【多维精练】2016高考英语-阅读七选五集训（一）
【全国优秀高中英语名师】
甘肃庆阳 刘克炜
【多维精练】第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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。
Passage 1
16 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 a new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. 17 Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.
