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Fingerprints, one of the great deciders of innocence or guilt in criminal charges, are now being placed in doubt. This is because of a growing number of claims from defendants(被告) that their "prints" have been "lifted" and planted at scenes of crimes. And these allegations(断言) are being taken seriously by lawyers, judges, and policemen because it is possible to move a finger print from one spot and place it elsewhere. A committee of lawyers is making an investigation into fingerprinting. They are not aiming to establish if these allegations are true or not, but they are questioning current fingerprinting methods as part of a general inquiry into scientific evidence.
How can a fingerprint be transferred A fingermark left on a greasy(油腻的) glass or some other smooth surface can be "lifted" with a strip of adhesive(胶粘剂). It can then be deposited on another, perhaps incriminating(与罪牵连) object. Before 1973, fingerprints at the scene of a crime used
A. to establish the truth of the allegations from suspected criminals
B. to prove the innocence of the defendants
C. to show the honesty of the policemen
D. to inquire into the reliability of present fingerprinting methods

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Fingerprints, one of the great deciders of innocence or guilt in criminal charges, are now being placed in doubt. This is because of a growing number of claims from defendants(被告) that their "prints" have been "lifted" and planted at scenes of crimes. And these allegations(断言) are being taken seriously by lawyers, judges, and policemen because it is possible to move a finger print from one spot and place it elsewhere. A committee of lawyers is making an investigation into fingerprinting. They are not aiming to establish if these allegations are true or not, but they are questioning current fingerprinting methods as part of a general inquiry into scientific evidence.
How can a fingerprint be transferred A fingermark left on a greasy(油腻的) glass or some other smooth surface can be "lifted" with a strip of adhesive(胶粘剂). It can then be deposited on another, perhaps incriminating(与罪牵连) object. Before 1973, fingerprints at the scene of a crime used
A. it has been essential to produce in court the objects on which the fingerprints were found
B. police fingerprinting methods have been simplified
C. claims against police fingerprinting methods have always been successful
D. the policemen have transferred a great number of fingerprints on incriminating objects

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One useful anti-cancer drug can effectively erase the whorls(萝状指纹)and other characteristic marks that give people their distinctive fingerprints．Losing them could become troublesome．A case (51) online in a letter by Annals of Oncology indicates how big a (52) losing finger prints is．
Eng-Huat Tan，a Singapore-based medical doctor describes a 62-year-old man who has used capecitabine(卡培他滨)to (53) his nasopharyngeal cancer(鼻咽症)．After three years on the (54) ，the patient decided to visit his U．S．relatives last December．But he was stopped by U．S． customs officials (55) 4 hours after entering the country when those officials couldn’t get finger prints from the man．There were no (56) swirly(旋涡状的)marks appearing from his index fin ger．
U．S．customs has been fingerprinting incoming foreign visitors for years，Tan says．Unfortunately， for the Singaporean
A. released
B. suggested
C. accepted
D. detected

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One useful anti-cancer drug can effectively erase the whorls and other characteristic marks that give people their distinctive fingerprints. Losing (51) become troublesome. A case released online in a letter by Annals of Oncology indicates how big a (52) of losing fingerprints is.
Eng-Huat Tan, a Singapore-based medical doctor describes a 62-year old man who has used capecitabine to (53) his nasopharyngeal cancer. After three years on the (54) , the patient decided to visit U.S. relatives last December. But he was stopped by U.S customs officials (55) 4 hours after entering the country when those officials couldn’t get fingerprints from the man. There were no distinctive swirly (56) appearing from his index finger.
U.S. customs has been fingerprinting incoming foreign visitors for years, Tan says. Their index fingers are (57)
A. must
B. does
C. may
D. should