Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

24 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

13. What were the three main goals of the Human Genome Project?


14. What was the signiicance of the work of Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin?


15. What four technological advances made the Human Genome Project possible?


16. What is the signiicance of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act?

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EXERCISE

Reading for interpretation and inferenceDetermine the amount of support

the Human Genome Project received for each of the following statements from the

reading text.

1. “Emerging biotechnology companies were making headlines, and their stocks were
   soaring on Wall Street.”
   a. Great
   b. Moderate
   c. Very little


2. “In general, biologists agreed that the project could be accomplished, but not everyone
   believed that it should be done.”
   a. Great
   b. Moderate
   c. Very little