理工类辅导资料：完形填空Germs on Banknotes
People in different countries use different types of 1 yuan in China， pesos in Mexico， pounds in the United Kingdom， dollars in the United States， Australia and New Zealand. They may use 2 currencies， but these countries， and probably all countries， still have one thing in common1： Germs on the banknotes.
Scientists have been studying the germs on money for well over2 100 years. At the turn of the 20th 3 ， some researchers began to suspect that germs living on money could spread disease.
Most studies of germy money have looked at the germs on the currency 4 one country. In a new study， Frank Vriesekoop3 and other researchers compared the germ populations found on bills of different 5 .
Vriesekoop3 is a microbiologist at the University of Ballarat in Australia4. He led the study， which compared the germ populations found on money 6 from 10 nations. The scientists studied 1，280 banknotes in total; all came from places where people buy food， like supermarkets street vendors and cafes， 7 those businesses often rely on cash.
Overall， the Australian dollars hosted the fewest live bacteria ---- no more than 10 per square centimeter. Chinese yuan had the most ---- about 100 per square centimeter. Most of the germs on money probably would not cause harm.
What we call “paper” money usually isnt made from paper. The U. S. dollar， for example， is printed on fabric that is mostly 8 .Different countries may use different 9 to print their money. Some of the currencies studied by Vriesekoop and his 10 such as the American dollar were made from cotton. Others were made from polymers.
The three 11 with the lowest numbers of bacteria were all printed on polymers. They included the Australian dollar， the New Zealand dollar and some Mexican pesos.
The other currencies were printed on fabric made 12 of cotton. Fewer germs lived on the polymer notes. This connection suggests that 13 have a harder time staying alive on polymer surfaces. Scientists need to do more studies to understand how germs live on money-----and whether or not we need to be concerned. Vnesekoop is now starting a study that will 14 the amounts of time bacteria can stay alive on different types of bills.
Whatever Vriesekoop finds， the fact remains： Paper money harbors germs We should wash our 15 after touching it; after all5， you never know where your money s been. Or whats living on it
词汇：
pesos/pi：s?vs/ n ．比索 bacterium /kækti?ri?m/ n ．细菌（单数）
germ/d??：m/ n．病菌 bacteria /bækti?ri?／细菌（复数）
banknote/bæ?kn?vt/ n．纸币 centimeter/senti，mi：t?。/ n．厘米
microbiologist /，maikr?v，bai?l?d?ist/n.微生 polymer/p?lim? / n. ［高分子」聚合物
物学家 harbor/ha：b?/ v．怀有，藏有
vendor/vend?I/n．小贩
注释：
1.have one thing in common ：有一个共同点
2. well over ：大大超过
3. Frank Vriesekoop ： Frank Vriesekoop 博士是巴拉瑞特大学的食品微生物学家，他率领一个全球研究小组对至少10个国家的纸币展开了分析。他的研究结果是：相对于比较落后贫穷的国家，富裕发达国家的纸币所携带的病菌较少。重要的是，世界各地纸币上的病菌数量都没有达到令人担心的程度。研究还发现纸币使用的年限和材质对纸币的污染程度也有影响。
4. University of Ballarat in Australia：澳大利亚巴拉瑞特大学。该校建立于1994年，位于维多利亚省的巴拉瑞特市。
5. after all：毕竟
练习：
1. A coins B money C cheques D loans
2. A different B clean C hard D foreign
3. A anniversary B year C decade D century
4. A along B with C within D outside
5. A countries B areas C regions D provinces
6. A delivered B borrowed C gathered D designed
7. A because B though C when D where
8. A plastic B rubber C cotton D paper
9. A languages B colors C substances D materials
10. A family B team C advisor D boss
11. A expenses B banks C statements D currencies
12. A nearly B mostly C likely D merely
13. A dirt B water C germs D oil
14. A compare B connect C conduct D command
15. A arms B hands C face D clothes