AuthoritiesinShanghaisaidThursdaynightthatanotherpersonhasdiedfromH7N9birdflubringingthedeathtolltofivearoundthecountry.Thecityhasreportedsixinfections(感染)todateandfourhavediedsaidtheShanghaiMun

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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(症状) 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 (鸽子) 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.
小题1:What does the underlined word “confirmed” probably mean?

A．said

B．doubted

C．proved

D．made

小题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

小题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

小题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

Answer 1

小题1:C小题2:D小题3:C小题4:D
分 析：
文章介绍了H7N9禽流感的新的爆发，报道了新增病例和死亡人数，说明这些感染和人都是和活禽有过接触，还没有人与人的传染情况。小题1:猜词题：这个人死于华山医院，被证实是星期四感染了H7N9流感。可知confirm和prove含义相近。选C小题2:主旨题：文章介绍了H7N9禽流感的新的爆发。选D小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：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.可知到现在为止14人感染不是14人死亡。选C小题4:推理题：从第二段的句子：Eight people who had close contact with him have shown no abnormal symptoms.可知和他接触的8个人没有被感染禽流感。选D
点评：
文章报道了H7N9禽流感的新的爆发：此类文章的最大的障碍是词汇以及考生对阅读内容的不熟悉，需要考生在阅读的时候有足够的耐心。要养成在上下文串联中猜测词义的能力，猜测生词的一种方法是，根据构词法推测。遇到生词后，可从构词法角度分析判断生词。另外，还可以从含有生词句子的上下文，以及句子和段落之间的关系来判断、理解生词以求获得其真正含义。