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题文

Tiredness, coughing, a runny no and a sore throat—among all sickness there is probably none more common than the flu, which we all get now and then.However, bird flu is a completely different story.Ten years ago, the H5N1 bird flu swept across 15 countries, including China, with sufferers reporting chest pain, difficulty breathing, fever and vere coughing. More than 600 people were infected, and about 60 percent died. Now another type of bird flu hit Shanghai and three neighboring provinces, and this time the virus is called H7N9. By the afternoon of April 11, the new virus had taken nine lives out of 35 infected, according to Xinhua News Agency.The“H”and“N”in the virus’ name refers to two kinds of proteins on the surface of the virus. Any change of the numbers of the two proteins indicates a new mutation(变异). Most of the mutations only affect birds, such as chickens and pigeons, and don’t normally spread to humans. But once they do, the results can be disastrous.“Any time an animal influenza virus cross to humans, it is a cau for concern, ”Malik Peiris, virologist(病毒学家)at the University of Hong Kong, told Nature magazine. Take the SARS epidemic(传染病)10 years ago as an example. The virus behind the dia is thought to have jumped to humans from animals. The virus was a complete“stranger”to human bodies, which hadn’t developed an immunity against it.But there is something more about the new H7N9 bird flu. Unlike the H5N1 bird flu, which caus vere sickness in birds, the H7N9 has been evolving under the radar(悄悄地)since it travels between birds without causing noticeable illness. That makes it difficult to keep track of the dia.The good news is that there’s so far no sign that the virus is spreading from person to person. But since there is no vaccine for the dia yet, the World Health Organization recommends that you wash your hands after meeting with sick people and before and after you eat or prepare food, and they also suggest avoiding contact with birds or their eggs.小题1:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A．The H5N1 bird flu turned out to have something to do with the SARS epidemic.B．More than 600 people across the world died from the H5N1 bird flu ten years ago.C．Most of the mutations of the proteins in the bird flu virus are harmful to both birds and humans.D．The name, H7N9 bird flu, shows that there have been new mutations of the proteins in the virus.小题2:With the example of the SARS epidemic in Paragraph 5, the author intends to .A．introduce where the SARS virus came fromB．inform us of the harmful effects of the SARS epidemic ten years agoC．show the horrible effects an animal influenza virus can have once it spreads to humansD．compare the differences between the SARS epidemic and the H7N9 bird flu小题3:What makes the H7N9 bird flu more frightening than the H5N1 bird flu according to the text?A．It can cau vere sickness in birds.B．It can spread from person to person.C．It affects a greater number of birds.D．It doesn’t sicken birds and thus can spread unnoticed.小题4:What are people advid to do to protect themlves against the H7N9 bird flu?a. To get vaccinated for the dia.b. To keep away from birds and their eggs.c. To stop eating chickens and ducks.d. To avoid meeting with sick people.e. To wash hands thoroughly and regularly.A．a, b B．c, dC．b, e D．a, e 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:C小题3:D小题4:C

解析

新一波禽流感疫情来袭, 你该如何应对?小题1:选D。细节理解题。A项文中没有提及, B项提到的600多人是感染the H5N1 bird flu的人数, 死亡人数为这一人数的60%, 也就是不到400人; 由第四段的“Most of the mutations only affect birds, such as chickens and pigeons, and don’t normally spread to humans. ”可以推知C项不对; 由第四段的“Any change of the numbers of the two proteins indicates a new mutation. ”可推知D项正确。小题2:选C。推理判断题。这里列举SARS的例子是为了说明本段首句谈到的“Any time an animal influenza virus cross to humans, it is a cau for concern”, 而本段又是进一步说明上一段最后一句话“But once they do, the results can be disastrous. ”, 所以C项为正确答案。小题3:选D。细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知, H7N9禽流感与H5N1禽流感不同的是它不会在禽类间导致明显的疫情, 这使得它的传播不容易被及时发现, 故答案为D。小题4:选C。细节理解题。由最后一段可知, 专家建议人们勤洗手, 尽量避免接触禽类以及禽类下的蛋, 所以C项为正确答案。最后一段提到了现在还没有针对H7N9禽流感的疫苗, 故a不对。c, d文中没有提及。

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