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After more than 40 years of parallel development, the information and life

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问题     After more than 40 years of parallel development, the
information and life sciences--computing and biology--are
fusing into a single, powerful force that is the foundation for
the biotech century. Increasingly, the computer used to decode,             【S1】______.
manage and organize the vast amounts of genetic information                    
that will be raw resource of the new global economy.                              
    The biotech century promises great riches: genetically                    
engineered plants and animal to feed a hungry population; genetically       【S2】______.
derived sources of energy and fiber to build a renewable society;                    
wonder drugs and genetic therapies to produce healthier babies,                    
eliminate suffering and extended human lifespan. But a question will        【S3】______.
gaunt us: at what cost?                                                            
    The new genetic commerce raises more troubling issues than                    
any economic revolution in history. Will the artificial creation of cloned  【S4】______.
and transgenic animals mean the end of nature and substitution of a         【S5】______.
bio-industrial world? Will the mass release of thousands of genetically         
engineered life forms into the environment cause catastrophic pollution         
and reversible damage to the biosphere? What are the consequences of        【S6】______.
the world’s gene pool become patented intellectual property, controlled     【S7】______.
exclusively by a handful of corporations? What will it mean to live in a         
world where babies are genetically engineered in the womb, and that         【S8】______.
people are increasingly identified and stereotyped on the basis of their         
genotype?                                                                              
    The debate is not about the science but about how we apply them.        【S9】______.
Until now the debate has engaged a very broad group of molecular            【S10】______.
Biologists and government policy-makers, though the biotech
revolution affects us all. With the new technology flooding into our
lives, the moment has come for a much broader debate, one that involves
the whole society. [br] 【S1】
选项
答案 the computer ∧ used to→the computer is used to
解析 电脑被用于……。根据上下文应用被动语态。语态错误。
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