介词at。]

8．A. spoke B．told

C．reported D．announced

答案　D　[逻辑推理题。the President announced. . . "总统宣布......"，spoke，told和reported不符合语境。]

9．A. inventing B．introducing

C．preventing D．stopping

答案　B　[词语辨析题。introduce a law"推出一项法律"。其他选项不符合语境。]

10．A. allowed B．agreed

C．passed D．approved

答案　C　[固定搭配题。will have passed anti­cloning laws"将会通过反克隆法"。与law搭配的是pass。]

11．A. in B．for

C．beyond D．about

答案　D　[固定搭配题。be negative about. . . 是固定搭配，意思是"否定某事，不喜欢某事"。]

12．A. forbidden B．permitting

C．banning D．referring

答案　C　[逻辑推理题。banning human cloning"禁止克隆人"。虽然forbid也有"禁止"的含义，但应用forbidding，而不是forbidden。]

13．A. seriously B．personally

C．partly D．possibly

答案　A　[. . . seriously mistaken，从上文可知，任何禁止克隆人的计划都是严重错误的。]

14．A. despite of B．though

C．although D．in spite of

答案　D　[本题中的四个词语都"尽管"的意思，in spite of和despite起介词作用，后接名词，though和although连词，后接从句。]

15．A. possible B．impossible