D

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

__51__ Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.

The ridge(隆起) structure on a person’s fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. __52__ Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.

Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer’s ink. They can be recorded easily. __53__ Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain. __54__ When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect(察觉) with the naked eye. __55__ Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an inch square can be obtained.

A. Special techniques are used to “develop” them.

B. A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger.

C. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed.

D. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time.

E. A latent(潜在的) print is the chance reproduction of the friction ridges deposited on the surface of an item.

F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.

G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable.

IV. 短文改错(10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。务必按照以下要求的格式修改，否则不得分。

增加：在缺词处加一个下漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除：把多余的词用从左上向右下的斜线()划掉即可。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线(_____)，并在该词下面写出修改的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词;

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Peter Judd joined in the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was

taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite good in everything except shooting. One

day he and his friends were practice shooting, and all of them were doing quite well

besides Peter. After he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit him once, the

officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers shoot said, “You’re quite hopeless.

Peter! Don’t waste your last bullet，too! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”

Peter felt shameful. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and

the other young soldier heard the sound of a shot.

“Heavens!” the officer said, “Has that silly man really shot himself?”

He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter is all right. “I'm sorry, sir.” he said, “and

I missed again.”