The second paragraph focuses on ______.A. World Health OrganizationB. flus in Hong Kong and SpainC. the economy of Southeast AsiaD. possible effects of a bird flu outbreak
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The second paragraph focuses on ______.
A. World Health Organization
B. flus in Hong Kong and Spain
C. the economy of Southeast Asia
D. possible effects of a bird flu outbreak
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第1题：
H-live-n-one virus in the passage means ______.
A. farm birds
B. infected farm animals
C. people died in Hong Kong
D. a different kind of bird flu virus
正确答案：D37．答案为D 此题考查文章句意理解、细节定位。略读文章，发现在第2段中有a different kind of bird flu virus．It is called the h-five-n-one virus。注意其中的代词it，它代表a different kind of bird flu virus，故选D为答案。
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第2题：
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
①The threat of a global outbreak (疾病大爆发) of bird flu makes it urgent for the international community to cooperate effectively. Wealthy countries will have to provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the testing and production of medicines necessary for treating patients suffering from bird flu. Developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia, where the bird flu virus (病毒) has spread since 1997, must work out special programs so that farmers will not hide signs of possible outbreaks. In addition, the way such farm birds as chickens and ducks are traditionally raised and marketed in the developing world should be changed; there should be more distance between the birds and their keepers. Countries should deal with the disease with joint effort. If one country is inadequately prepared, it will be a threat to every other country.
②The potential effects of a national outbreak of bird flu are enormous. Firstly, an outbreak may kill large numbers of people. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that an outbreak similar to the mild Hong Kong flu of 1968 could kill as many as 7.4 millions people. If it were as dangerous as the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed 50 million, the number would be much higher. Secondly, such an outbreak may cause great financial damage. The latest outbreak of bird flu, which began in December 2003, has cost Southeast Asia more than $10 billion and depressed its GDP(gross domestic product) by 1.5 percent. If a new outbreak of bird flu were to last for a whole year, $800 billion would be lost.
③Despite the 124 human cases and 63 deaths from bird flu since December 2003, the virus remains mainly a disease of animals. However, the more animals that die of the disease, the more chances it has of spreading to people. Large numbers of dead or dying birds mean that more people will be exposed to the virus and change into a virus with new characteristics. If the international community works together efficiently, man can surely prevent such a virus and possibly save millions of lives.
26. Faced with the threat of a global outbreak of bird flu, the international community should ________.
A. establish new markets
B. work together effectively
C. stop birds from flying to other countries
D. raise fewer chickens and ducks
正确答案：B
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第3题：
The passage deals with all the following aspects bird flu EXCEPT _______.
A. the origin and history of bird flu
B. the importance of international cooperation
C. the possible dangers of a national outbreak
D. the significance of preventing it from spreading
正确答案：A
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第4题：
You know, this bridge()Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau.
A. comes
B. connects
C. contacts
参考答案：C
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第5题：
Hong Kong Fashion Week(英译汉)正确答案：香港时装节
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第6题：
In the second paragraph, the author mainly concentrates on the（ ）
[A] tendency of American economy
[B]contribution American households have made to the economy
[C]low efficiency of the government
[D]progress toward digital transformation
正确答案：D
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第7题：
When his uncle returned from Hong Kong, the boy asked__________what present he would get.A.curiously
B.fluently
C.properly
D.consciously答案：A解析：考查副词辨析。后半句要表达的意思是“这个男孩一——问他叔叔他能得到什么礼物”。curiously“好奇地”，fluently“流利地，流畅地”，properly“适当地，恰当地”，consciously“有意识地”。根据语境，可以得知这个男孩应是好奇地问能得到什么礼物。故选A。 -
第8题：
A Hong Kong Special Administrative（ ）was established in July.A.Region
B.District
C.Area
D.Zone答案：A解析：region偏重行政区划，尤指大的行政地区，如：Hong Kong Special Administrative Region香港特别行政区。[B]district亦指行政区域，但较region小，尤指城市内的小区，如：the Haidian District海淀区；C.area泛指任何一片地方；D.zone“地区，地带”，指一小片或者圈起来的一片地区。 -
第9题：
The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11,2009.It is the first worldwide epidemic 1by the World Health Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert_2 an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia,and rising 3_in Britain,Japan,Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is"4"in severity,according to Margaret Chan,the organization's director general,5 the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery,often in the 6 of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global__7 in late April 2009,when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths 8 healthy adults.As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic,cases began to 9 in New York City,the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States,new cases seemed to fade 10 warmer weather arrived.But in late September 2009,officials reported there was 11 flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the 12 tested are the new swine flu,also known as（A）H1N1,not seasonal flu.In the U.S.,it has__13 more than one million people,and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials__14_Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began 15 orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine.The new vaccine,which is different from the annual flu vaccine,is 16 ahead of expectations.More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009,though most of those 17 doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type,which is not 18 for pregnant women,people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties,heart disease or several other 19.But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group:health care workers,people20_infants and healthy young people.19选？A.problems
B.issues
C.agonies
D.sufferings答案：A解析：词义辨析【直击答案】本空格所在句是people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties,heart disease or several other__19．解答本题时要联系上文信息，上文说该药剂不推荐给一些特殊人群使用，本题空格处前面的or表明所需填入词仍是指特殊人群。所以可推断出答案为A项problems，即还有其他健康问题的人群。【命题思路】本题考查考生对相近含义的名词的辨析能力。【干扰排除】B项issues的含义也是“问题”，但多指有争议的问题；A项problems的含义是“问题”，泛指其他的一些疾病。 -
第10题：
单选题_____Hong Kong is one of____busiest seaports in the world.AThe; the
B/; /
CThe; /
D/; the
正确答案： B解析： -
第11题：
单选题The phrase “a ticking time bomb” in the second paragraph is used to stress _____Athe risk of sleep deprivation.
Bour concern about good health.
Cone possible cause of early death.
Dour ignorance about the lack of sleep.
正确答案： A解析：
文章第二段中由who引出的定语从句解释了为什么将 The trend for late nights and early mornings比喻为“a ticking time bomb”，该定语从句指出lack of sleep会引起各种身体不适，并会导致early death，可见，该比喻是为强调睡眠不足带来的严重后果，故应选A。 -
第12题：
问答题Wild Birds Treated as Bird-flu Carriers Avian influenza, also known as bird-flu, is dominating headlines in some parts of the world. The first cases of the deadly HSN1 swain of the virus have been confirmed in Europe and there have been new outbreaks in Asia. Bird-flu is here to stay, according to the World Health Organization, and countries are revising their procedures on how to prevent, or at the very least delay, a human pandemic. In areas where the virus has already been confirmed, like Romania, most efforts focus on trying to keep domestic birds away from wild local birds like swans, and migrating birds like geese. In the wetlands of the Danube delta thousands of hens, ducks and geese have already been slaughtered. Some ornithologists plead that we’d better not demonize the wild birds. Bird flu began among poultry in south-east Asia, almost certainly because of the way people treat domestic birds, cramped together in small cages. They infected the wild birds, which are now bringing the virus to Europe and Africa. Poultry are catching it, and sooner or later, so will humans. It’s coming full circles. So don’t blame the birds. Blame human cruelty. On a lake in Mined, not far from the delta capital Tulcea, two pigmy cormorants,10 domestic ducks, egrets, black-headed gulls, and swans, lots of swans. Sleeping. They shouldn’t be sleeping now. It’s the middle of the day! Perhaps they’re sick. Swans have borne the brunt of the bird-flu outbreak here so far. They were weak anyway, because of the floods which have struck Romania this Spring and Summer. Swans thrive in water not much deeper than one metre. They plunge their long necks under water to feed. With water levels unusually high, the swans have take refuge this year in fish farms, where many shallow, man-made pools offer rich pickings. But other birds, domestic and wild, gather there too-and such concentrations of birds, experts say, create a perfect environment for spreading disease. In the second confirmed bird-flu cluster in the delta,137 swans have died, on a fish farm in the village of Maliue. In the third cluster, near the Ukrainian border,15 swans have died so far. The number may not be huge, but this is undoubtedly the tip of the avian influenza iceberg. Bird-flu is already present in Romania’s neighbors, Ukraine, Moldova, and Bulgaria. White-fronted geese can travel 500 kilometers in a single day! Scientists should concentrate on a vaccine to prevent the virus in birds, and not put all their efforts into the human version. According to experts from the World Health Organization, the virus will remain for a long time in the region. More cases of bird-flu will be discovered, And each time, a major quarantine operation will have to be launched. To kill poultry, to closely observe those who have come into contact with sick birds, and seal off the area. People throughout this wetland region will just have to learn a new way of life. And so will their hens and ducks and geese. Like the tale of the Sultan’s gold coin, no one can say how this story will end.正确答案： 【参考译文】
野生鸟类被认为是禽流感的带苗者 禽流感,也就是鸟类的感冒,一直占据着世界上一些国家的头版头条。第一例由致命的H5N1型禽流感导致的病例已经在欧洲得到了证实,而亚洲又有新的疫病爆发。世界卫生组织认为禽流感将会困扰世界,而各国也正在改进他们的措施,以便能阻止或至少是延缓禽流感在人类流行。在一些已经被证实有禽流感的地区,比如罗马尼亚,人们竭尽全力让家禽远离当地野生的鸟类,例如天鹅;以及迁徒的鸟类,例如鹅。多瑙河三角洲的沼泽地带成千上万的鸡、鸭、鹅已经被屠杀。
一些鸟类学家恳求道,我们最好不要把野生鸟类当成恶魔。禽流感最初是在东南亚的家禽中传播开来,几乎可以肯定的是禽流感产生的原因是人们把家禽关在一个很小的笼子里导致的。随后这些家禽开始传染野生鸟类,而野生鸟类把病毒带到了欧洲和非洲。禽流感正在家禽中蔓延,迟早人类也会被感染。这将成为一个循环。因此不应该责备鸟类,应该责备的是人类的残酷。
在距三角洲首府图尔恰不远的弥勒日的湖上,两只矮鸬鹚,十只家鸭,白鹭,黑头鸥和很多天鹅昏昏沉睡。大中午的,它们现在还不到睡觉的时间!也许它们生病了。迄今为止,天鹅已经承受了禽流感所带来的冲击。不管怎样,在今年春天和夏天罗马尼亚的水灾中它们已经很虚弱了。天鹅在不到一米深的水中成长。它们把修长的脖子伸到水下觅食。由于今年水位异乎寻常地高,天鹅都到养鱼场避难,那里的人造水池很浅,给天鹅提供了充足的食料。但是其他的鸟类——家养或野生的也都聚在那里——专家认为,鸟类如此地聚集在一起给疾病的传播提供了理想的场所。在这个三角洲被确认的第二次禽流感的大规模爆发中,马留克村庄的一个养鱼场内死了137只天鹅。第三次的爆发发生在乌克兰边界附近,目前已有15只天鹅死亡。
数目也许并不大,但这无疑是禽流感冰山的一角。禽流感已经光顾了罗马尼亚的邻国乌克兰、摩尔多瓦和保加利亚。白头鹅一日可飞行500公里!科学家应该集中精力研制出一种疫苗来预防鸟类总的病毒,而不是把他们所有的精力都投入到人类预防禽流感疫苗的研究中去。
据世界卫生组织的专家说,这种病毒将在这一地区存留很长的时间。越来越多的禽流感的病例将会被发现。每一次都要进行大规模的检疫隔离行动。宰杀家禽,近距离地观察那些曾和生病的鸟类接触过的人,并把这个地区封锁起来。整个沼泽地区的人们都必须学会一种新的生活方式,而他们的鸡、鸭、鹅也必须学会这种方式。
就像苏丹金币的故事一样,没人能够知道故事会怎样结束。解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
The best solution to the problem of the spread of bird flu is ______.
A. to kill all the birds in an area where bird flu has been discovered
B. to kill all the chickens
C. to kill all the birds
D. to kill all the chickens when bird flu has been discovered
正确答案：A39．答案为A 此题考查文章句意理解、细节定位。略读义章，发现在文章的结尾处有The best way to stop the spread of bird flu is to kill all the chickens in an area where bird flu has been discovered。注意其中的in an area where bird flu has been discovered对all the chickens的限定作用，故选A为答案。
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第14题：
The number of people who have died of bird flu since 2003 is _______.
A. 63
B. 124
C. 7.4 million
D. 50 million
正确答案：A
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第15题：
在亚洲的金融风暴当中，对香港的影响在今年已经陆续显现了，尤其是在今年的上半年。 The effect on Hong Kong of the financial crisis in Southeast Asia has begun to be shown, especially in the first half of this year.()
参考答案：正确
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第16题：
Which one is the longest cross－sea bridge in the world?()A、It is the Golden Gate Bridge
B、It is the London Bridge
C、It is the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
答案：A
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第17题：
W.H.O. reported the influenza because ______.
A. the doctor belonged to that organization
B. many people in Hong Kong also suffered from it
C. the doctor found its virus and sent the samples to them
D. it spread widely in Singapore for the first time
正确答案：B
答案为 B。根据第二段最后两句看，W.H.O. published the important news alongside reports of a similar outbreak in Hong Kong，where about 15-20% of the population had become ill 作出该项选择。选项 A和D 在文中未提到；选项 C文中未提他向W.H.O.提交样本。 -
第18题：
That is a________boat built in Hong Kong.
A.ten-year-old
B.ten-years-old
C.ten-years old
D.ten year old
正确答案：A
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第19题：
It was such a (an) __________ when they met each other in Beijing because each thought that theother was still in Hong Kong.
A.occurrence
B.chance
C.coincidence
D.occasion答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。句意为“他们在北京遇见实在太…了，因为他们都以为对方仍在香港”。occurrence“发生，出现，事件”，指一般发生的事，没有偶然因素；chance“机会，可能性”；coincidence“一致，巧合”，指凑巧尤指偶然的事；0ccasion“机会，场合”。根据题意，他们在北京遇见是一次巧合，故选C。 -
第20题：
Because Hong Kong is home to people from all over the world, a _____ of fashion styles can be seen in the city on any given day.A. variety
B. kind
C. separateness
D. distance答案：A解析： -
第21题：
问答题Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in as few words as possible (not more than 10 words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage. Many people today are worried about bird flu. They are afraid that it will pass from birds to humans and that thousands of people will die in a pandemic. In 1918 a flu virus killed about 50 million people around the world. The virus was called Spanish influenza (or Spanish flu, for short) because Spanish newspapers first described the disease. Now, after nine years of work, scientists in an American laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia, have produced a copy of the Spanish flu virus. They are also going to publish the genetic sequence of the virus on the Internet and some experts are afraid that other laboratories could copy the virus. Scientists have copied the virus because they want to understand why the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic killed so many people. In a report in the journal Science, Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger and a team of scientists in the USA show that the copied virus is extremely powerful. The scientists injected the virus into mice and the mice began to lose weight very quickly. They lost 13% of their weight in two days and all of the mice died within six days. “I didn’t expect it to be as lethal as it was,”Dr. Terrence Tumpey, one of the scientists in the team, told the journal Nature. In another experiment, they injected more mice with a normal type of flu. The mice lost weight at first but then they got better and did not die. The experiments showed that the mice with the Spanish flu virus had 39,000 times more flu virus in their bodies than the second group of mice. The scientists who copied the virus say their work has already provided important information about the virus and helps to explain why it is so lethal. But other experts are worried that the virus could escape from the laboratory. “Some people will think that they have really created a biological weapon,” said Professor Ronald Atlas of the University of Louisville in Kentucky. “I am even more worried now than I was before about the possibility of a flu pandemic. The 1918 flu pandemic started with bird flu and that might happen again today with Asian bird flu.” Some scientists are worried about the publication of the genetic sequence on the Internet. They are afraid that biologists could copy the virus using the information on the Internet. This could be very dangerous. It took a long time to copy the virus. Scientists used material taken from the lungs of people who died from the flu virus in 1918. In a second report in Nature, Taubenberger and his colleagues analyzed the genetic make-up of the virus. They were surprised to find that it was completely different from all the normal human flu viruses. This probably means that Spanish flu jumped from birds to humans and did not mix with a human virus first. This is very worrying for scientists because in the past everyone believed that a pandemic was only possible if a bird flu virus mixed with a human flu virus. Taubenberger says it is very important to know what changes in the virus caused the 1918 Spanish flu virus. This will help scientists to work out which viruses might cause a pandemic. The H5N1 bird flu in Asia is already changing and it could infect humans, he said. Viruses have escaped from high-security labs before. The SARS virus escaped at least twice, once in Taiwan and once in Singapore. But some scientists believe a pandemic will not happen even if the virus escapes, because most people are naturally immune and there are now a lot of drugs which protect people from flu. Questions: 1．When was the Spanish flu pandemic? 2．How many people died in the Spanish flu pandemic? 3．Where did the scientists produce a copy of the Spanish flu virus? 4．How quickly did the laboratory mice die? 5．What is H5N1?正确答案：
1.1918年 文章第一段提到In 1918 a flu virus killed about 50 million people around the world. The virus was called Spanish influenza.
2.About 50 million. 文章第一段提到flu virus killed about 50 million people.
3.Atlanta, Georgia, USA (in a laboratory). 文章第一段提到scientists in an American laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia, have produced a copy of the Spanish flu virus.
4.Within 6 days. 文章第二段最后一句提到mice died within six days .
5.A bird flu virus. 文章倒数第二段最后一句提到The H5N1 bird flu in Asia.解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true according to the news?AIn Vietnam there are three people died of suspected bird flu.
BThe virus has spread across the entire Thailand.
CThe health workers in Thailand conducted stringent surveillance measures.
正确答案： C解析： 新闻结尾提到，泰国邻国防疫人员正加紧监测防范措施，所以C项正确。
【录音原文】
One man died of suspected bird flu in Vietnam over the weekend and three people were hospitalized as news reports showed the virus has spread across the entire country. In neighboring Thailand, health workers have been put on alert and ordered to conduct stringent surveillance measures but it is Vietnam that has emerged as the epicenter for the deadly H5N1 virus. -
第23题：
单选题Nowhere else in the world _______cheaper tailoring than in Hong Kong.Aa tourist can find
Bcan a tourist find
Ca tourist will find
Da tourist has found
正确答案： B解析：