BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A recent sudden temperature drop in most areas o

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BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A recent sudden temperature drop in most areas of China has set off fears of a possible return of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the country has mobilized to prepare for another outbreak.
North China"s Tianjin Port resumed a temperature reporting system on Sunday. Any passengers through the port with a temperature above 38 degrees Celsius would be provided medical observation and reported to relevant authorities.
Zhong Nanshan, a well-known anti-SARS scientist during the last outbreak, said it was unlikely the SARS virus would die out naturally and it would definitely come back, but predicted no widespread epidemic outbreak and the epidemic would not cause serious damage again.
Caught unprepared this spring, Chinese authorities have learned to act quickly before the epidemic can take a hold.
Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi Thursday urged strictly implementing the daily SARS epidemic reporting system and warned that people delaying reporting or hiding the true situation would be severely punished.
In Beijing, the disease control center in Dongcheng District has recovered a 24 hour schedule for possible epidemic breakout. Every afternoon before 3:00 o"clock, the center receives SARS reports from every hospital in the district and then reports to the Beijing municipal disease control center and health bureau.
In Beijing Xiehe Hospital, plans are ready for fever patients to receive treatment in a special section. Doctors in that ward, wearing protective clothing, will observe patients for any possible respiratory diseases. Patients with high fever and symptoms of respiratory diseases are required to be observed for one or two weeks.
North China"s Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the two other hardest-hit areas in the last SARS crisis, have both set up an emergency response mechanism and mobilized all concerned departments. The system has also been set up in rural Inner Mongolia.
People are urged to pick up again the healthy habits they formed during the last SARS outbreak. Zhong Nanshan said the most important way to prevent SARS was to play more sports and maintain good ventilation. Spitting in public and eating wild animals were very dangerous, said Zhong.
小题1:This passage is mainly about_______.

A．Zhong Nanshan, a well-known anti-SARS scientist

B．What happened during the first outbreak of SARS

C．How well China is prepared for another likely outbreak of SARS

D．What hospitals in Beijing have done

小题2:Which isn’t included in the measures taken by the Chinese?

A．A temperature reporting system.	B．The daily SARS epidemic reporting system.
C．A 24-hour schedule for possible epidemic breakout.
D．An emergency response mechanism all over the country.

小题3:Which doesn’t belong to Beijing’s reaction to the possible epidemic?

A．SARS reports must be given to the disease control center and health bureau.

B．Fever patients receiving special sections are ready.

C．High fever patients are to be observed for 3 weeks.

D．Doctors treating high fever patients will wear protection clothes.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C

解析

小题1:本文主要介绍了为了应对可能发生的SARS中国政府和人民所采取各种的措施。
小题2:并非在全国范围内，而是在山西和内蒙古。
小题3:并非3周，而是1-2周。

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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to visit China at an “ appropriate” time this year, a senior Chinese military official said on Monday. Colonel Tu Qiming, director of the American and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Office at the National Defence Ministry, made the remark during Sino -US defence talks this week. This is the first ever “special defence policy dialogue” between the two defence ministries, according to the Chinese military.
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FRANCES Agriculture Ministry has confirmed (证实) the first case of mad cow disease detected in a goat last Friday. The goat killed in 2002 tested positive for mad cow disease. It is the first case in the world of the fatal disease being found in an animal other than a bovine. The human form of mad cow disease causes brain - wasting, personality change, loss of body function, and ends in death. The European Commission has not advised any change in farming and consuming goats, said the French Ministry in a statement published last Friday.
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MOBILE phone sales hit a new record in 2004, with some 684 million units sold around the world, the US research institute Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. The number represents an increase of 32 per cent over 2003, when 571 million units were sold. Strategy Analytics predicts a more modest rise of 8 per cent for this year, to 735 million. Finnish cellphone provider Nokia stayed out in front in 2004, with sales of 207.6 million units, giving it a market share of 30.4 per cent. Motorola moved to No 2, just ahead of the South Korean company Samsung.
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SIX male penguins (雄企鹅) at a German zoo are proving stubbornly resistant to females brought in from Sweden to make them into breeding (繁殖). Of the ten male penguins at the zoo, six have formed into " homosexual" couples and have shown no interest in the females, making breeding an impossibility. So the zoo imported the four female penguins from Sweden last month, full of hope that the new arrivals could “turn” the males. But so far, the boys are remaining strictly with the boys.
小题1:How many countries are mentioned in the pieces of news?

A．Six.

B．Five.

C．Three.

D．Seven.

小题2:From the fourth piece of news we know that ．

A．the scientists haven’t succeeded in doing their experiment

B．the scientists have successfully got six female penguins into breeding

C．the Sweden girls made the boys show interest in them

D．German boys don’t like Sweden boys

小题3:Which of the following are the suitable headlines for the pieces of news?

A．a. US Defence Secretary Visit Likely	B．a. US Defence Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms "Mad Goat" Caseb. France Confirms " Mad Goat" Case c. Nokia Stays on Topc. Mobile Phone Sales d. Male Penguins and Female Penguinsd. Birds of a Feather
C．a. Defence Policy Dialogue	D．a. Sino - US Talks

b. Mad Goat Disease                        b. Mad Goat Case
c. Mobile Phone Sales                       c. Motorola" s Sales Reduced
d. Importing Female Penguins                 d. Boys and Girls

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The small number of newborn babies, which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women, is one of the most serious problems in Asia. When people talk about it, you can hear a word invented in Japan. which means Double Income Kids(小孩).
In many major Asian cities like Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo, the cost of a ****** is extremely high. A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about $3000,000 (though prices have fallen). For a flat with one bedrooms, one dining-room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, the couple will pay about $900 a month. What’s more, if they want to have a child, the child’s education is very expensive. For example, most kindergarten charges are at least $5.000 a year. In such a situation, it’s difficult to afford children.
The number of married women who want to continue working because they enjoy their jobs. However, if they want to have children, they immediately have serious problems. Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for a short time to have a baby, they expect women with babies to give up their jobs. In short, if they want to bring up children properly, both parents have to work, but it is hard for mothers to work. Indeed, women who want to contimue working have to choose between having children or keeping their jobs.
In a word, Asian governments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon as possible.
小题1:What is the main problem being discussed in the passage?

A．The small number of newborn babies.

B．The changing social situation of women.

C．The high prices of houses and education.

D．The necessary steps of Asian government.

小题2:According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．It is easy for a couple to afford a child in Asia.

B．The prices of in Asia are quite low now.

C．Fewer and fewer married women wan to have a job.

D．The word “DINKS” appeared in an Asian country.

小题3:To buy a flat and send a child to kindergarten, how much will a couple pay each year?

A．85,000

B．85,900

C．$10.800

D．$15.800

小题4:The seems to believe that Asian governments should ________.

A．let women stay at home and have a baby

B．allow one of the parents to go out to work

C．care for the growing needs of women for job.

D．the companies that permit women to leave.

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Scientists are uncovering the secrets of two port cities lost under the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, a researcher said yesterday.
Herakleion and Menouthis were rich and proud cities until something reduced them to rubble (碎石) and buried them in the mud beneath 30 feet of sea water, French underwater explorer Franck Goddio said at the American Geophysical Union conference.
“This is a mystery that is ongoing,” said Goddio, a founder of the European Institute of Marine Archeology, a Paris-based underwater research organization backed by the wealthy Hilti Foundation of Liechtenstein(列支敦士登基金会).
The destruction of the twin port cities has haunted Goddio ever since he happened upon the site about 15 miles from Alexandria while exploring sunken ships from Napoleon’s fleet.
Goddio and his group of expert divers, marine archeologists(海洋考古学家) and others, are using high powered vacuums, satellite navigation systems and sophisticated sonar(声纳) to excavate(挖掘) the sunken cities from underneath a carpet of silt about one meter (three feet) high.
Walls of shops, remains of streets and gold artifacts have been found and recovered.
Some experts believe that the port cities were destroyed by a series of massive earthquakes, much like the quakes scientists believe felled Troy(特洛伊城), Jericho and other ancient cities. The uniform direction of the collapsed columns and walls suggest an earthquake, Goddio said, but no fault lines have been found nearby.
Other researchers believe a massive wave, caused by either an offshore earthquake or a distant underwater landslide, could explain the catastrophe. Still others think rising seas and a shift in the Nile River outlet doomed the cities.
“The argument, as you can see, continues,” Goddio said.
小题1:The reason why the two port cities disappeared under the waters of Mediterranean Sea is that ______.

A．the two port cities were destroyed by huge earthquakes

B．the disappearance of the two port cities was caused by underwater landslide

C．rising seas and a shift in the Nile River outlet doomed the cities

D．the story didn’t tell us at all

小题2: From the story we can draw a conclusion that _______.

A．the two port cities were famous for their wealth and the mystery

B．the two cities belonged to France

C．some mysterious creatures from other planets destroyed the two cities

D．the American Geophysical Union conference was once held in one of the two cities

小题3: This article is probably from _______.

A．a scientific magazine

B．a report to the government

C．a school text book

D．a scientific report in a newspaper

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Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.
Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper. The Beldon Post:
FIRE AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years.
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：
ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.
Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?
小题1:Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B．A fire broke out night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.

C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.

D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

小题2:Which of the following are probably facts?
a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.
b. A cigarette started the fire.
c. An old lamp started the fire.
d. The fire broke out at night.
e. There has never been a fire in Canfield.

A．b and c

B．a and d

C．c and e

D．a and c

小题3:The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______.

A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

小题4:The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______.

A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

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MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border（边界）to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen ＄10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security（安全）rules.
The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs（海关）station in this area is closed on Sundays, so be just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him be had been caught on carnera crossing the border illegally（非法）.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.
小题1:We learn from the text that Richard Albert is .

A．an American living in Township 15	B．a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C．a Canadian working in a customs station	D．an American working in a Canadian church

小题2:Albert was fined because he .

A．failed to obey traffic rules	B．broke the American security rules
C．worked in St. Pamphile without a pass	D．damaged the gate of the customs office

小题3:The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means .

A．a drive through the town	B．a race across the fields
C．a roundabout way of travelling	D．a journey in the mountain area

小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．A Cross-country Trip	B．A Special Border Pass
C．An Unguarded Border	D．An Expensive Church Visit

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