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　　Health officials call it a slight disease, but many thousands of people know better. Their temperature rises to 102°F, yet they feel cold. Their muscles and bones hurt, every cough and sneeze is painful, and they feel so tired that they can hardly reach for an aspirin or a glass of water, even while lying in bed.

　　The cause of all this is A2-Hong Kong-68, better know as“Hong Kong Flu”that travels easily from one person to another with the slightest sneeze of cought. The disease was officially named for the place where it was first found. A Hong Kong newspaper noted sadly,“We want our city to be well known, but not for this.”

　　After spreading quickly to many thousands of men, women, and children in the Far East, the disease travelled with the speed of a jet airplane to the United“We have been running a tide against this flu,”says a Los Angeles medical officer,“and we have lost.”

　　Most people who catch the disease live in crowded cities. For some, it is just a cold that lasts three or four days. But there are others－mainly old people, young children, and heavy smokers－for whom the disease can mean death, either directly, or through other disease that their bodies, weakened by the Hong Kong flu, were unable to fight off.

　　“You wouldn’t tell anybody you had a cold when you could tell them you had the Hong Kong flu,”noted one health officer.

1．The disease is called a slight disease only because ________.

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A．it travels with the slight sneeze or cough

B．it spread quickly from the East to the West without making any sound

C．there is slight hope for the disease catcher to get well again

D．it lasts three or four days for some people

2．From the passage, we can see the Hong Kong people ________.

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A．are not glad the disease has the name

B．don’t want to be well known

C．didn’t accept the name of the disease

D．are proud of the disease

3．Which of the following sentences is untrue?

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A．People who catch the disease feel cold though their temperature is very high.

B．The flu causes death all by itself.

C．Coughs and sneezes have spread the disease.

D．The Hong Kong Health officials think the flu is not very serious.

4．Why do you suppose some people would tell their friends they had the Hong Kong flu? It is probable that ________.

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A．once people have had the flu, they won’t get that kind again

B．some people are not afraid of the disease

C．their friends won’t catch the disease

D．their friends are not old ones

5．It is obvious that ________.

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A．the Hong Kong people are more afraid of the flu than afraid of a cold

B．the Hong Kong people are more afraid of a cold than afraid of the flu

C．Hong Kong is more afraid of the flu than Los Angeles

D．Los Angeles is more afraid of the flu than Hong Kong

Answer 1

答案：D;A;B;A;B
解析：

1．细节推理题。据第四自然段“For some, it is just a cold that lasts three or four days.”可得知D为正确选项。 　　2．据第二自然段中“We want our city to be well known, but not for this.”可知A为正确选项。 　　3．细节判断题。从第四自然段“But there are others …for whom the disease can mean death, either directly, or through other disease that their bodies, weakened by the Hong Kong flu, were unable to fight off.”意为：“但其他的人－－主要是老人，小孩和严重的吸烟者－－对于他们，这种病可能意味着死亡，或者是直接地，或者通过其他因香港流感而使身体变弱，从而使它变成不能抵抗的疾病。由此可见流感独自引起死亡与上述文意不符。故选错误的句子应选B。” 　　4．推测题。B、C、D均没依据。A项文中虽没直接说，但推测A项It is probable that…较为合理。 　　5．据最后一句，可知B为最佳。