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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 age75.

　　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 9,0000 cases 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.

　　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 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.

　　51. 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. legislation D. approval

　　65. A. avoided B. diagnosed C. predicted D. treated

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