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语篇填空一 原文来自《华尔街日报》：气候变化仍在持续，冰雪娱乐行业遭遇“暖冬滑铁卢” 2024.3.9 In Minnesota, on a 60- degree day in early March, Derek Hughes and his son, Dylan, tried out their cross-country skis on artificial snow that 1.________(melt) into a slushy mess. “It feels like the cross-country equivalent of water skiing,” said Hughes, 42 years old, as his 8-year-old son—skiing for only the third time all winter— looked up with a smile. This is the winter 2.________wasn’t in Minnesota and other states across America’s normally frozen northern tier. Record warm temperatures and low snowfall have forced the cancellation of everything from ice fishing tournaments(锦标赛) 3.________ dog sled races to winter carnivals. The Loppet Foundation, the nonprofit that oversees winter recreation in the park , has seen a 60% drop in revenue 4.________(compare)with last winter, said executive director Claire Wilson. In Montana, where the snowpack has stood at 50% of normal for much of the winter, the Teton Pass Ski Area announced its closure Feb. 8 after operating just four days, following 5.________it said was the lowest snowfall in more than a half-century of records. In Vermont, organizers last month canceled the Lake Champlain Pond Hockey Classic, 6.________(cite) days of temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Rapala VMC, a Finnish maker of fishing equipment, said U.S. sales of its StrikeMaster augers are down more than 60% from an average winter 7.________ the ice in many places is too thin for fishing. “ No estimates have been compiled on nationwide economic damage from the warm, dry winter, but industry 8.________ (office) say they are well into the millions. Snow-related activities generate an estimated $7 billion a year in economic activity, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Weather researchers attribute this year’s weather in large part to an El Niño(厄尔尼诺) condition that heats up the Eastern Pacific and creates drier and 9.________(mild)conditions in the northern states of the U.S. Temperatu