第6部分:完形填空(第52~65題,每題1分,共15分) 下面的短文有15處空白,請根據(jù)短文內容為每處空白確定1個最佳選項。
Skill Cancer
Melanoma(黑素瘤),the deadliest kind of skin cancer is now the most common cancer in (51) British women,the country’s leading cancer organization said Wednesday.Skin cancer has (52) cervical(子宮頸的)cancer as the top cancer striking women in their 20s,according to the latest data from Cancer Research United Kingdom.
The trend is particularly (53) since younger people are not generally those most susceptible(易患的)to melanoma.Rates of skin cancer are (54)highest in people over age 75.
But experts worry that increasing numbers of younger people being diagnosed with skin cancer could be the (55) of a dangerous trend.Women in their 20s make (56) a small percentage of all patients diagnosed with melanoma in Britain,but nearly a third of all cases occur in people younger than 50.
Based on current numbers Cancer Research UK predicts that melanoma will become the fourth (57) common cancer for men and women of all ages by 2024,and that cases will jump from about 90,000 cases a year to more than l5,500.
Cancer experts (58)the rising number of skin cancer cases largely to the surge in people using tanning saions.“Spending time on sun beds is just as (59) as staying out too long in the sun.”said Caroline Cerny of Cancer Research UK.The organization is starting a SunSmart(60)to warn Britons of the dangers of being too bronzed.
“The intensity of ultraviolet rays in some sun beds can be more than 10 (61) stronger than the midday sun,”Cerny said.
In the United States,several states require parental approval (62) minors Can use tanning salons.Wisconsin bans people l6 and (63) from using tanning beds,and others ban children under 14.At least 29 states have regulations governing minors use of tanning salons.
In the UK,Scottish politicians passed legislation banning these under 18 from using tanning beds,though it hasn’t yet been implemented.There are no plans for (64) in the rest of the UK.
The world Health Organization has previously recommended that tanning beds be regulated because of their potential to damage DNA in the skin.
Experts said most deadly skin cancers could be (65) if people took the proper precautions when in the sun and avoided tanning beds.
根據(jù)以上內容,回答51-65題。
A.young
B.married
C.middle—aged
D.elderly
52、
A.overtaken
B.overseen
C.overlooked
D.overwhelmed
53、
A.encouraging
B.misleading
C.worrying
D.booming
54、
A.occasionally
B.hopefully
C.surprisingly
D.typically
55、
A.line
B.point
C.turn
D.start
56、
A.up
B.on
C.off
D.to
57、
A.most
B.more
C.very
D.much
58、
A.allocate
B.associate
C.contribute
D.attribute
59、
A.ineffective
B.dangerous
C.exhausting
D.comfortable
60、
A.execution
B.campaign
C.reaction
D.conquest
61、
A.degrees
B.ranks
C.times
D.steps
62、
A.until
B.while
C.before
D.although
63、
A.less
B.beneath
C.lower
D.under
64、
A.debate
B.caution
C.1egislation
D.approval
65、
A.avoided
B.diagnosed
C.predicted
D.treated