II. Cloze Test: Select the best answer to complete the following passages. Part A.        Last month was an especially bullet-riddled May in this country. There were 60 shootings that injuredor killed at least four people each. Those bursts of gunfire left more than 250 injured and 40    1.    in onemonth,    2.     the Gun Violence Archive. That count doesn't include 200 people who were killed inincidents    3.    fewer    4.    or who died    5.   suicide that month. Meanwhile, the homicide rate inmajor cities across America stayed    6.    . Scientists even found that social distancing and stay-at-homeorders may not reduce the rates of gun violence； in fact, Covid-19 is associated    7.      8.    rates.
【題組】1.
(A) die
(B) dead
(C) living
(D) alive