國中英語基測出現過 funny 的考題。

I saw this picture in this week’s Time magazine. A photographer named Gregory Heisler sent the picture to Time. The boys in the picture are all wearing different clothes, but they all share the same face. They do not just look like each other. In fact, they are the same person. Heisler ‘madethis funny picture on the computer. But in the future, with the science ofcloning’ (copying living things), a picture like this one may not just be a computer trick.

The idea of cloning began a long time ago. It became real when some animals like frogs were successfully cloned. At first, I didn’t care much about these studies. However, when some studies showed that evenpeoplecould be cloned, I felt the studies had gone too far.

I don’t know much about science, but I do know I would hate to live on a planet full of copies of me. I found myself scared by the smiles of the copied boys when I looked at the picture again. To me, a world of cloned people is a world where the rules of nature are broken, which may bring a lot of problems we’ve never thought of.

magazine 雜誌
photographer 攝影師
1.
What is the writer trying to say?
A world of people with the same face is terrible.
Good simple things bring us the same joy.
People will share the same health problems some day.
Science and art can both help us look better.
2.
Which is said about cloning?
It has been talked about for a long time.
Most people do not think it is a good idea.
Many rules have been made for its use.
It will make our living space smaller.
3.
Which is said about the picture?
It is an example of computer tricks.
It first appeared in Gregory Heisler’s picture book.
It was taken of Gregory Heisler’s family.
The parents in it are in fact worried about their children.