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Full face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy, a leading surge

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问题     Full face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy, a leading surgeon has said, adding that they are technically【C1】______ but ethically complex. Peter Butler from London’s Royal Free Hospital【C2】______ a debate on the ethics of such an【C3】______ made possible by new drugs which stop the body’s immune system【C4】______ a transplanted face. "It is not ’can we do it?’ but ’should we do it?", he told BBC. "The【C5】______ part is not complex, and I don’t think that’s going to be the very great【C6】______ . The ethical and moral debate is【C7】______ going to have to take place【C8】______ the first facial transplantation." The British Association of Plastic Surgeons will discuss the microsurgical【C9】______ , which should give new skin, bone, nose, chin, lips and ears from deceased donors to patients disfigured by accidents, bums or cancer. But surgeons could have trouble finding enough【C10】______ donors. Butler said his【C11】______ of doctors, nurses and members of the public showed most would【C12】______ a face transplant but few were willing to【C13】______  their own after dying. Despite a number of ethical【C14】______ , Christine Piff, who founded the charity Let’s Face It after suffering a【C15】______ facial cancer 25 years ago, welcomed the【C16】______ of face transplants. She rejected the idea that the procedure would mean people would end up【C17】______ with a dead person’s face. "There are so many people without faces, I have half a face... but we are all so much more than just a face ... you don’t【C18】______ their responsibility. You are still you," she told reporters. "If we can donate other【C19】 ______  of the body then why not the face. I can’t see anything【C20】______  with it." [br] 【C15】
选项 A、frequent
B、habitual
C、rare
D、scarce
答案 C
解析 rare意为“罕见的，不常见的”。
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