Answer the questions according to the text

1. What determines the colour of people’s eyes, height and weight?

2. Why is it possible that some children have birth defects such as meningomyelocoele or spina bifida?

3. Are Rett syndrome and certain forms of muscular dystrophy purely genetic disorders?

4. What is the main reason of Down syndrome?

5. What is the example of teratogens mentioned in the text?

6. How many cells is the human body composed of?

7. What compartments are all cells except for the red blood cells divided into?

8. What are the chromosomes responsible for?

9. What is made in the cytoplasm?

Complex Object

Open the brackets choosing the proper form of the verb given in brackets. Translate sentences into Russian

1. Doctors expect this woman _____________ (to have / have / having) a healthy child in 2 weeks.

2. Everybody wishes this sick kitten ______ (to be / be / being) healthy soon.

3. We heard Mr. Brown ___________ (catch / to catch / catching) an infectious disease lately.

4. The genes let people __________ (to take / take / taking) after their parents.

5. The scientists wanted the genes’ experiment _______ (to be / be / being) organized in the best laboratory of the country.

Translate the following sentences into English, use Complex Object

1. Профессор хотел, чтобы студенты определили повышенные риски расстройств развития будущего ребенка.

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2. Мы хотели, чтобы вы выявили спектр генов, ответственных за различные синдромы.

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3. Врачи ожидали, что ядро клетки не будет повреждено.

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4. В микроскоп студенты увидели, что клетка содержит цитоплазму.

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5. Генетические коды позволяют ученым определить наследственность человека.

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Test 4

Our genes and diseases

Complex Object

I. Join the words to be certain word combinations:

1. environmental                A. chro­mosome

2. birth                               B. defect

3. Rett                                C. factors

4. muscular                        D. defects

5. a single-gene                  E. syndrome

6. anextra                           F. dystrophy

1    2    3    4    5    6

 

II. Give it a name

disease cell   heredity   gen    environment

1. A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring is called _______________________________________________________________

2. Thestructural, functionalandbiological unit of all organisms. is called _______________________________________________________________

3. The complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (such as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival is called _______________________________________________________________

4. An abnormal bodily condition of a human being or animal that interferes with functioning and can usually be recognized by signs and symptoms is called _______________________________________________________________

5. The transmission of such qualities from ancestor to descendant through the genes is called

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