第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

   Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they're  36  work. Every day, 240 are killed on the job. The 37  job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage   and  38  airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian.

   The government inspects(检查) most factories and offices.  39  have to  40   fines if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is  41  because a factory didn't  42  safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors(检查员)  43  15 percent.  44  , many people say working is less safe now.

   For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty--two percent of all  45  who died at work were killed. Many of them work  46  clerks in stores  47  they are alone at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full  48  .

   The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don't take into  49  people who become sick from  50   that they are exposed to at work. Doctors don't know  51  some chemicals cause illness.

   There are no government rules for many new chemicals.

   Inspectors say employers  52  their backs on safety problems because they don't want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don't want to complain about dangers because they may  53  their jobs.

   The government should force business to improve safety. There's no  54  for workers dying or  55  in an accident that could have been prevented.

36. A. in      B. at        C. on        D. during

37. A. safest     B. most dangerous  C. easiest       D. most tiring

38. A. flying     B. making     C. doing       D. riding

39. A. Officers    B. Workers      C. Employers     D. Employees

40. A. give      B. offer       C. pay        D. buy

41. A. saved     B. hit        C. shot        D. killed

42. A. use      B.do        C. break       D. take

43. A. to      B. by        C. from       D. at

44. A. As a result   B. As        C. At last       D. Then

45. A. adults     B. youths      C. men        D. women

46. A. for      B. as        C. like        D. to

47. A. which     B. that       C. where       D. why

48. A. view      B. opinion     C. scene        D. scenery

49.A thought     B mind       C thinking       D consideration

50. A. machines   B. chemicals     C. air         D. work

51. A. because    B. when       C. whether       D. even if

52. A. do      B. turn        C. make        D. refuse

53. A. lose     B. miss       C. give up       D. save

54. A. need     B. reason      C. time        D. excuse

55. A. injuring    B. being injured    C. be injuring      D. be injured 

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