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外刊阅读语法填空（一）(一 )U.K. millennials worse off than people born in the 1970sBritons in their 30s are worse off than those born a decade earlier, with no 1(improve) in living standards and falling rates of home ownership.The analysis from the Instinae for Fiscal Stiulies(lFS) illustrates 2 extent to which generational progress has 史roimd lo a hall amid(在.过程中)wage stagnation(停滞)and soaring houscpriccs. For decades there 3(be) an assumption that each generation will enjoy 4(high) living standards than the one before them. That's the case fbr people now in their early 40s, 5 incomes are double those of people born in the 1930s at (he same age. 6 for millennials the rules no longer 7(apply).According 8 the IFS, people in their early 30s are no better off than those bom in the 1970s were atthe same age the first time progress has stalled(停止，熄火)since World War II. This 9(part) reflect the financial crisis on average incomes. And as wages faltcred(停滞)，houseprices surges, 10(enrich) those who already owned their houses but making it hard for young people 11(get) a fool on he housing ladder. But the picture fbr millennials is not 12(universal) gloomy(前景暗淡的)，said the IFS. New laws mean that more young people are novjenrolled in pension plans, and (hey stand lo inherit(继承)ihe wealth 13(accumulate) by their parents, though it warned that this risks 14(deepen) the divide between rich and poor 15 the same age.1. improvement 2. the 3. has been 4. higher 5. whose 6. But 7. appliesto 9. partly 10. enriching 11. to get 12. universally 13. accumulated 14. deepening 15. of (二)Electric Scooter injuries rising, one-third involve the headAs 1(report) in JAMA Surgery, the researchers discovered that e-scooter injury rates had increased dramatically(急居吐也)in just four years: the incidence more than doubled during those years, 2(rise) from 6 percent 100,000 in the population to 19 per 100,000. of the estimated 14,651 e-scooter-related 3(injury) in 2018, 4,658 or 32%, involved the head.Dr. Benjamin Breyer of the University of California, Los Angeles, points to a 2019 analysis of data from two hospitals in Southern California, 4 found just 4.8% of injured e-scooter riders 5(wear) helmets. Dr. Joann Elmore, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angels, believed that most e-scooler 6(use) are probably unaware of the risks. 7(make) the point, she described a photo taken by a colleague. t4There were two riders on an e-scooter,she said. uNo one had shoes on. There were no 8(helmet), and the woman in front had a baby in a Baby Bjorn.The new report 9(highlight) the need for more research on new technologies, said Dr. Guohua Li, a professor of epidemilogy(流行病学)at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. Just as there is 10(globe) work of experts working on infectious diseases, there needs 11(be) “a similar program 12(devote) to the surveiHance(监管)and prevention of injuries 13(cause) by emerging(新兴的)technologies, products and lifestyles, such as e-scoolers, e-sports, etc. Li said in 14 email. "The challenge fbr researchers and policy-makers is to keep up with the ever-changing society and protect the pubic from 15（necessary） harms caused by new technologies and products without hindering（阻碍） innovation/' he 16（add）.1. reported 2. rising 3. injuries 4. which 5. were wearing 6. users 7. To make 8. helmetshighlights 10. global 11. to be 12. devoted 13. caused 14. an 15. unnecessary 16. added（三）Trapped on a cruise ship（游轮）by the coronavirus: When is breakfast?Hidden away in her cabin, Masako Ishida reckons（认为）she doesn't face much risk from the coronavirus that has stalked（笼罩，蔓延）her cruise ship, forcing an on board quarantine（隔离）of 3,700 passengers and crew members in the port city of Yokohama.1 the virus struck, confusion came quickly. Ishida said she first learned that her two-weekcruise might been extended（延期）not from the crew, 2 from an article she read online Monday. Thatreport said 3 man from Hong Kong who had disembarked（卜月仆）from the ship, the Diamond Princess, inhis home city on Jan. 25 had 4（test） positive for the virus.Japanese health workers have began screening（检测）273 people 5 displayed symptoms or came intocontact with the 6（infect） man. So far, 20 of them, including passengers from Japan, Australia and the United States, 7（find） to be infected.All 3,700 people on board 8（receive） an initial（最初的）health screening, Ishida said authorities who performed it didn't seem 9（take） it seriously, “They didn't put the thermometer晶度计）into our cars 10（proper）?' Ishida saidShe has also felt the chaos of the sudden quarantine at meal times. Breakfast, 11（deliver） by staff members in goggles（护目镜）and 12（mask）, didn't arrive until almost 2 p.m. Then lunch came right on its加e/.（紧随其后）The ship is steaming（全速前进）back out to sea so 13 can empty its bilge（舱底）and supplement its water supplies, its owner. Princess Cruises, said on its website. It will return to port Thursday to take on food and other 14（supply） as it carries on with the two-week quarantine, 15 covers （he incubation（潜伏）period of the coronavirus.1. After 2. but 3. a 4. tested 5. who 6. infected 7. have been found 8. received9. to take 10. properly 11. delivered 12. masks 13. it 14. supplies 15. which（四）Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by CoronavirusHis days arc long, 12 hours crisscrossing（穿梭）the city and 1（ferry） local residents to buy groceries, get medicine and go to the hospital. And the roads he travels are mostly empty since the city was sealed ojj（封锁）.ln his blue and white car, Zhang Lei is 2 rare sight on the streets of Wuhan.During nonnal times, Mr. Zhang, 32, is a taxi driver in this Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. But after the local government 3（abmpt）locked_down the city late last month, Mr. Zhang became one of the thousands of people 4 have volunteered to help ease the transportation woes(困难).Most of his 5(passenger) are poor, elderly residents who don't have children or whose family is outside Wuhan and can't come home because of the quarantine. "It's heartbreaking,he says. "There is no one 6(take) care of them.The free rides 7(arrange) by neighborhood committees, which typically serve as a go-behveen fbr residents and the local government. In the current crisis, those committees are 8 charge of allocatingcommunity resources and helping coordinate with hospitals.9 other drivers, Mr. Zhang doesn't get paid. Many Chinese 10(praise) thesevolunteer drivers fbr donating their time and energy to help out their fellow residents.1. ferrying 2, a 3. abniptly 4. who 5, passengers 6. to take 7, are arrangedin 9. Like 10. have praised(五)Scientific American:Facts About Groundhogs Other Than Their Poor MeteorologyFebruary 2: (he day each year when we look toward an oversized rodent (o find out how much more winter we'll endure.In honor 1the occasion, here'sseven things you might not have known about the groundhog.1 .The groundhog's scientific name is Marmota monax, making it one of 1 4 types of marmot that can be found in the Northern Hemisphere.Marmots are members of the Sciuridae family, 2makes the groundhog just a really big groundsquirrel.2. As just 3(note), groundhogs are a type of marmot.So you can accuratelysay, "Hey, the marmot saw its shadow." You could also refer to them as woodchucks, whistle-pigs or land beavers, 4(depend) on whereyou're froin.The name whis11e-pig comes from the high-pitched whistle that groundhogs emit to warn the rest of a colony about 5(angry).Andcontrary to 6you might think, the name woodchuck has nothing to do7wood.It's derived from the A1 gonquian name for the animal, wuchak. Abig enough groundhog could nevertheless chuck some wood.3.Male and female groundhogs tend 8(occupy) the same territories,year after year.Females 9(general) keep to themselves, with onlyaround a 10 percent overlap during the late spring, as they try to expand their home 1 0(range).Males also lend to avoid other males, but they havemuch larger home ranges.Their territories can overlap with as many as three females' territories.4.1nfant groundhogs are usually born around mid-April.And after just two or three months, they're ready 1 1(set) off on their own.But around a third ofjuvenile females stay at home for nearly a year, right up until Mom gives birth1 2the next litter of babies.While Dad has his own burrow elsewhere, hevisits each of his mates' burrows every day I 3the infants disperse.5 .Groundhogs salute each other with a unique greeti ng.Ground hog number one 14(approach) and touches his or her nose to the mouth ofgroundhog number two.Scientists call this behavior "naso-oral contact.".The animals might be called groundhogs, 15they are quite adept atclimbing trees.So next time you're in groundhog territory, look 1 6!6 . When 17 comes to accurately predicting the weather, the famousPunxsutawney Phil has been correct only around 36 percent of the time since 1969.That's according to 1 8analysis by meteorologists from WeatherUnderground.You'd have a higher rate of accuracy by 19(simple)lipping a coin.But nobody's gonna come to Punxsutawney 20(watch) acoin flip.1 .of 2. which 3. noted 4. depending 5. anger 6. what. with 8. to occupy 9. generally 10. ranges I 1. to set 12. to13. until14. approaches15. but 16. up 17.it18. the 19. simply 20. to watch