Question

A British scientist has predicted that parents who lose children in accidents may be able to clone “copies” to________ them within 50 years.

A．take place	B．take place of
C．take the place of	D．in place of

Answer 1

C

C　考查动词短语辨析。句意：一位英国科学家预测，在未来50年内，那些在意外中失去孩子的父母将有可能通过克隆技术得到孩子的“复制品”来替代他们。take place发生；take the place of 代替，取代；in place of 为介词短语，表示“替代”。因此选C。