Anti-bird flu contingency (意外事故) measures, including a proposal to separate poultry from humans and a series of traffic and logistics (后勤) measures will be discussed at the Legislative Council's Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Panel meeting next month. Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Dr York Chow says the contingency plan would come into force if an outbreak occurred near Hong Kong.
Speaking on a radio talk show this morning, Dr Chow said the separation of poultry from humans policy, which will be determined after a decision whether to set up a central slaughtering (屠宰) house or several regional ones, would be based on the demand for live chickens.
He pointed out that at present there were 30,000 live chickens imported from the Mainland and 30,000 supplied locally. If this demand persisted, there would be no central slaughtering house or wholesale point that could handle such an amount and regional slaughtering houses could be the choice.
He added that building of regional slaughtering houses took time, but stressed the need to study the views of the public and the sector before a final decision was made.
Regarding avian flu vaccination (種痘) for humans, Dr Chow said it was still being developed. He added that it may not be reliable in the case of an outbreak as records show vaccination can only offer 5% protection against a virus.
He said Hong Kong had more experience and expertise than neighbouring territories in the fight against viral outbreaks, and was willing to offer them help. He added there was no “boundary” for infectious diseases and close cooperation among different countries had to be maintained to fight against a possible outbreak.
小題1: It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ______.
A．the government is planning to take strong action to fight against bird flu
B．a(chǎn)n outbreak which happened near Hong Kong made people very frightened
C．a(chǎn)nti-bird flu contingency measures will come into use next month
D．Dr York Chow will organize a meeting to discuss the contingency plan
小題2:According to the passage, the best way to fight against bird flu is to ______.
A．separate poultry from humansB．set up a central slaughtering house
C．set up several regional slaughtering housesD．get avian flu vaccination
小題3:When the final decision will be made mainly depends on ______.
A．the demand for live chickensB．the views of the public
C．the advice from experts
D．the time when regional slaughtering houses will be finished
小題4:Which of the following statements isn’t Dr York Chow’s opinion?
A．Hong Kong is better at dealing with viral outbreaks than its neighbours.
B．Infectious diseases could happen in any country.
C．Other territories should ask Hong Kong for help because it has more experience.
D．Cooperation is quite necessary when danger is coming.

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C

小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)預(yù)防禽流感的一系列措施可判斷政府對(duì)此非常重視，正計(jì)劃采取行動(dòng)抵制禽流感。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)前兩段的第一句話可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第4段中提到“but stressed the need to study the views of the public…”，可見(jiàn)政府非常重視聽(tīng)取公眾的意見(jiàn)。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Dr York Chow只是說(shuō)香港在處理瘟疫方面比周邊地區(qū)或國(guó)家更富有經(jīng)驗(yàn)，所以他并不是說(shuō)其它地區(qū)或國(guó)家凡事都要向香港請(qǐng)教。
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