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2010届高考二轮英语复习专项训练：完形填空（十） Passage 10 Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to childrens health that isnt as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke。 Thats the term being 1 to describe the invisible yet poisonous mixture of gases and particles(颗粒) clinging(依附) to smokers hair and 2 , not to mention cushions and carpeting, that stays long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room. The remaining 3 heavy metals, carcinogens(致癌物) and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and take in, 4 if theyre crawling or playing on the floor。 Doctors from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston coined the term third-hand smoke to 5 these chemicals in a new study that 6 on the risks they pose to infants and children. The study was published in the 7 issue of the journal Pediatrics。 Everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad, 8 they dont know about this, said Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School。 When their kids are 9 the house, they might smoke. Or they smoke in the car. Or they strap(用带子捆扎) the kid in the car seat in the back and crack the window and 10 , and they think its okay because the second-hand smoke isnt getting to their 11 . We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins that arent 12 . The study reported on 13 toward smoking in 1,500 households across the United States. It found that the vast majority of both smokers and nonsmokers were 14 that second-hand smoke is harmful to children. Some 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers 15 with the statement that inhaling smoke from a parents cigarette can 16 the health of infants and children。 But 17 fewer of those surveyed were aware of the 18 of third-hand smoke. Since the term is so new, the researchers asked people if they agreed with the