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单选题 The author seems to suggest that the restriction prohibiting customers from having their genome sequenced is______．

A．inhuman and unethical
B．inhuman but legal
C．illiberal but necessary
D．illiberal and oppressive

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作者态度题
【解析】本题考查的是对第五段中一个细节点的理解。第五段通过说理论证，说明了为什么政府对基因测试行业的监管需要审慎而为的原因。其中第三条原因就是这里提到的“基因组测序”的问题。现在的基因测试一般只集中在对集中基因的检查上，而不久的将来也许人们就能够对自己整个的基因组进行测序。从字里行问我们可以揣测出作者对于个人测序基因组的态度。
人们一定认为自己有权了解自己的基因组排序，但是在这么做会引发一系列问题的情况下，政府只有禁止它。由此可判断，作者承认这种禁止行为是反自由的，但同时又认为它是完全必要的。
[C]为正确答案。

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2According to the author，what should the government do about genetic test?

A．Inform the public of the risk of it．
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　　The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health estimates that a sixth of the Bfitish workforce suffers from depression or stress．That mental ill health costs Bfitish employers almost$26 billion a year and American research suggests that“presenteeism”costs twice as much as absenteeism．Recently Grant Thornton sends its managers on a two day program put on by Positive Health Strategies，a London company．(47)Its program screens people forpsychological well being，and offers advice on“optimizing performance”and“staying positive under pressure”．Focusing on the upper ranks makes sense for companies．The stars not only represent huge profits．They are also most likely to live under stress while maintaining a stiff upper lip．But focusing on stars also makes sense for the mental wellness movement itself：the best way to insert yourself into a company’s DNA is to seduce its leadership．
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