We have met the enemy and he i s our s.We bought him at a pet shop.When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s.“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity.
It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s.Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country.A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them.” say s I sak sen.
“Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing.” say s Peter Schantz.Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call.Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s.We know very little about the se new di sea se s.A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st.But it may develop into something harmful.Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se.But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son.
(1)
We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________.
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A.
come from Columbia
B.
prevent u s from being infected
C.
enjoy being with children
D.
suffer from monkey-pox
(2)
Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?
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A.
Becau se they attack human being s.
B.
Becau se we need to study native animal s.
C.
Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st.
D.
Becau se we do not know much about them yet.
(3)
What doe s the phra se “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?
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A.
A new di sea se.
B.
A clear warning.
C.
A dangerou s animal.
D.
A morning call.
阅读理解
Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47,experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s.When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent.“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French.”
Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country.The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain.
The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military.The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that.
Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice.Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent.
Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent.Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common.
When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent.However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot.
(1)
According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome.
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A.
who se parent ha s experienced a head injury
B.
who have lived in a foreign country for a long time
C.
who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke
D.
who have learned foreign language from their coworker s
(2)
If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________.
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A.
hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him
B.
he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again
C.
he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s
D.
hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent
(3)
Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________.
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A.
introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information
B.
warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke
C.
make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured
D.
tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War