TOKYO－The number of domestic(国内)infections cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Japan hits 42 on Sunday after a total of 34 people in Osaka and Hyogo counties were confirmed to have been infected, local media reported．
The total number of the infection in the country now stands at 46, including the first four cases contracted(感染)abroad．The country is now facing the risk of grass-root outbreak which could lead the WHO to raise its new flu pandemic alert(传染病预警)to the highest level of 6 from the current 5, experts has warned．
The 34 newly confirmed domestic cases, 11 in Osaka and 23 in Hyogo, included high school students, college students and teachers, the health ministry and local governments said on Sunday．Japan on Saturday confirmed the first eight cases of domestic infection on students of a Kobe high school．The later confirmed cases in Osaka are said to have contacted the Kobe students in a volleyball match．Osaka and Hyogo are neighboring in the Kansai region．
All of the 42 people had no record of overseas travel．Meanwhile, a total of 143 students at the Kansai Okura Senior High School where many infections in Osaka were found, have shown symptoms of influenza since around Monday, according to local media reports．The privately run school said it will be closed from Monday through Saturday．More than 1,000 educational facilities－kindergartens, and elementary, junior and senior high schools－in Osaka and Hyogo counties have decided to suspend(暂停)classes for certain periods following the confirmation of new flu infections in the counties, Kyodo News reported．
The two counties have requested private schools to follow suit．Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto held a meeting of a new flu task force on Sunday and decided to ask facilities such as movie theaters to suspend operations to prevent the spread of the flu．TV clips showed people in Kansai region started to wear masks in public spaces and rushed to drug stores for buying medicines．
The Japanese government on Saturday shifted the stage of its new-flu action program from“a period of overseas outbreak”to“a period of domestic outbreak”and called for companies and schools in the areas concerned to allow individuals to avoid commuting(出行)during rush hours．
The Kyodo News quoted Masato Tashiro, a member of the World Health Organization’s emergency committee, as saying that several hundred people in Japan already may have been infected with the new flu．
(1)
According to the passage, the total number of the A/H1N1 infection in Japan now is ________．
[ ]
A．
42
B．
34
C．
46
D．
143
(2)
The reasons for the happening of the later confirmed cases in Osaka are the following Except ________．
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A．
143 students at the Kansai Okura Senior High School have shown symptoms of influenza．
B．
Some students in a Kobe High school got infected．
C．
Osaka and Hyogo are next to each other in the Kansai region．
D．
The later infected people contacted the Kobe students in a volleyball match．
(3)
What is the implied meaning of what Masato Tashiro said in the last paragraph?
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A．
The real situation about the new flu in Japan may be worse than it has been reported．
B．
Several hundred people have been infected but they don’t know it．
C．
The WHO has to raise its new flu pandemic alert to the highest level．
D．
The WHO’s emergency committee are trying to confirm the number of infection in Japan．
(4)
The purpose of the passage is ________．
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A．
to introduce the new flu in Japan．
B．
to draw people’s attention to the worsening situation of influenza A/H1N1 in Japan．
C．
to give some advice on preventing the spread of the flu．
D．
to call for educational facilities in Japan to suspend classes for some time．
Tokyo：the world’s oldest man, retired Japanese silkworm breeder Yukichi Chuganji, died in his home at the age of 114, on Monday．Family members found him dead on his mattress．Born on March 23, 1989, Chuganji worked as a silkworm breeder and bank employee after leaving school．He also served as a community welfare officer．He had been in good health, talking daily with his family members．
Washington：every American dislikes people who talk on cellphones while driving, even those are guilty of the practice．In the State of New Jersey, 84 percent of 968 cellphone owners said in a recent telephone survey that they would support a state ban on the use of cellphones while driving．However, 42 percent of cellphone owners also said they used the devices“very often”or“sometimes”while driving．Although most agree that the banning is good, only 38 percent believed such a ban would be easy to enforce．
New York：a woman in the US who was being attacked by a vicious dog said she was saved from further harm when her 13-year-old daughter distracted the canine by screaming“ You want a piece of me?”and kicked it repeatedly in the head．Jane Howell said she and her daughter, Elizabeth, were taking a walk around the neighbourhood on Saturday, evening when they came across the big dog, unchained．
(1)
The main idea of the second paragraph is ________．
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A．
most Americans don’t like cellphones
B．
a ban on the use of cellphones has been made
C．
few people use cellphones while driving
D．
using cellphones while driving will be banned because most Americans don’t like it
(2)
The three pieces of news are all about ________．
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A．
science
B．
daily life
C．
sports
D．
law
(3)
The woman in the US ________．
[ ]
A．
was not harmed by the dog
B．
was raising the dog when it attacked her
C．
was protected from being seriously hurt by her daughter
D．
had escaped when her daughter was kicking the dog
(4)
From the news we can infer ________．
[ ]
A．
Chuganji was living alone when he died
B．
the woman’s 13-year-old daughter was brave enough
C．
cellphones are not good devices
D．
it’s easy to enforce the ban on the use of cellphones while driving
(5)
“Vicious”in the third paragraph means ________．
[ ]
A．
bad
B．
kind
C．
unchained
D．
ugly
阅读理解：
By 2050…
Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050．
TV channels will have disappeared．Instead, people will choose a program from a“menu”and a computer will send the program directly to the television．Today, we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away．By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers, and books will come to us by computer．
Cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast．Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won't be any accidents．Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are．By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination．Space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours．Today, the United Sates Space Shuttle can go into space and land on Earth again．By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours．
Robots will have replaced people in factories．Many factories already use robots．Big companies prefer robots－they don't ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day．By 2050, we will see robots everywhere－in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes．
Medical technology will have conquered many diseases．Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear．By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and hear again．
Scientists will have discovered how to control genes．Scientists have already produced clones of animals．By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people, and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have．Scientists will be able to do these things, but should they?
(1)
Which of the following can NOT be realized today?
[ ]
A．
Reading newspapers on a computer．
B．
Making a space shuttle go into space and land on Earth again．
C．
Creating cloned animals．
D．
Choosing TV programs freely from a“menu”．
(2)
According to the text, some big companies prefer robots to human workers because human workers ________．
[ ]
A．
can work 24 hours a day
B．
often ask for more pay
C．
are not clever enough
D．
are often late for work
(3)
From the 6th paragraph we can infer that ________．
[ ]
A．
there will be no blind and deaf people by 2050
B．
few diseases will attack people
C．
electronic devices will be connected directly to the brain to help each other
D．
medical technology will be more effective by 2050
(4)
What's the author's attitude towards the cloning technology?
[ ]
A．
The author does not agree on the use of cloning technology．
B．
The author thinks human cloning is impossible．
C．
The author does not really support the idea of human cloning．
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