共用题干 Skin CancerMelanoma(黑素瘤),the deadliest kind of skin cancer,is now the m...

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Skin 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(子宫颈的)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
9,000 a year to more than 15,500.
Cancer experts_________(58)the rising number of skin cancer cases largely to the surge in people
using tanning salons."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
mid-day sun,"Cerny said.
In the United States,several states require parental approval________(62)minors can use tanning
salons.Wisconsin bans people 16 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 U.K.,Scottish politicians passed legislation banning those under 1 8 from using tanning beds,
though it hasn't yet been implemented.There are no plans for________(64)in the rest of the U.K.
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.

选项 _________(52)
A:overtaken
B:overseen
C:overlooked
D:overwhelmed

答案A

解析由第一段的最后一句可知,这个新发现是关于20多岁的年轻女子的,因此只能选A。
该句是说皮肤癌已经超过宫颈癌成为危害20多岁女性的最大癌症杀手。overtake意 思是“超过”; oversee的意思是“监管,监督”; overlook的意思是“忽略,忽视”; overwhelm意思 是“打击,压倒”,因此只能选A。
该句的意思是:这一趋势特别令人担忧是因为年轻人并非最容易患黑素瘤。其他几个 选项不符合句意。encouraging意思是“让人受鼓舞的”; misleading意思是“误导人的”; booming 意思是“迅速发展的”。
前一句讲到年轻人患该病不同寻常,后一句肯定是要讲到通常情况是怎样的。occa- sionally意思是“偶然地”; hopefully意思是“有希望地”; surprisingly意思是“令人惊讶地”;typi- cally意思是“典型地”,因此选D。
该句的意思是专家担心越来越多的年轻人被诊断患有皮肤癌也许是一个危险趋势的 开始,其他选项都不符合句意。
make up是固定搭配,意为“占……的比重”;make on意思是“在某方面获利”;make off 意思是“逃走,离开”;make to这样的搭配不存在,因此只能选A。
本题考查序数词与形容词或者副词最高级的搭配,该句意思是:英国癌症研究会预测, 到2024年黑素瘤将成为所有年龄阶段的男性和女性中的第四大癌症,因此只能选A。
短语attribute to的意思是“归因于”,该句意思是癌症专家认为皮肤癌病例的激增很大 程度上归因于使用日光浴床和晒黑美容沙龙的人数的增多。allocate的意思是“分配”; associ-ate的意思是“联系”; contribute的意思是“作贡献”,因此只能选D。
本句意思是:花时间躺在日光浴床上和在太阳底下待时间太长一样危险。ineffective的 意思是“无效果的”; exhausting的意思是“让人筋疲力尽的”; comfortable的意思是“舒服的”, 因此只能选B。
campaign的意思是“运动,斗争”。该句的意思是:该研究会将开展“太阳伤人”的运动 来警告英国人晒得太黑很危险。execution的意思是“处死”; reaction的意思是“反应”; con- quest的意思是“击败,征服”,都不符合句意,因此只能选B。
该句意思是:一些日光浴床上太阳紫外线的强度是正午太阳强度的十倍还多。表示倍 数的只有time,因此只能选C。
该句意思是:美国有几个州要求年轻人在去晒黑美容院前要得到父母的许可,因此只 能选C。
表示多少岁以下只能用“under",因此只能选D。
这里是拿英国的情况和美国作比较,英国除了苏格兰以外其他地方并没有相应的立法 计划,因此只能选C。
该句意思是:处在烈日下时,如果人们采取正确的防范措施或者避免使用日光浴床,大 部分的致命的皮肤癌是可以避免的。diagnose的意思是“诊断”; predict的意思是“预测”; treat 的意思是“治疗”,都不符合句意,因此只能选A。
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