Question

A Vietnamese(越南的 ) man has just died of bird flu. So far, 19 people____1.___(die) because of the disease. A team of experts from Hong Kong has arrived in Vietnam for___2.___(meet) with local health officials and the WHO( 世界卫生组织), trying to find out how _____3.___(stop) the disease.

The experts said 70% of people who have had bird flu in Asia have died. The number is about twice as that in 1997 in Hong Kong. One expert said the bird flu __4.____(seem) to be much more serious than before, and many cities ___5.___(affect感染). He also said that it was still not___6.___(know) why this disease was so serious and why only patients in two countries had died.

He said that in 1997, the bird flu ___7.____(appear) in Hong Kong, only 6 people were killed. This time, the disease____8._____ (find) in 11 countries.

Japan has stopped importing( 进口 )chicken from the US because bird flu was found in Delaware. Japan was trying ___9.____(confirm 证实 )the disease in Delaware. If the disease is not harmful to people, it __10.______( import进口) chicken from the US.

 

Answer 1

1.have died

2.meeting

3.to stop

4.seemed

5.were affected

6.known

7.appeared

8.was found

9.to confirm

10.will import

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了越南发生了禽流感。迄今为止，19个人因为疾病已经去世。专家们正在想办法查明如何组织这种疾病。其中一位专家说这次其流感似乎比以前更严重，许多城市被感染。

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4.said 可知此处用一般过去时，故此处为seemed。句意：其中一位专家说这次其流感似乎比以前更严重。

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7.in 1997, 故此处用一般过去时，故为appeared。句意：他说在1997年禽流感出现在香港。

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考点：短文填空。