4. A. send　　　　　 B. make　　　　　 C. take　　　　　　 　D. give

3. A. Then　　　　　 B. When　　　　　 C. Since　　　　　　 D. And

2. A. people　　　　 B. women　　　　 C. men　　　　　　　 D. youths

1. A. dislike　　　　 B. unlike　　　　　 C. alike　　　　　　 D. like

20. A. quite a few　　 B. a lot of　　　　 C. few　　　　　　　 D. little

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It is an usual sunny afternoon in the village of Midwich, England. It seems not　 1　 any afternoon in the village, but all of a sudden,　 2　 and animals lose consciousness.　 3　 　they awake, all of the women of child--bearing age have become pregnant (怀孕的).

　　 This is an episode from a 1960 science fiction story. The women in the story　 4　 birth to children that have the　 5 appearance. They 　6 have blond hair and “strange eyes”. 7　 the children grow, they run around the village in a pack, 　8　 the same clothing and hairstyles, stating at everyone　 9　　 . 　　10　 one child learns is also known by the others immediately. Villagers begin to　 11　 their belief that the children all have "one mind." In this story, the children are　 12　 by some unexplained force from outer space. But this story　 13　 40 years ago　 14 predicted the arrival of a recent method of genetic engineering cloning. Cloning is the genetic process of producing copies of an individual. Will the genetic copies of a human really have "one mind" as　 15　 in this story? This situation is so strange　 16　 us that we do not know what will　 17　 of it.　 18　 with this new situation, people have　 19　 to find out how to　 20　 it.

19. A. anything　　　 B. nothing　　　　 C. something　　　　 D. everything

18. A. one　　　　　 B. it　　　　　　 C. that　　　　　　 D. this

17. A. in itself　　　　 B. of itself　　　　 C. for itself　　　 　　D. by itself

16. A. After　　　　　 B. Since　　　　　 C. Before　　　　　　 D. Because

15. A. laughed　　　　 B. succeeded　　　 C. won　　　　　　　 D. united