General English Level 5 GELEV5 Unit 05 Topic 04.doc These two developments in gene technology, although meant for positive purposes, open a door to negative and therefore controversial uses. Cloning and GM foods have changed and will continue to change the way we live. Dictionary breakthrough inheritance procedure potential determine reproductive influence tissue Vocabulary controversial something that people argue about a lot organ transplant when doctors remove a diseased organ, for example a heart or liver, and give the patient a new heart or liver  READING 02 A decade of science breakthroughs - task 1. Read the questions. 2. Read the article again if you need to. 3. Choose the correct answer. 1. Genes are  a) a part of everything we do.  b) in all things.  c) in all living things.  d) in everything we eat. 2. Genes help to determine whether people will be  a) tall or short and rich or poor.  b) tall or short and slim or fat.  c) dark or fair and rich or poor.  d) dark or fair and happy or unhappy. 3. Two big breakthroughs in gene technology have been  a) cloning and organ transplants.  b) cloning and generally manufacturing food.  c) cloning and genetically modifying food.  d) cooking and genetically modifying food. 4. So far reproductive cloning has been  a) successful.  b) unsuccessful.  c) not very successful.  d) very successful. 174 QUESTLANGUAGE