Section I Use of English

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

　　The head of a company that says it has produced the first human clone said on Monday that the mother and baby were home following the child's birth last week and genetic proof demanded by scientists and other skeptics should be 1 in a week.

　　Brigitte Boisselier, chief executive of Clonaid, which is linked to a group that 2 mankind was created by extraterrestrials, 3 to say whether the 31-year-old American mother and her child were in the United States or 4 .

　　Her claim to have cloned a human being last week drew 5 reaction from experts 6 the field and she 7 no proof, 8 said that genetic testing was 9 for Tuesday.

　　The U.S. Food and Drug Administration strongly opposes human cloning, 10 was showed in many occasions， said on Friday it was "taking steps to 11 " Clonaid's claim. It 12 the implantation of a cloned baby into a woman is 13 in the United States14 FDA approval.

　　Clonaid was 15 by the creator of the Raelian Movement, a group 16 claims 55,000 17 around the world and 18 that life on Earth was sparked by 19 who arrived 25,000 years ago and 20 humans through cloning.

　　1. [A] complicated [B] available [C] durable [D]disposable

　　2. [A] reports [B]intensifies [C] claims [D] believes

　　3. [A]denied [B] opposed [C] distinguished [D]declined

　　4. [A]anywhere [B]nowhere [C] otherwhere [D]elsewhere

　　5. [A] content [B] skeptical [C]critical [D]obvious

　　6. [A] in [B] on [C] upon [D]from

　　7. [A]indicated [B]manifested [C] offered [D]provided

　　8. [A] but [B] but also [C]although [D]despite of

　　9. [A] required [B]speculated [C] scheduled [D]disposed

　　10.[A]than [B]as [C] but [D]that

　　11.[A]look [B] inquire [C] investigate [D]study

　　12.[A] said [B] showed [C] is said [D]manifested

　　13.[A]improper [B] illogical [C] impossible [D] illegal

　　14.[A] from [B] without [C]against [D]under

　　15.[A] raised [B] founded [C] produced [D]manufactured

　　16.[A] which [B] that [C] what [D]unless

　　17.[A] participants [B] opponents [C] followers [D]counterparts

　　18.[A] asserts [B] estimated [C]announced [D]predicts

　　19.[A] materials [B] extraterrestrials [C] substances [D]things

　　20.[A] discovered [B]produced [C] created [D]invented