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
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A. take place
B. take place of
(答案→)C. take the place of
D. in place of
解析：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。