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高中英语外刊阅读语法填空February 91 戴口罩让人看上去更有魅力Face masks make people look more attractive, study finds There have been precious few positives during the Covid pandemic but British academics may have unearthed one: people look more 1_(attract) in protective masks.Researchers at Cardiff University were surprised 2_(find) that both men and women were judged to look 3_(good) with a face covering obscuring (遮住)the lower half of their faces.Dr Michael Lewis, a reader from Cardiff Universitys school of psychology and 4_expert in faces, said research 5_(carry) out before the pandemic had found that medical face masks reduced attractiveness because they were associated 6_ disease or illness."We wanted to test whether this had changed since face coverings became ubiquitous(无处不在的) and understand whether the type of mask had any effect,” he said."Our study suggests faces 7_(consider) most attractive when covered by medical face masks. This may be because were used to healthcare workers 8_(wear) blue masks and now we associate these with people in caring or medical professions. At a time when we feel vulnerable(脆弱的), we may find the wearing of medical masks reassuring(令人安心的) and so feel more positive towards the wearer.”The first part of the research was carried out in February 2021 by 9_ time the British population had become used to wearing masks in some circumstances. Forty-three women were asked to rate on a scale of one to 10 the attractiveness of images of male faces without a mask, wearing a plain cloth mask, a blue medical face mask, and holding a plain black book covering the area a face mask would hide.The participants said those wearing a cloth mask were 10_(significant) more attractive than the ones with no masks or whose faces were partly obscured by the book. But the surgical mask which was just a normal, disposable kind made the wearer look even better.keys:1 attractive 2 to find 3 better 4 an 5 carried6 with 7 are considered 8 wearing 9 which 10 significantly2气候变化或致肾结石发病率增加Climate change may cause additional kidney stonesClimate change in the coming decades could lead 1_ an increase in cases of kidney stones(肾结石) that would bring huge costs to healthcare systems, according to research by scientists in the United States. A study, 2_(publish) this week in Scientific Reports, found that even if measures are put in place 3_(reduce) greenhouse gas emissions, there would still be a rise in cases of the painful condition. A research team from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia knew from previous studies that high temperatures and dehydration(脱水) increase the risk of 4_(develop) kidney stones. With this 5_(late) study, the scientists sought to project how climate change will impact the burden of kidney stone disease on healthcare systems in the future, reported The Independent newspaper. Kidney stone disease 6_(cause) by hard deposits(沉积物) of minerals that develop in concentrated urine and cause pain when passing through the urinary tract（尿路）. The researchers said incidence(发病率) of the condition 7_(increase) in the last 20 years. The scientists created a model to estimate the impact of heat on future kidney stone presentations in the southeastern US state of South Carolina, 8_ has a higher incidence of kidney stone disease. The model predicted that the number of cases will increase between 2.2 percent and 3.9 percent by the year 2089, depending on projected daily temperatures under two climate change scenarios(情景). In comments with a news release, Gregory E Tasian, a urologist(泌尿科医生) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and senior author of the study, said: "While it is 9_(possible) to predict with certainty how future policies will slow or hasten greenhouse gas emission and anthropogenic climate change, and to know 10_(exact) what future daily temperatures will be, our analysis suggests that a warming planet will likely cause an increased burden of kidney stone disease on healthcare systems.keys:1 to 2 published 3 to reduce 4 developing 5 latest 6 is caused 7 has increased 8 which 9 impossible 10 exactly3 14年后，外国记者背08年奥运会媒体包参与北京冬奥：质量非常好Foreign media workers carry backpacks received at Beijing 2008 all the way to Beijing 2022Foreign reporters have been seen 1_(carry) around bags from the 2008 Summer Olympics as they work inside the media center for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. An Iranian journalist said he would carry the bag from Beijing 2008 every time he covered sports 2_(competition). “A backpack is a very important item for a photography journalist, and this bag is 3_high quality and 4_(it) design is user-friendly,” said the journalist. Fernando, a Spanish journalist, said that he carried the bag with him during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Apart from the bags 5_(supply) to media workers, the gold medals awarded during the 2008 Summer Olympics also demonstrated (证明) a high level of quality. After a fire destroyed the apartment of Russian rhythmic gymnast Daria Shkurikhina, She found that the gold medal she 6_(earn) from the 2008 Summer Olympics, 7_ was inlaid with jade, remained undamaged. For the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, media workers from around the world will receive a new media package that contains items such as 8_insulated cup (保温杯)and 9_(culture) souvenirs 10_(depict) paper-cut window grilles (窗花) or Chinese knots, among other gifts.keys:1 carrying 2 competitions 3 of 4 its 5 supplied6 had earned 7 which 8 an 9 cultural 10 depicting