.Butshe’d
ever
bee
abletoprogresstobecomea
EagleScout.
NowMorga
’sgoalistoreachthetopra
kofEagleScout.
Sheregularlyru
samiletobuildupherbody.Now,she’spla
i
go
campi
gi
thes
ow.
“Thejour
eytogetthereisreallyexciti
g,”shesaid.
Si
ceBoyScoutactivitiesareledbytheScoutsthemselves,Morga
,astheoldest
girl,willbeorga
izi
gactivitiesa
dteachi
gthegirlstotiek
otsa
dotherskills.
O
eofthosegirlsi
Troop48isNicoletteU1rich,whoisalsoi
theGirlScouts.
Hermother,SashaUlrich,saidshesees,theBoyScoutsasmoreleadershiporie
ted
a
dtheGirlScoutsasmoreculturallyorie
ted.Thiswillbeshow
byallupcomi
g
gatheri
gwheregirlswilllear
aboutdiffere
tfooda
dculturesfromarou
dtheworld.
“GirlScoutsisagreatgroupa
dshe’11co
ti
uetodothat.”Sashasaid.“Butshe
alsowa
tedtheopportu
itiesprovidedbytheBoyScouts.”
9.WhatdidMorga
wa
ttodoafterbecomi
gafullmemberofBoyScouts
A.Shewa
tedtojoi
i
theactivitieswithherbrother.
B.Shewa
tedtochalle
geherselftobecome,allEagleScout.
C.Shewa
tedtocompetewithboysi
allactivities
D.Shewa
tedtohikelo
gdista
cesa
dshootgu
swithboys.
10.WhatisthebestwordtodescribeMorga
A.Commu
icativeB.Helpful
C.Creative
D.Adve
turous
11.WhatdoesSashaUlrichthi
kofBoyScouts
A.Itismoreculturallyorie
ted.
B.Ithelpstobuildteamwork.
C.Ithelpstoimproveleadership.
D.Itismorei
teresti
gtha
GirlScouts.
D
O
esteptoofar
Scie
tistshavebee
tryi
gtofigureouthowtoalterthege
esofhuma
sforma
yyears
ow,a
ditlookslikethey’vefi
allycracked破解thecode.Butwhilethismayseemlikeagreatstepforwardi
scie
ce,somealsobelievethatit’so
estepbackwhe
itcomestoethics.
I
August,agroupofscie
tistsfromtheUSa
dSouthKoreaworkedtogethertosuccessfullyeditahuma
embryoa
dremoveage
eticmutatio
突变thatwouldhaveledtoheartdisease,reportedTheGuardia
.
ThiswasachievedwiththehelpofCRISPR,age
eediti
gtoolthatallowsscie
tiststo“cuta
dpaste”huma
DNA.
Althoughthiswasthefirstexampleofa
embryo’sge
esbei
gcha
gedsuccessfully,thebe
efitsofge
eediti
ghavealreadybee
testedi
livi
gpatie
ts.
I
2015,afivemo
tholdgirlfromtheUKwassavedafterdoctorsusededitedcellstofightoffherca
cer.Asoftoday,she’salivea
dwell.
A
di
theUSlastyear,scie
tistsma
agedtoremoveHIVcellsfromseveralpatie
tsbyediti
gthege
esi
sidetheirbodies.
Somepeoplehopethati
thefuture,diseasesorbirthdetectscouldsimplybe
f“editedout”.However,othersbelievethiscouldleadtosocalleddesig
erbabies,givi
gpare
tstheoptio
tochooseeverythi
gfromeyecolortoi
tellige
ce.
“Yor