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A／Hl Nl Flu Continues to Spread Worldwide

BEUING，May l0（Xinhua）一The A/H1 N1 continues to spread（传播）around the world as the disease has been confirmed（证实） in more than 4．150 people in 45 countries．

    Canada and Costa Rica confirmed their first death case on Saturday，so there are altogether 4 countries which have reported confirmed human death cases．

    In Costa Rica, a 53-year-old man became the first death case of the A／Hl N1 flu．In the Canadian province of Alberta．local health government said the A／Hl N1 caused the death of a woman in her 30s who died late April．

    But health officials said that both patients and the two deaths in the U．S．were having other health problems when they infected（感染）the disease．

    In Tokyo，a high school teacher and two teenage students tested positive for the disease at the airport after returning from a school trip to Canada．

    Australia’s local health government said Saturday that an Australian woman arriving in Sydney from Los Angeles tested “weak positive”．becoming the country’s first case．

    Also on Saturday New Zealand．the first country in the Asia—Pacific area to confirm A／Hl N1 flu cases．reported two more on Saturday．

    Mexico on Saturday raised the confirmed death to 48．（75）Schools in the capital Mexico City will start classes again on Monday, while two states in which new deaths have just appeared will continue the closing of schools for another week．

    Are there ways to reduce（减少）the spread of the disease?  “Cover your noses and mouths  when you cough or sneeze．wash your hands often．Avoid（避免）getting in touch with infected people，”New York health officials said．

根据文章内容完成下列任务。

◇根据短文内容回答问题。

1．How many capital cities are mentioned（提到）in this passage? And what are they?

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2．In which four countries are death cases found?

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3．Why did a teacher and two students in Tokyo get infected?

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4．What else should we do to reduce the spread of the disease besides avoiding getting in touch with infected people?

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◇将文中画线部分译成汉语。

5．______________________________________________________________

24、根据所给汉语将下列句子补充完整（每空一词）。

1．请向我们提供一些有关网上购物的信息。

Please _________us _________some _________ _________ shopping online．

2．数以千计的运动员将参加在济南举办的第十一届全运会。

    _________ _________ athletes will_________ _________ in the 11th National Games to be held in Jinan.

3．似乎他一生中从未如此勤奋地工作过。

   _________ seemed _________ he _________ never_________ so hard in his life.

4．我们一致同意将会议推迟到明天。

We are ________ ________ that the meeting should be________ ________ till tomorrow．

5．人们将永远记住那小女孩身处危险时的甜美微笑。

    The little girl _________ always _________ _________ _________her sweet smile when she was in danger．

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    There was a famous church in London．It was 110 meters high．The center of the church was like a bell．The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform（平台）was built so that the artist could put up a ladder（梯子）on it and paint the ceiling．The platform was about 70 meters over the ground．

    One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling．Also on the platform was his assistant，who was mixing paints．The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing．To have a better look at his painting，he stepped back again．Suddenly，his assistant shouted，picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top．The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him．

    “What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily．“Are you mad?” His assistant replied．“I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting．But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform．You were in great danger．I wanted to make you move forwards．If I had not made you run forwards．you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform．”

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．The story happened in _______．

A．America                B．France                 C．Germany                D．England

2．Why did the artist step back again?

A．To see how his work was progressing．

B．To have a better look at his painting．

C．To paint a bowl in his painting．

D．To pour some paint on his painting．

3．What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He painted a famous painting himself．

B．He ran forwards to stop him．

C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting．

D．He stopped mixing the paints．

4．Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?

Note：a：artist；b：assistant；c：painting；4．←：the direction of the movement

5．After reading the passage，what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done

B．He would punish（惩罚）the assistant for having destroyed his painting．

C．He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life．

D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more．

19、根据下面提供的对话情景，从下列7个选项中选择正确答案，使对话连贯、完整。

A：Can I help you?

B：  l   

A：Did you enjoy the book?

B：No，I couldn’t read it．  2   So I decided to give up．

A：Isn’t it interesting?

B：It isn’t the language．It’s the words．They are too small for rne.

A：    3    What can I do for you then?

B：Well．I’d be glad if you could find me another book．

A： 4  

B：Yes，but one with bigger words．

A：How about this one?

B：Oh，Harry Potter．This one is fine．    5   Thanks．