题目内容
课文填空:
Epidemics1________history2_________recent press reports 3________(draw) parallels between bird flu and a killer epidemic in the past, Jim smith looks through the history of epidemics for clues about what the future might hold.
4______bird flu first appeared in 1997, it has 5______(take) more than a hundred lives. Many people fear it could be the next global epidemic, especially as scientists who studied tissue from the bodies of the 1918 Spanish flu proved that bird flu is a modern 6______(adapt) of the same virus.
Bacteria and viruses have been 7_______since the beginning of life on earth and many of today’s diseases have existed as long as humans have. It is important to look 8______the spread of diseases throughout history to discover the causes and effects of 9._____(epidemic), and 10_____(hope), foresee and prevent them in the future.
throughout
with
drawing
Since
taken
adaptation
around
at
epidemics
hopefully
【解析】
throughout意思“在……期间”, throughout history意思“在历史期间”
with意思“关于”,句子意思“在历史期间关于……流行病”
draw意思“画”,drawing paralleles意思“绘制平行线”
since意思“自从……以后”,句子意思“自从1997年禽流感首次出现以后”
take意思“夺取”,句子意思“禽流感夺走上百条性命”
adapt是动词,而modern是形容词,后面必须是名词形式
around意思“在……周围”,句子意思“自从地球有生命以后,细菌和病毒已经在周围”
固定用法,look at意思“看”,句子意思“看一下历史期间疾病的蔓延是很重要的”
流行病不止一种,所以加s
hopefully意思“有希望地”,句子意思“有希望地,在将来能预知和阻止它们”