UNIBEN English Language 2008/2009 Past Questions

Cloning creates serious issues of individuality. The cloned person may experience concerns about his or her distinctive identity, not only because the person will be in genotype (genetic make-up) and appearance identical to another human being, bit in this case, because he or she maybe also a twin to the person who is the 'father' or 'mother'. if one can still call them that. What be the psychic burdens of being the 'child' or 'parent' of your twin? The clone individual, moreover, will be saddled with a genotype that has already lived. He or she will not be fully a surprise to the world. People will likely always compare a clone's performance in life with that of the original. True, a cloned person's nurture and circumstances in life will different; genotype is not exactly destiny. Still one must also expect parental and other efforts to shape this new life after the original or at least to view the child with original vision always firmly in mind. why else will they clone from the star basketball player, mathematician and beauty queen or even dear old dad- in the first place? since the birth of dolly, there has been a fair amount of doublespeak on this matter of genetic identity. Experts have rushed in to reassure the public would in no way be the same person, or have any confusion about his or her identity; they are pleased to point out that the clone of film star Julia Roberts would not be Julia Roberts. fair enough. But one is short changing the truth by emphasising the additional importance of the environment, rearing and social setting: genotype obviously matters plenty. That, after all, is the only reason to clone, whether human beings or sheep. The odds that the clones of basket ball are, I submit , infinitely greater than they are for clones of jockey Willie shoemaker.

Cloning creates serious issues of individuality. The cloned person may experience concerns about his or her distinctive identity, not only because the person will be in genotype (genetic make-up) and appearance identical to another human being, bit in this case, because he or she maybe also a twin to the person who is the 'father' or 'mother'. if one can still call them that. What be the psychic burdens of being the 'child' or 'parent' of your twin? The clone individual, moreover, will be saddled with a genotype that has already lived. He or she will not be fully a surprise to the world. People will likely always compare a clone's performance in life with that of the original. True, a cloned person's nurture and circumstances in life will different; genotype is not exactly destiny. Still one must also expect parental and other efforts to shape this new life after the original or at least to view the child with original vision always firmly in mind. why else will they clone from the star basketball player, mathematician and beauty queen or even dear old dad- in the first place? since the birth of dolly, there has been a fair amount of doublespeak on this matter of genetic identity. Experts have rushed in to reassure the public would in no way be the same person, or have any confusion about his or her identity; they are pleased to point out that the clone of film star Julia Roberts would not be Julia Roberts. fair enough. But one is short changing the truth by emphasising the additional importance of the environment, rearing and social setting: genotype obviously matters plenty. That, after all, is the only reason to clone, whether human beings or sheep. The odds that the clones of basket ball are, I submit , infinitely greater than they are for clones of jockey Willie shoemaker.

Cloning creates serious issues of individuality. The cloned person may experience concerns about his or her distinctive identity, not only because the person will be in genotype (genetic make-up) and appearance identical to another human being, bit in this case, because he or she maybe also a twin to the person who is the 'father' or 'mother'. if one can still call them that. What be the psychic burdens of being the 'child' or 'parent' of your twin? The clone individual, moreover, will be saddled with a genotype that has already lived. He or she will not be fully a surprise to the world. People will likely always compare a clone's performance in life with that of the original. True, a cloned person's nurture and circumstances in life will different; genotype is not exactly destiny. Still one must also expect parental and other efforts to shape this new life after the original or at least to view the child with original vision always firmly in mind. why else will they clone from the star basketball player, mathematician and beauty queen or even dear old dad- in the first place? since the birth of dolly, there has been a fair amount of doublespeak on this matter of genetic identity. Experts have rushed in to reassure the public would in no way be the same person, or have any confusion about his or her identity; they are pleased to point out that the clone of film star Julia Roberts would not be Julia Roberts. fair enough. But one is short changing the truth by emphasising the additional importance of the environment, rearing and social setting: genotype obviously matters plenty. That, after all, is the only reason to clone, whether human beings or sheep. The odds that the clones of basket ball are, I submit , infinitely greater than they are for clones of jockey Willie shoemaker.

Cloning creates serious issues of individuality. The cloned person may experience concerns about his or her distinctive identity, not only because the person will be in genotype (genetic make-up) and appearance identical to another human being, bit in this case, because he or she maybe also a twin to the person who is the 'father' or 'mother'. if one can still call them that. What be the psychic burdens of being the 'child' or 'parent' of your twin? The clone individual, moreover, will be saddled with a genotype that has already lived. He or she will not be fully a surprise to the world. People will likely always compare a clone's performance in life with that of the original. True, a cloned person's nurture and circumstances in life will different; genotype is not exactly destiny. Still one must also expect parental and other efforts to shape this new life after the original or at least to view the child with original vision always firmly in mind. why else will they clone from the star basketball player, mathematician and beauty queen or even dear old dad- in the first place? since the birth of dolly, there has been a fair amount of doublespeak on this matter of genetic identity. Experts have rushed in to reassure the public would in no way be the same person, or have any confusion about his or her identity; they are pleased to point out that the clone of film star Julia Roberts would not be Julia Roberts. fair enough. But one is short changing the truth by emphasising the additional importance of the environment, rearing and social setting: genotype obviously matters plenty. That, after all, is the only reason to clone, whether human beings or sheep. The odds that the clones of basket ball are, I submit , infinitely greater than they are for clones of jockey Willie shoemaker.

Cloning creates serious issues of individuality. The cloned person may experience concerns about his or her distinctive identity, not only because the person will be in genotype (genetic make-up) and appearance identical to another human being, bit in this case, because he or she maybe also a twin to the person who is the 'father' or 'mother'. if one can still call them that. What be the psychic burdens of being the 'child' or 'parent' of your twin? The clone individual, moreover, will be saddled with a genotype that has already lived. He or she will not be fully a surprise to the world. People will likely always compare a clone's performance in life with that of the original. True, a cloned person's nurture and circumstances in life will different; genotype is not exactly destiny. Still one must also expect parental and other efforts to shape this new life after the original or at least to view the child with original vision always firmly in mind. why else will they clone from the star basketball player, mathematician and beauty queen or even dear old dad- in the first place? since the birth of dolly, there has been a fair amount of doublespeak on this matter of genetic identity. Experts have rushed in to reassure the public would in no way be the same person, or have any confusion about his or her identity; they are pleased to point out that the clone of film star Julia Roberts would not be Julia Roberts. fair enough. But one is short changing the truth by emphasising the additional importance of the environment, rearing and social setting: genotype obviously matters plenty. That, after all, is the only reason to clone, whether human beings or sheep. The odds that the clones of basket ball are, I submit , infinitely greater than they are for clones of jockey Willie shoemaker.

In questions 6 to 7, an idiom is underlined in each of the sentences, find under each sentence the group of words that give the nearest in meaning to the idiom

In questions 6 to 7, an idiom is underlined in each of the sentences, find under each sentence the group of words that give the nearest in meaning to the idiom

In questions 8 to 9, choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning off the sentence as a whole

In questions 8 to 9, choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning off the sentence as a whole

In questions 10 to 11, select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

In questions 10 to 11, select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

In the question 12 and 13, choose from the options given A-D, the one which is opposite in meaning to the word underlined in each of the following sentences

In the question 12 and 13, choose from the options given A-D, the one which is opposite in meaning to the word underlined in each of the following sentences

After each of the sentences in questions 14 and 15, is a list of possible interpretations. choose the best interpretation most appropriate for each sentence

After each of the sentences in questions 14 and 15, is a list of possible interpretations. choose the best interpretation most appropriate for each sentence