The title suggests that the text attempts to present a picture of"Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning This piece of evidence shows that the text is intended to be informational: helping us to understand the question: what are the legal and moral implications of cloning The text begins with a piece of news: "At first it was just plain surprising. Word last week. ". This is another piece of evidence to show the text is informational After the first three paragraphs(please notice they are facts instead of opinions from the author), six questions-they are concerns of common people-are raised and answered, focusing on the implications of cloning n raising and answering the questions, one prominent feature is that the subjunctive mood This demonstrates that they are predictions rather than judgments or conclusions since, as we know, the subjunctive mood is seldom used in judgment or conclusion. Nor is it used in persuasion, unless out of politeness Therefore, with the above in view we say that the text is informational Directions: When you read Passage B, scan it for clues that help you identify the writers aim. Use the questions below to guide your scanning, then decide: Is the text informational, persuasive or meant mainly to entertain? 1. The title is actually a question. By using a question as a title, the author tries his best to attract the readers'attention. Obviously, it's about the possibility or even legality of human cloning. The author gives us a thorough analysis as to who will take advantage of human cloning 2. The language is formal and serious. Besides, it is emotional. The evidence for this is the epeated employment of rhetorical questions 3. Altogether, there are seven questions, including the one in the title. Of the seven, four are rhetorical questions. They appear respectively at the end of Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 4 and at the beginning of Paragraph 6 4. Rhetorical questions are mainly intended to stir up the listeners'or readers'emotions, to put them off guard, making them ready to accept the speaker's or writers opinion. Rhetorically, this is called emotional appeal. By using rhetorical questions four times, the author of this text is appealing to the readers to accept her idea"Don' t just say no to human cloning". with all the above in view, we can see that the text is persuasive II. Language points 1. send .. into: make .. enter a certain state The remark sent him into a fit of laughter 这话使他大笑了一阵。 The movement of the train sent me into sleep 火车摇摇晃晃的,使我睡着了。 2. at the prospect of /that.. when aware of the possibility of/that The youngster set off home, smiling to himself at the prospect of surprising hisThe title suggests that the text attempts to present a picture of “Legal and Moral Implications of Cloning”. This piece of evidence shows that the text is intended to be informational: helping us to understand the question: what are the legal and moral implications of cloning. The text begins with a piece of news: “At first it was just plain surprising. Word last week …”. This is another piece of evidence to show the text is informational. After the first three paragraphs (please notice they are facts instead of opinions from the author), six questions—they are concerns of common people—are raised and answered, focusing on the implications of cloning. In raising and answering the questions, one prominent feature is that the subjunctive mood is used frequently. This demonstrates that they are predictions rather than judgments or conclusions since, as we know, the subjunctive mood is seldom used in judgment or conclusion. Nor is it used in persuasion, unless out of politeness. Therefore, with the above in view, we say that the text is informational. Directions: When you read Passage B, scan it for clues that help you identify the writer’s aim. Use the questions below to guide your scanning, then decide: Is the text informational, persuasive or meant mainly to entertain? 1. The title is actually a question. By using a question as a title, the author tries his best to attract the readers’ attention. Obviously, it’s about the possibility or even legality of human cloning. The author gives us a thorough analysis as to who will take advantage of human cloning. 2. The language is formal and serious. Besides, it is emotional. The evidence for this is the repeated employment of rhetorical questions. 3. Altogether, there are seven questions, including the one in the title. Of the seven, four are rhetorical questions. They appear respectively at the end of Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 4, and at the beginning of Paragraph 6. 4. Rhetorical questions are mainly intended to stir up the listeners’ or readers’ emotions, to put them off guard, making them ready to accept the speaker’s or writer’s opinion. Rhetorically, this is called emotional appeal. By using rhetorical questions four times, the author of this text is appealing to the readers to accept her idea “Don’t just say no to human cloning”. With all the above in view, we can see that the text is persuasive. II. Language Points 1. send … into : make … enter a certain state The remark sent him into a fit of laughter. 这话使他大笑了一阵。 The movement of the train sent me into sleep. 火车摇摇晃晃的，使我睡着了。 2. at the prospect of / that …: when aware of the possibility of/that… The youngster set off home, smiling to himself at the prospect of surprising his