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New research finds that nearly 5200 kids are treated in an emergency department each year after falling from a window. That's 14 kids a day, according to a study published Monday. Typical hospital admission 25 for childhood injuries stand at 5%, but 25% of window-related injuries end up requiring care in the hospital, for pretty obvious reasons: a fall from a window can be 26 . New York City landlords are required to 27 the guards, which resemble horizontal jail bars and cover the bottom half of a window to forma barrier that prevents kids from 28 out. Programs like Children Can't Fly in New York and Kids Can't Fly in Boston, which have raised public 29 about the need for window guards, especially in high-rise buildings, have helped contribute to dramatic 30 in the number of children falling out of windows in those cities. Parents can also use window stops to 31 children. Stops are screwed into the window frame and block the window from sliding too far upward. Parents should further limit children's 32 to windows by moving dressers, beds and tables away from the openings; many kids fell through a window they accessed by climbing onto furniture. It's also important to be 33 watchful when the weather is warm since that's when windows tend to be open. And don't make the mistake of thinking that a window screen 34 any protection. It found that screens did not prevent falls. A. access B. account C. anxiety D. awareness E. crawling F. deadly G. entirely H. injurious I. install J. offers K. particularly L. protect M. rates N. reductions O. slipping
【答案解析】动词辨析题。空格位于动词不定式中,缺少动词原形。sb. be required to do sth.是固定短语,意为“某人被要求去做某事”。此句句意是:纽约市要求房东______防护装置,故答案为install“安装”。 动词原形备选项中,其他选项不符合句意,故排除。
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【正确答案】E
【答案解析】动词辨析题。prevent sb. from doing sth.是固定短语,意为“阻止某人做某事”,因此空格处缺少与prevents搭配的动词现在分词形式。此句意为:……形成一个屏障,防止儿童______出来。因此,答案为crawling“爬行”,crawl out意为“爬出”。 slip out意为“无意中说出(或泄露)悄悄溜走”,用在这里不符合语义,故排除。