Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

The Human Genome Project: Writing the book of life 27

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Paragraph 10—Main idea

Supporting details

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Next, skim each of the other paragraphs in the reading text and underline its main idea.

Finally, scan each of the paragraphs for supporting details and highlight them.

Critical thinking

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EXERCISE

Making evaluationsIndicate which of the following pursuits you think is

a beneit (+) of the Human Genome Project and which is a potential danger (−).

Give reasons to support your answers.

1. Developing customized drugs with fewer side efects


2. Designing your children's appearance


3. Treating and eliminating genetic diseases


4. Selecting or rejecting employees on the basis of their genetic information


5. Creating a race of superhumans


6. Providing employers and insurance companies with private and conidential
   information


7. Engineering new kinds of plants and animals


8. Informing patients of their susceptibility to potential diseases or health problems