Authorities in Shanghai said Thursday night that another person has died from H7N9 bird flu, bringing the death toll to five around the country. The city has reported six infections (感染) to date, and four have died, said the Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission. Of the rest two, there was a four-year-old, the agency said. The baby was recovering from mild illness, it added. The person died at Huashan Hospital on Wednesday and was confirmed infected with the H7N9 bird flu on Thursday.
Also on Thursday, the commission reported the city's third death from the H7N9 bird flu. The case involved a 48-year-old man surnamed Chu, a poultry (家禽) transporter from Rugao in neighboring Jiangsu Province. He developed symptoms(癥狀) of cough on March 28. After having a fever on Monday, he went to a private clinic for treatment. The man then sought help in the Tongji Hospital in Shanghai in the early hours of Wednesday after his condition worsened. Chu died three hours after being admitted to the hospital. He was confirmed infected with the H7N9 virus on Thursday. Eight people who had close contact with him have shown no abnormal symptoms.
So far, China has confirmed 14 H7N9 cases -- six in Shanghai, four in Jiangsu, three in Zhejiang and one in Anhui, in the first known human infections of the lesser-known type of bird flu. Of all, four died in Shanghai and one died in Zhejiang. China's Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday the H7N9 avian flu virus has been detected from pigeon (鴿子) samples collected at a marketplace in Songjiang District of Shanghai.
After gene sequence analysis, the national avian flu reference laboratory concluded that the H7N9 virus found on pigeons was highly congenetic with those found on persons infected with H7N9 virus. China's health authorities have promised transparency(透明) and cooperation (合作) to the World Health Organization in regards to human infections of the new type of bird flu. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that no human-to-human transmission of H7N9 has been discovered.
小題1:What does the underlined word “confirmed” probably mean?
A．saidB．doubtedC．provedD．made
小題2:What does the news report mainly about?
A．How many people died of H7N9 bird flu
B．How the development of the H7N9 bird flu vaccine (疫苗) is going on
C．What measures the government has taken to stop the spreading of H7N9
D．The new outbreak of the H7N9 bird flu
小題3:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the news report?
A．H7N9 bird flu has killed four people in Shanghai and one in Zhejiang.
B．H7N9 virus is not one that spreads from human to human
C．So far, China has confirmed 14 deaths from the H7N9 bird flu
D．The government agreed to cooperate with WHO in regards to the H7N9
小題4:What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A．Chu, a poultry transporter is the city’s third death from the H7N9 bird flu
B．Chu developed symptoms of cough and a fever
C．Chu died three hours after being admitted to a private clinic
D．Eight people who had close contact with him haven’t been infected with H7N9

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：文章介紹了H7N9禽流感的新的爆發(fā)，報道了新增病例和死亡人數(shù)，說明這些感染和人都是和活禽有過接觸，還沒有人與人的傳染情況。
小題1:猜詞題：這個人死于華山醫(yī)院，被證實是星期四感染了H7N9流感。可知confirm和prove含義相近。選C
小題2:主旨題：文章介紹了H7N9禽流感的新的爆發(fā)。選D
小題3:細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：So far, China has confirmed 14 H7N9 cases -- six in Shanghai, four in Jiangsu, three in Zhejiang and one in Anhui, in the first known human infections of the lesser-known type of bird flu. Of all, four died in Shanghai and one died in Zhejiang.可知到現(xiàn)在為止14人感染不是14人死亡。選C
小題4:推理題：從第二段的句子：Eight people who had close contact with him have shown no abnormal symptoms.可知和他接觸的8個人沒有被感染禽流感。選D
點評：文章報道了H7N9禽流感的新的爆發(fā)：此類文章的最大的障礙是詞匯以及考生對閱讀內(nèi)容的不熟悉，需要考生在閱讀的時候有足夠的耐心。要養(yǎng)成在上下文串聯(lián)中猜測詞義的能力，猜測生詞的一種方法是，根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法推測。遇到生詞后，可從構(gòu)詞法角度分析判斷生詞。另外，還可以從含有生詞句子的上下文，以及句子和段落之間的關(guān)系來判斷、理解生詞以求獲得其真正含義。
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