Influenza     
卫C 
Influenza has been with us a long time. According __1__some
Greek writers on medical history, the outbreak of 412 B.C. was of
influenza. The same has been suggested of the sickness that swept
through the Greek army __2__Syracuse in 395 B.C. Flu is a disease
that moves most quickly among people __3__in crowded conditions,
hence, it is likely to attack armies.
During the nineteenth century there were five widespread __4__of
influenza. The last of the five __5__in 1889 and marked the
beginning of the story of influenza in our time. Like the recent
outbreak, __6__started in Asia.
For more than forty years before that outbreak, influenza had
steadily __7__and was believed to be dying out. A new group of
outbreaks was introduced by the great outbreak of 1889-1890 and for
the next quarter of a century flu __8__a constant threat.
In April 918 flu broke among American troops stationed in
France. It quickly spread through all the armies but caused
relatively __9__deaths. Four months later, __10__, a second
outbreak started which proved to be a killer. It killed not only
the old and already sick but also __11__young adults. It went
through every country in the world, only a few distant islands in
the South Atlantic and the Pacific remaining __12__. It brought the
life of whole countries __13__, food supplies stopped and work loss
was very great. Before the great outbreak ended, it __14__at least
15 million people. Thereafter there have been several great
outbreaks throughout the world. It is thus __15__that influenza is
a terrible infection that we have to pay more attention to.
1. A at   
                         
B to   
                     
C in   
                     
D from
2. A being attacked  
         
B having been
attacked    C
attacked   
        
D attacking
3. A
sitting   
                   
B standing   
            
C living   
                
D appearing
4. A
outbreaks   
              
B incidents   
           
C accidents   
           
D cases
5. A
changed   
                
B happened   
           
C arise   
                 
D descend
6. A it   
                         
B they   
                  
C which   
               
D those
7. A
enlarged   
               
B
strengthened   
      
C decreased   
          
D increased
8. A was no
longer   
        
B went out of   
        
C ceased to
be   
       
D remained
9. A few   
                      
B many   
                
C countless   
           
D innumerable
10. A in
addition   
          
B however   
            
C therefore   
           
D moreover
11. A weak   
                   
B disabled   
            
C sick   
                  
D healthy
12. A
touching   
                    
B touched   
             
C untouched   
         
D having touched
13. A stop   
                    
B stopping   
            
C stopped   
             
D to stop
14. A
killed   
                  
B has killed   
          
C had killed   
          
D has been killing
15. A
clear   
                   
B strange   
              
C uncertain   
           
D questionable

european [juərə´pi:ən]   a.欧洲的 n.欧洲人   (初中英语单词)

western [´westən]   a.西的；西方的   (初中英语单词)

available [ə´veiləbəl]   a.可用的；有效的   (初中英语单词)

estimate [´estimət, ´estimeit]   n.估计；评价 vt.估价   (初中英语单词)

percentage [pə´sentidʒ]   n.百分数；比例；部分   (初中英语单词)

promote [prə´məut]   vt.促进；发扬；助长   (初中英语单词)

nervous [´nə:vəs]   a.神经的；神经过敏的   (初中英语单词)

mental [´mentl]   a.精神的；心理的   (初中英语单词)

normal [´nɔ:məl]   a.正规的 n.正常状态   (初中英语单词)

thrill [θril]   v.震惊；激动；刺激   (初中英语单词)

promptly [´prɔmptli]   ad.敏捷地；即时地   (初中英语单词)

safely [´seifli]   ad.安全地；平安地   (初中英语单词)

physical [´fizikəl]   a.物质的；有形的   (初中英语单词)

medical [´medikəl]   a.医学的；医疗的   (初中英语单词)

sickness [´siknis]   n.生病；呕吐，恶心   (初中英语单词)

constant [´kɔnstənt]   a.坚定的；坚贞的   (初中英语单词)

intensity [in´tensiti]   a.激烈；强度；深度   (高中英语单词)

circulation [,sə:kju´leiʃən]   n.循环；流传；发行(量)   (高中英语单词)

limited [´limitid]   a.有限(制)的   (高中英语单词)

mediterranean [,meditə´reiniən]   n.地中海 a.地中海的   (高中英语单词)

israel [´izreiəl]   n.以色列   (高中英语单词)

furthermore [,fə:ðə´mɔ:]   ad.而且，此外   (高中英语单词)

fatigue [fə´ti:g]   n.&vt.(使)疲劳(劳累)   (高中英语单词)

tennis [´tenis]   n.网球(运动)   (高中英语单词)

perfectly [´pə:fiktli]   ad.理想地；完美地   (高中英语单词)

thorough [´θʌrə]   a.彻底的；详尽的   (高中英语单词)

vigorous [´vigərəs]   a.精力旺盛的；健壮的   (高中英语单词)

outbreak [´autbreik]   n.(战争等的)爆发   (高中英语单词)

crowded [´kraudid]   a.充(拥)满了的   (高中英语单词)

pacific [pə´sifik]   a.和平的；温和的   (高中英语单词)

thereafter [ðeə´rɑ:ftə]   adv.此后，其后   (高中英语单词)

infection [in´fekʃən]   n.感染，影响   (高中英语单词)

widespread [´waidspred]   a.广布的；普遍的   (英语四级单词)

increasingly [in´kri:siŋli]   ad.日益，愈加   (英语四级单词)

tension [´tenʃən]   n.紧张；压力；拉力   (英语四级单词)

strenuous [´strenjuəs]   a.费力的；奋发的   (英语四级单词)

exhaustion [ig´zɔ:stʃən]   n.用完；精疲力尽   (英语四级单词)

influenza [,influ´enzə]   n.流行性感冒   (英语六级单词)

transmission [trænz´miʃən, træns-]   n.传送；播送；发射   (英语六级单词)

unchanged [ʌn´tʃeindʒd]   a.不变的；依然如故的   (英语六级单词)

questionable [´kwestʃənəbəl]   a.可疑的，不可靠的   (英语六级单词)