Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Answer key 217

2 The Human Genome Project: Writing the book of life

Questionnaire

1. b 4. b


2. b 5. b


3. a 6. c
   2·1 Suggested answers: DNA, chromosome, gene, trait, splice, split, genome, parent, ofspring, double helix,
   recombinant RNA
   2·2 Consult a dictionary for denitions.


4. allocation


5. denial


6. discrimination, discriminatory


7. emergence, emergent


8. interpretation, interpretive


9. revelation, revealing


10. revolution, revolutionary


11. speciication, speciic


12. transmission, transmissible


13. undertaking


14. elimination


15. enhancement


16. estimation


17. empiricism


18. ethics


19. fundament


20. potential


21. evident


22. —


23. —
    2·3 1. widespread 6. evidence


24. ethical 7. undertook


25. empirical 8. deinitive


26. potential 9. transmitted


27. eliminate 10. fundamental
    2·4 1. c 6. a


28. b 7. c


29. a 8. a


30. b 9. a


31. c 10. b
    2·5 1. c (n.) 6. b (n.)


32. f (v.) 7. e (adj.)


33. j (n.) 8. a (adj.)


34. i (v.) 9. h (n.)


35. g (v.) 10. d (n.)
    2·6 Paragraph 2: e Paragraph 9: l
    Paragraph 3: n Paragraph 10: f
    Paragraph 4: c Paragraph 11: a
    Paragraph 5: g Paragraph 12: m
    Paragraph 6: j Paragraph 13: d
    Paragraph 7: b Paragraph 14: k
    Paragraph 8: i