DNA TECHNOLOGY

Making identical copies of a gene is

called cloning.

• T

• F

Cloning and DNA technologies are

two separate fields of medical

study.

• T

• F

Human growth hormone is used to

help children who suffer from

dwarfism.

• T

• F

Pest-resistant plants have

been developed by using

vaccine technologies.

• T

• F

Insulin and growth hormones are

the result of DNA technology in

medicine.

• T

• F

Which of the following could be

another title for this passage?

• Sci-fi Medicine

• Vaccines that Changed the World

• DNA Technologies and Therapeutic

  Hormones

• Cloning the Perfect Human

• DNA Technologies and the Future of Medicine

The meaning of the word "reaction"

in this passage is ----.

• response

• feeling

• feedback

• reply

• answer

The word "critical" is

closest in meaning to ----.

• negative

• analytical

• important

• sarcastic

• not important

The author’s attitude towards

DNA technologies is ----.

• favouring

• disinterested

• negative

• worried

• positive

Which of the following most

accurately states the main idea of

the passage?

• Ideas that used to be in science fiction

  have now arrived in the medical world.

• DNA technologies such as cloning,

  vaccines and therapeutic hormones

  provide huge benefits to people.

• The medicines developed using DNA

  technologies are part of everyday life

  and people do not know it.

• Without DNA technologies we would have

  no vaccines and millions of lives would not

  have been saved.

• It is dangerous to use DNA technologies

  and to not be prepared for accidents.