High-Q | סימולציה 6

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סימולציה מס' 6

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12. A human gene was spliced into a bull’s genetic code while in an early embryonic stage, in the hope that milk produced by his female offspring would bear a human milk protein. (1) The human gene in its early embryonic stage was spliced from the genetic code of a bull with the hope of producing a female offspring that would carry a human milk protein. (2) A milk protein from the female offspring of a bull was spliced with human gene in the hope that it would produce milk while in an early embryonic stage. (3) While in an early embryonic age, a human gene was spliced into a bull’s genetic code for the purpose of producing human milk protein in its female offspring. (4) The genetic code of a female offspring of a bull was spliced with a human gene while in an early embryonic stage in the hope that it would produce a human milk protein.

Reading Comprehension This part consists of two passages, each followed by several related questions. For each question, choose the most appropriate answer based on the text .

Text I (Questions 13-17)

The span of time from about the beginning of the Christian Era to about the 17 th and 18 th centuries is considered the period of alchemy. The alchemists hoped that metals could be converted into gold with the aid of a mystical thing called a philosopher's stone, which they never found. Many discoveries of new elements and compounds were made during this period; but the alchemists discovered very little that was worthwhile concerning the 5 fundamental nature of matter or the true nature of chemical reactions. They were not able to do so because their basic theories were so far from describing what actually happens, as such occurrences have been interpreted in modern times. In the 13 th century such alchemists as Roger Bacon, Albertus Magnus, and Raymond Lully began to realize that the search for the philosopher's stone was useless. They began to 10 feel that alchemists might better search for ways and means to help the world's work with useful new products and new methods. In the 16th century, another important leader in the new trend appeared in Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, an aggressive, talented Swiss. Like many learned men of his day, he adopted a Latin name, using 'Paracelsus' (“superior to Celsus”, Celsus being a distinguished Roman physician of the 1 st century AD ). 15 Paracelsus insisted that the object of alchemy should be the cure of the sick rather than the fruitless search for gold. The elements, he said, were salt, sulfur, and mercury, and they would give health if present in the body in the proper proportions. On this basis he practiced medicine and attracted many followers. This was the period of iatrochemistry, or chemistry applied to the study of medicine. 20

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