Unit 3 课文语篇填空练习-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Unit 3 课文语篇填空 The future in in our genes Good afternoon,ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming to this lecture. Over the course of my career, I have seen many wonderful scientific developments, but none are as game-changing as genome editing. I am full of excitement about the possibilities this 1.________ (science) advance can bring and I hope to share my excitement with you today. As many of you may already know, genes play 2._______ critical role in 3. (shape) our lives. Everything from the colour of our eyes to our talent for maths 4. (depend) on genes. The complete set of genes inside a cell or a living being is called a genome. Our own 5. (person) genome carries all the information 6. ( need) to make us grow and develop. It also contains information 7.________ helps determine our lifespan and affects our chances of 8. (contract) certain diseases. Some people, for example, carry a gene that makes them more likely 9. ________ (catch) a certain virus or develop a particular form of cancer. Geneticists 10 (try) to identify which genes relate to which diseases, as they believe genome editing is an 11 (effect) means of disease 12.________ (treat) and prevention. It allows geneticists to make changes to the genome by correcting, adding, 13 (delete) or replacing specific parts of the genetic material. In the near future, geneticists hope to apply this technology 14. _____ treat a wide range of health problems. Soon we may be able to use such treatments to restore a blind 15 (person) vision or give someone 16. was born deaf an excellent sense of hearing. Ultimately, this new technology might even make17 possible to prevent diseases from ever developing by correcting 18 (normal) genes early on. Genome editing, 19. ________ (serve) as a new weapon in the fight against diseases, 20 (lead) to a fundamental change in our approach to health care. As the technology continues to de