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Many people who fly at least occasionally have come down with a cold or the flu shortly after disembarking. Is the air in airbor
Many people who fly at least occasionally have come down with a cold or the flu shortly after disembarking. Is the air in airbor
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2009-05-09
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Many people who fly at least occasionally have come down with a cold or the flu shortly after disembarking. Is the air in airborne commercial jets【21】______? The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), 【22】______which 42, 000 flight attendants with 27 airlines are represented, evidently thinks so. The organization claims that the incidence of air-quality-related diseases has【23】______among its members and demands that prompt actions be【24】______to improve the conditions in the airplane cabin.
A study the AFA【25】______in 1997 uncovered about 1, 000 self-reported incidents of headaches, dizziness and memory loss【26】______flight attendants and passengers. Some flight attendants were too ill to【27】______their safety duties, while others have been permanently disabled.
Because of airlines’ efforts to【28】______their expenses, cabin-air filters are not cleaned【29】______. The complaints of flight attendants do not always give【30】______to correct maintenance. Airlines turned to recycled air, 【31】______that they would reduce some of their costs. They are not required to put filters in. Airlines are【32】______great pressure to get their flights out【33】______. So they do not pay as much attention to systems that are not as【34】______to flight schedule and safety.
Recent research findings emphasize the concern that filters can【35】______engine chemicals into the cabin air. This may not happen【36】______every flight, but it is a persistent problem.
In a study published in October 1998 an investigation was made【37】______complaints of crew members【38】______air quality and health. More than half of the 200 subjects reported health problems they【39】______to cabin air. It was concluded that these health problems were consistent with【40】______harmful gases and substances.
【28】
选项
A、decline
B、cut
C、shrink
D、save
答案
B
解析
decline减少,下降,一般指数量、价值、质量等的减少,不与expense搭配,如:The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10% last year.;cut削减,一般指价钱、产量等的削减,如:Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.;shrink收缩,一般指缩水,或某物从大到小的收缩,如:The tumor had shrunk to the size of a pea.;save节省,把…存起来,一般说save money,save time,但是save不能直接与expense搭配,故选B。
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