根据下列文章,回答26~30题。
Itisawisefatherthatknowshisownchild,buttodayamancanboosthispaternal(fatherly)wisdom—oratleastconfirmthathe’sthekid’sdad.Allheneedstodoisshellout$30forapaternitytestingkit(PTK)athislocaldrugstore—andanother$120togettheresults.
Morethan60,000peoplehavepurchasedthePTKssincetheyfirstbecameavailablewithoutprescriptionslastyears,accordingtoDougFogg,chiefoperatingofficerofIdentigene,whichmakestheoverthecounterkits.MorethantwodozencompaniessellDNAtestsdirectlytothepublic,ranginginpricefromafewhundreddollarstomorethan$2500.
Amongthemostpopular:paternityandkinshiptesting,whichadoptedchildrencanusetofindtheirbiologicalrelativesandfamiliescanusetotr ackdownkidsputupforadoption.DNAtestingisalsothelatestr ageamongpassionategenealogists—andsupportsbusinessesthatoffertosearchforafamily’sgeographicroots.
Mosttestsrequirecollectingcellsbyswabbingsalivainthemouthandsendingittothecompanyfortesting.AlltestsrequireapotentialcandidatewithwhomtocompareDNA.
Butsomeobserversareskeptical,“Thereisakindoffalseprecisionbeinghawkedbypeopleclaimingtheyaredoingancestr ytesting,”saysTreyDuster,aNewYorkUniversitysociologist.Henotesthateachindividualhasmanyancestors—numberinginthehundredsjustafewcenturiesback.Yetmostancestr ytestingonlyconsidersasinglelineage,eithertheYchromosomeinheritedthroughmeninafather’slineormitochondrialDNA,whichispasseddownonlyfrommothers.ThisDNAcanrevealgeneticinformationaboutonlyoneortwoancestors,eventhough,forexample,justthreegenerationsbackpeoplealsohavesixothergreatgrandparentsor,fourgenerationsback,14othergreatgreatgrandparents.
Criticsalsoarguethatcommercialgenetictestingisonlyasgoodasthereferencecollectionstowhichasampleiscompared.Databasesusedbysomecompaniesdon’tr elyondatacollectedsystematicallybutr atherlumptogetherinformationfromdifferentr esearchprojects.ThismeansthataDNAdatabasemayhavealotofdatafromsomeregionsandnotothers,soaperson’stestr esultsmaydifferdependingonthecompanythatprocessestheresults.Inaddition,thecomputerprogramsacompanyusestoestimaterelationshipsmaybepatentedandnotsubjecttopeerrevieworoutsideevaluation.
第26题Inparagraphs1and2,thetextshowsPTK’s
A.easyavailability.
B.flexibilityinpricing.
C.successfulpromotion.
D.popularitywithhouseholds.
正确答案:A


