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Governments and health officials around the world continued to take steps Tuesday against the outbreak of swine flu that has killed scores of people in Mexico and spread to the U.S., Europe and possibly Asia.
By early Tuesday, the swine flu outbreak in Mexico had caused in 152 deaths and more than 1,600 illnesses. So far, at least 113 cases have been proved worldwide, including 64 in the United States; six in Canada; 11 in New Zealand and two each in Spain the United Kingdom and Israel. None has yet resulted in death.
The World Health Organization on Monday raised its alert level from three to four on its six-level scale. The move means the U.N. agency has determined that the virus can transmit from human to human.
"In this age of global travel, where people move around in airplanes so quickly, there is no region to which this virus could not spread," said Fukuda, assistant director-general of the WHO.
Governments around the world struggled to prevent further outbreak. Some, like China and Russia, banned pork imports from the United States and Mexico. U.S. President Barack Obama said the outbreak was a cause for concern, not for alarm. The government urged travelers to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico.
The latest WHO report listed only seven proved swine flu deaths in Mexico but it was not clear why there was the discrepency.
Mexico City has closed all schools until at least May 6 to help curb(control) the spread of swine flu and ordered 35,00 public venues to close or serve only takeaway meals. In addition, bars, clubs, movie theaters, pool halls, gyms, sport centers and convention halls have been told to close until May 5. Armed police officers are also guarding hospitals in Mexico City while roads and schools in the city of 20 million people are deserted. Officials also have talked about shutting down the bus and subway systems.
57.How many people were found catching swine flu in Spain?
A. 2.           B. 11.      C. 6.           D. 64.
58.When learning the outbreak of swine flu, the WHO was ____.
A. calm     B. nervous  C. shocked  D. careful
59. Fukuda’s words suggest that _____.
A. he likes travel by air
B. global travel hasn’t been affected
C.this virus can spread quickly because of global travel
D. planes must be forbidden to take to prevent swine flu
60.The last paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. Mexico has taken measures to control swine flu
B. Mexico City is too dangerous to live in
C. the normal life in Mexico has been changed
D. people in Mexico are badly in need of help
答案
57.A;58.D;59.C;60.A
解析
57.A细节理解题。根据句子two each in Spain the United Kingdom and Israel. None has yet resulted in death.可知。
58.D推理判断题。世界卫生组织把警告级别提升到4,判断“它很谨慎”。
59.C推理判断题。其话语中谈到“在全球旅行的年代,人们乘飞机行动起来很快,没有地方这种病毒不能到达的。”判断“该病毒传播快”。
60.A主旨大意题。本段提到墨西哥采取的应对措施,如关闭学校、很多其它公共场合也将关闭、武装警察守卫医院,判断A项正确。
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years
   36  ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English
   37  , began to believe he might   38  this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew he had a    39   chance. Bannister had been     40    hard and was very fit,but the weather conditions were a real   41  
to him.Describing the     42    later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I     43    for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved   44  now.This was the moment when I made my decision.
“The gun fired.My legs   45  to meet no resistance,as if I was   46  forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful   47  gave me greater strength.I felt the   48  of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a   49  of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy   50  it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they   51  could have done in previous years.When I leapt at(冲向) the   52  tape,I fell,almost__53_____.”
“I knew I had done it,even before I   54  the time.The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was   55  in the noise of excitement.”
36.A.passed along         B.passed down              C.went by              D.went over
37.A.coach                   B.athlete                       C.captain               D.judge
38.A.defeat                   B.move                        C.beat                   D.break
39.A.real                      B.lucky                        C.serious               D.false
40.A.competing            B.training                     C.fighting              D.attending
41.A.eagerness              B.pleasure                    C.relief                 D.worry
42.A.accident                B.event                        C.issue                  D.topic
43.A.did up                  B.made up                    C.put up                D.lined up
44.A.safely                   B.heavily                      C.thinly                 D.gently
45.A.seemed                 B.used                          C.happened            D.had
46.A.dragged                      B.drawn                       C.pulled                D.pushed
47.A.mass                    B.residents                    C.crowd                D.team
48.A.moment                B.period                       C.while                 D.date
49.A.concentration        B.collection                  C.combination              D.classification
50.A.so                        B.but                           C.or                      D.as
51.A.never                   B.ever                          C.even                  D.still
52.A.starting                 B.lasting                       C.finishing            D.running
53.A.unconcerned         B.unconscious               C.unknown            D.unnoticed
54.A.offered                 B.told                          C.announced          D.heard
55.A.stuck                    B.involved                    C.lost                    D.spread
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On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets __36___ and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __37__ to go home. Some battled to __38__a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ___39___ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I ___40__ to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most _41__ had stopped. After making my way __42__ crowds of people. I finally found a subway line that was __43___. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __44__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ___45__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train __46__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I got to my office, I was _47___ through, exhausted and __48__.
My co-workers and I spend most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __49__I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __50__ reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their _51__ _to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ___52__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __53__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __54___ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately __55____ me and put a smile back on my face.
36. A. break        B. flood        C. sink          D, crash
37. A. forced       B. refused      C. adjusted      D. gathered
38. A. order        B. pay         C. call          D. search
39. A. climate      B. scenery     C. storm         D. burden
40. A. used        B. promised    C. deserved      D. happened
41. practice        B. routine      C. process       D. service
42. A. to          B. through      C. over          D. for
43. A. operating    B. cycling      C. turning        D. rushing
44. A. check       B. carry       C. find           D. board
45. A. street       B. ground       C. floor          D. platform
46. A. paused      B. crossed      C. reached        D. parked
47. A. wet        B. weak         C. sick            D. hurt
48. A. ashamed    B. discouraged    C. surprised       D. puzzled
49. A, while       B. when         C. where          D. after
50. A. hardly      B. casually       C. absolutely      D. eventually
51. A. devotion    B. donation       C. connection      D. reaction
52. A, accurate    B. urgent        C. brief          D. humorous
53. A. promise     B. appreciate      C. advice        D. guidance
54. A. troubles     B. signals        C. rules          D. signs
55. A. corrected     B. supported      C. amazed        D. refreshed
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JINTAN,JTANGSU:The 20 students 18 boys and 2 girls — had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung(阶梯) out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest (竞赛)Tuesday evening.
  The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14.
  ‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable! ‘said a teacher from Guangdong province.
  Named after China’ s most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986, one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission (国家)as the country’s biggest and best contest of its kind.
1. This news story is mainly about .
  A. when the contest started
  B. how the contest got its name
  C. the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest
  D. the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest
2. This news story most probably appeared in a news paper in .
  A.1995  B. 1987  C. 1986  D. 1997
3 Ii can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province .
  A. felt proud of the gold medal winners
  B. wondered if the students were honest
  C. thought that the problems were too difficult for the  students
  D. believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university
4 The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means .
  A .guess  B. add up  C. work out  D. study
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Do you remember last summer , when angry travelers were urging the government to do something about airline customer service ? Airlines     36     to improve , and they adopted (采用)new standards just before Christmas .    37     as another summer nears , plenty of     38    
travelers don’t see much improvement in customer     39     overall .
This month , the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) office will publish its first critical   40      
on whether airlines are     41     their promises . One survey(调查)suggests problems : the number of     42     to the DOT about the top 10 airlines in the first     43     rose 89% from a year ago .
Hit last summer by passenger complaints  and the threat (威慑)of consumer-protection laws by the    44      , 14 airlines     45     to adopt a set of basic customer-service standards called Customers First . The “12 promises” to passengers were introduced     46     a mjor effort to improve service . Since then , airlines have been redesigning websites , retraining employees and upgrading technology .
Recently , DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead , at McCain’s request , sent 20 examiners to airports to     47     whether each airline is doing what it promised . Mead warns travelers shouldn’t    48      too much . Most of the promises are    49      better communication with customers , not problems with flights .
“Passengers should show more understanding to airlines about their     50     to better air service .” Spokeswoman Shelly Sasson says . “And when     51     are made , it takes a long time for them to be noticed,” she says .
Now , the efforts may be working . During the first quarter , Delta had the second-lowest rate of complaints among the     52     10 carriers .    53     , its rate , along with other carriers’ , is up from last year . McCain and other lawmakers say there may be  a     54     to pass new consumer-protection      55    .
36.A.promised                      B.managed                C.hoped                    D.refused
37.A.So                         B.But                        C.Merely                   D.Even
38.A.skilled                   B.experienced            C.tired                             D.puzzled
39.A.flight                     B.opinion                  C.service                   D.travel
40.A.news                     B.information            C.doubt                     D.article
41.A.honoring                B.making                  C.giving                    D.improving
42.A.problems                      B.travelers                 C.passengers              D.complaints
43.A.quarter                  B.year                       C.month                    D.summer
44.A.customer                B.company                C.government            D.public
45.A.wished                   B.agreed                    C.remembered           D.failed
46.A.to                          B.for                        C.as                          D.by
47.A.explain                   B.discuss                    C.discover                 D.check
48.A.travel                    B.expect                    C.complain                D.suggest   
49.A.aimed at                B.considered as          C.joined to                D.made from
50.A.difficulty                      B.situation                 C.reality                    D.efforts
51.A.suggestions            B.rules                      C.decisions                D.improvements
52.A.large                     B.first                       C.top                        D.bad
53.A.Still                       B.Therefore                C.Instead                   D.Meanwhile
54.A.possibility              B.need                      C.chance                   D.use
55.A.examinations          B.service                   C.laws                      D.reports
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LONDON — Britain awoke on Easter Monday to a period of mourning for the Queen Mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. For a woman who was one of the best-known figures in Britain for more than 80 years — from the era of tinted portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the Internet, the Queen Mother remained an enigmatic(不可思议的) and elusive(躲避的) figure.
She achieved such a respect through aeons(永世, 亿万年) of, first, fawning and, later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. Her private thoughts were never paraded(炫耀) in public. What the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile.
CHINA’s third unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou Ⅲ, landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday afternoon, after orbiting the earth 108 times in slightly less than a week. The craft, which lifted off from Jiuquan in Gansu Province last Monday night, landed after successfully conducting a chain of flight and scientific experiments over a period of 162 hours.
A powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities(官方) said. Over 200 injuries ware reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of Sunday’s 7.5-magnitude quake. The quake was centred off Hualien, 180 kilometres east of Taipei. It struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.
1. Which of the following statements is true according to the news?
  A. The Queen Mother died on Easter Monday alone.
  B. The Queen Mother was an attractive person in her political life.
  C. The British people felt sorry for the death of the Queen Mother.
  D. The Queen Mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.
  2. It can be inferred that _______.
  A. the craft landed in central Inner Mongolia unexpectedly
  B. it took the craft at least 2 hours to orbit the earth once
  C. the Chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in space
  D. China was successful in sending an unmanned spacecraft into space
3. The third news mainly talks about the _______ in Taiwan.
A. political matters                         B. social problems
  C. unexpected damage                    D. construction workers
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