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
57.A；58.D；59.C；60.A
57.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)句子two each in Spain the United Kingdom and Israel. None has yet resulted in death.可知。
58.D推理判斷題。世界衛(wèi)生組織把警告級別提升到4，判斷“它很謹(jǐn)慎”。
59.C推理判斷題。其話語中談到“在全球旅行的年代，人們乘飛機(jī)行動(dòng)起來很快，沒有地方這種病毒不能到達(dá)的�！迸袛唷霸摬《緜鞑タ臁�。
60.A主旨大意題。本段提到墨西哥采取的應(yīng)對措施，如關(guān)閉學(xué)校、很多其它公共場合也將關(guān)閉、武裝警察守衛(wèi)醫(yī)院，判斷A項(xiàng)正確。
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