Question

The deadliest Ebola(埃博拉病毒) outbreak in recorded history is happening right now. The outbreak is unprecedented(空前的) both in the number of people who have gotten sick and in the geographic scope. And so far it’s been a long battle that doesn’t appear to be slowing down.

Ebola is both rare and very deadly. Since the first outbreak in 1976, Ebola viruses have infected thousands of people and killed roughly killed 60 percent of them. Symptoms can come on quickly and kill fast.

The current outbreak started in Guinea sometime in late 2013 or early 2014. It has since spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia, including some capital cities. And one infected patient traveled on a plane to Nigeria, where he spread the disease to several others and then died. Cases have also popped up in various other countries throughout the world, including in Dallas and New York City in the United States.

The Ebola virus has now hit many countries, including Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United States. The virus, which starts off with flu-like symptoms and sometimes ends with bleeding, has infected about 6,500 people and killed more than 3,000 since this winter, according to the World Health Organization on September 30, 2014.

There are some social and political factors contributing to the current disaster. Because this is the first major Ebola outbreak in West Africa, many of the region’s health workers didn’t have experience or training in how to protect themselves or care for patients with this disease.

Journalist David Quammen put it well in a recent New York Times article, “Ebola is more dangerous to humans than perhaps any known virus on Earth, except rabies(狂犬病) and HIV. And it does its damage much faster than either.”

Hopefully, researchers are working to find drugs, including a recent $50 million push at the National Institutes of Health. And scientists are working on vaccines(疫苗), including looking into ones that might be able to help wild chimpanzees, which are also susceptible to the disease. The first human Ebola vaccine trial is scheduled to start in the spring of 2015.

1.According to the passage, which of the following about Ebola is true?

A. The Ebola outbreak now is the biggest one in history.

B. Ebola breaks out quickly but it is under control now.

C. Ebola is deadly and common so it kills a lot of people.

D. Ebola killed about 60 thousand people quickly in 1976.

2.The Ebola virus was brought to Nigeria by .

A. a flying bird

B. an infected passenger

C. hot African weather

D. a health organization

3.The symptoms of Ebola at the beginning are more like those of .

A. flu B. rabies

C. HIV/AIDS D. internal bleeding

4.The last paragraph mainly tells us that .

A. it will be a huge waste when researchers spend lots of money finding a cure

B. the vaccines can be effective to wild chimpanzees but not to the humans

C. there will be an optimistic future in which we can defeat the disease

D. we can use the vaccine to cure the patients completely in 2015’s spring

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Ebola ---- The African Local Disaster

B. Ebola ---- The Newly-Found Disease

C. Ebola ---- A More Effective Vaccine

D. Ebola ---- The Deadly Virus Outbreak

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：最近，埃博拉病毒在几内亚、利比亚、塞拉利昂和尼日利亚等西非国家肆虐，已造成1000多人死亡，是史上最严重的一次埃博拉大爆发，令全世界人心惶惶。主要是关于科技发展对团队合作带来的积极影响的看法。《华盛顿邮报》的一篇文章写道：人们的恐慌是可以理解的，但是，身处非洲国家之外的人不必过于担心自己会被感染。

1.A猜测词义题。根据第一段“最近，致死率最高的埃博拉病毒正在爆发。是史上最严重的一次埃博拉大爆发。此次疫情感染人数之多，传播范围之广都是前所未有的。截止今天，与埃博拉的斗争仍然刻不容缓。”和接下来文章的内容，可知，A项正确。

2.2】B推理判断题。根据第三段“one infected patient traveled on a plane to Nigeria, where he spread the disease to several others and then died.”可知是一个感染了这种病毒的病人乘坐通往尼日利亚的飞机时，把这种病毒传染给了其他人。故选B。

3.3】A细节理解题。根据第四段 “The virus, which starts off with flu-like symptoms”，可知这种病毒一开始的症状类似于流感的症状。故选A。

4.4】C推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Hopefully”以及“The first human Ebola vaccine trial is scheduled to start in the spring of 2015.”可知这种病毒虽然可怕，但是科学家有望研究出治疗它的新药。因此未来很乐观。故选C.

5.5】D标题类题目。本文主要讲致死率很高的埃博拉病毒在几内亚、利比亚、塞拉利昂和尼日利亚等西非国家肆虐，已造成1000多人死亡，是史上最严重的一次埃博拉大爆发，令全世界人心惶惶。故选D.

考点：新闻类短文