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On June 5, 1981 the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, U.S. announced the presence of a rare, infectious disease in five American homosexuals(同性恋). Soon doctors were finding similar cases all over the country and the world. The AIDS epidemic(流行病)had officially begun. By 1983 it was clear that AIDS had spread around the world. More than twenty years later, AIDS has left twenty-six million dead and another forty million infected. AIDS has become the worst medical disaster ever experienced by mankind.

Hundreds of young people between the ages of 20 and 45 died each week during the early years of the U.S. AIDS. More than 600,000 cases of AIDS have been reported since 1981 in the United States, and it is estimated that there may be as many as 900,000 Americans infected with HIV.

Though the rate of HIV infections continues to increase in the United States, the number of AIDS cases has fallen sharply since 1996, when antiretroviral drugs came onto the market. Unfortunately, the AIDS epidemic continues today in Africa and much of Asia, where antiretroviral treatment is not available and health care is far from enough. AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, and the No. 1 cause of death due to infectious disease.

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was first separated in 1983 by a team at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. That discovery made it possible to develop a test for AIDS and trace back to victims who may have died before doctors were aware of the disease.

However, scientists still don't know exactly how and where AIDS started. Finding the source of AIDS could be important in developing a vaccine(疫苗) and be important in mapping the future course of the epidemic.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A．antiretroviral drugs will be obtained easily all over the world

B．the best way to stop AIDS is to develop a vaccine

B．scientists will soon find a way to cure AIDS

D．there will be fewer AIDS cases in the world in the future

Which areas are the most worrying places where AIDS spreads quickly?

A．Africa. B．Asia. C．The United States. D．France.

The number of AIDS cases has greatly decreased in the United States due to the fact

A．a team at the Pasteur Institute in Paris succeeded in separating HIV

B．some effective medicine has been invented

B．scientists understand AIDS better and better.

D．The rate of HIV infections continue to rise in the United States

What's the importance of the discovery of the source of AIDS?

A．It can be used to develop a test for AIDS.

B．It can stop HIV forming AIDS.

B．It can reduce the rate of death caused by AIDS.

D．It can help develop a drug to prevent AIDS.

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】B

【小题4】D

解析:

【小题1】从第三段的叙述中可知正确答案。

【小题2】从第三段Unfortunately, the AIDS epidemic continues today in Africa and much of Asia, where antiretroviral treatment is not available and health care is far from enough.可知正确答案。

【小题3】从第三段Though the rate of HIV infections continues to increase in the United States, the number of AIDS cases has fallen sharply since 1996, when antiretroviral drugs came onto the market.可知正确答案。

【小题4】从最后一段Finding the source of AIDS could be important in developing a vaccine(疫苗) and be important in mapping the future course of the epidemic.可知正确答案。

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When did Luo Jing go to hospital?

A. As soon as he ran the torch.

B. As soon as he was diagnosed with cancer.

C. As soon as he felt uncomfortable.

D. After attending the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

When Luo Jing began his career he was years old

A. 22 B. 24 C. 26 D. 28

Through the fourth paragraph the writer intends to show .

A. how high broadcast sowing rate of the News Network is

B. how remarkable the achievement that Luo Jing made was

C. what gifts a person should have if he wants to make a host

D. how terrible to become a host of the News Network

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Born in 1911 to a poor family in a small town in Illinois, his father was a failed salesman who drank too much. It was in these difficult times, though, that Reagan developed the powerful optimism（乐观） that would serve him so well. He always believed better times lying ahead, and this was reflected in his high school yearbook entry. “Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music,” he wrote.

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A. By borrowing money from the bank.

B. By investing in foreign countries.

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By printing his own articles and selling them for money.

66. It can be inferred that Mark Twain ________________.

hated smoking cigars

liked wearing black clothes

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c. Father’s Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.

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4. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 6?

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C. How Father’s Day came into being.

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