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    More than fifty SARS experts ___1___ this month in Geneva at the headquarters of the World Health Organization. They came from fifteen countries to discuss progress ___2___ the lung disease. SARS began in southern China late last year. It ___3___ in Asia and other parts of the world. The W-H-O __4_____ travel warnings. Health officials worked aggressively. They kept SARS patients ____5___ others. They looked for anyone else those patients might have been near.

     SARS was contained(遏制) in the middle of this year. By then, eight-thousand people had become sick. More than seven-hundred of ___6____ died.

     SARS causes effects similar to ____7___ of pneumonia (肺炎) or influenza. People often cough. Breathing is difficult or ___8____ . Some people need machines to help them breathe. Body temperature goes ___9____ . SARS can also make people feel tired, __10_____ their head hurt and make them not want to eat. Most people with SARS, however, usually recover within two weeks.

 1. A. met         B. will meet         C. saw           D. will see

 2. A. for          B. against           C. on            D. from

 3. A. took place    B. spreaded          C. take place      D. spread

 4. A. decided      B. declared          C. announced      D. spoke

 5. A. near         B. together with      C. away from      D. close to

 6. A. whom       B. who             C. them           D. men

 7. A. them        B. that              C. this           D. those

 8. A. hurt         B. hurtful           C. painful         D. pain

 9. A. down        B. away            C. up            D. to zero

 10. A. make       B. having made      C. making        D. made

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    71   It was held on the last Saturday of March, which asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Based on an idea successfully executed(执行) in Thailand in 2005, it was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.  72  

Earth Hour 2007

Earth Hour was held in Sydney, Australia at 7:30 pm, local time.

Earth Hour 2008

The official website for the event, earthhour.org, received over 6.7 million unique visitors in the week leading up to Earth Hour.73     

According to a Zogby International online survey 36 million people participated in Earth Hour 2008. The survey also showed there was a 4 percentage point increase in awareness of environmental issues such as climate change, directly after the event. (However a search of Zogby's website and archive fails to produce any such survey or reference to the event)

74   

Earth Hour 2009 is from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time, March 28 2009. Currently, 82 countries and more than 2100 cities are committed to Earth Hour 2009, a huge increase from people participating in 35 countries for Earth Hour 2008.

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A. Earth Hour 2009

B. Other websites took part in the event, with Google's homepage going :"dark" on the day.

C. Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF .

D. The aim of Earth Hour is to call on the public to save energy.

E. People are invent to provide blogs and short video clips on how they spend their time.

F.The time for Earth Hour is the same all the time.

G.Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday,March 28,2009 at 8:30 pm,local time.

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