easily destroyed,as they are
Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at
biodegradable and regulated by experts."There are
Harvard University have discovered an entirely
many things that are possible if we take advantage
new form of biological reproduction and applied
of this kind of plasticity(可塑性)and ability of cells
their discovery to create the first-ever,self-
to solve problems,"said Joshua Bongard,one of
replicating(自我复制的)living robots..
the lead researchers at the University of Vermont.
Named Xenobots after the African clawed
1.
Which of the following best explains
frog from which scientists take their stem cells,
“regenerative”underlined in Paragraph2?
the machines are less than 0.04 inches wide-
A.Fighting disease.
small enough to travel inside human bodies.
B.Replacing old cells.
They can walk and swim,survive for weeks
C.Self-cleaning regularly.
without food,and work together in groups.
D.Recovering and growing again.
2.What can we learn about Xenobots from
They even have regenerative capabilities;when
Paragraph 3?
the scientists sliced into one robot,it healed by
A.They can be widely applied to curing
itself and kept moving.
diseases.
The Xenobots could potentially be used
B.They can serve well the research on
towards a host of tasks.Xenobots could be used
human health.
to clean up radioactive waste and collect
C.They are specially designed to collect
microplastics in the oceans.Some Xenobots had
radioactive waste.
holes in their center,which could potentially be
D.They are harmless to the environment by
used to transport drugs or medicines.
degrading plastics
Traditional robots“degrade(降解)over t