Question

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek（脸颊. But recently, government officials asked people to   1 this. They have also closed schools and museums, and advised people to stay at home.

This is to stop people from  2  an infectious disease (传染病), swine flu (猪流感). The disease has spread over the country. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become sick  3 .

What is swine flu? Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory (呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. People catch the virus after being with infected(被感染的)pigs, or they get it from an infected   4  . The disease spreads in the same way   5 human flu, through coughs and sneezes and then touching the nose or mouth. However, it   6  be spread by eating pork.

People who have caught swine flu will have a fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be  7 .

A few governments around the world have advised their citizens not to visit   8 . Some countries have begun checking air travelers for the disease and have set up quarantines (隔离) for people who might be infected. Russia, China and other countries have banned (禁止) buying pork from Mexico,  9 the flu cannot be caught by eating the meat.

Health experts advise people to wash their hands frequently(频繁地), to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel  10 .

1.                A．stop to do       B．stop doing       C．go to do  D．go on doing

 

2.                A．catching        B．taking          C．owning   D．curing

 

3.                A．last month      B．in the past       C．a month ago   D．in the past month

 

4.                A．pig            B．person         C．dog  D．country

 

5.                A．like            B．as             C．for  D．in

 

6.                A．can’t         B．can            C．must D．will

 

7.                A．in safety        B．in hunger       C．in danger D．out of danger

 

8.                A．Mexico         B．America        C．China D．Russia

 

9.                A．but            B．though         C．while D．because

 

10.               A．tired           B．happy          C．hungry    D．ill

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了墨西哥发生的一次猪流感及由此引起的一系列连锁反应。也告诉了我们应该注意防止流感的传播。

1.联系下文描述，可知政府要求人们停止这样做。Stop后接不定式表示停下来去做另一件事，接动名词表示停止正在做的事情，结合语境可知选B。

2.联系下文，可知此处指的是感染疾病的意思，故选A，抓住，感染。

3.短语辨析。A.上个月；B.在过去； C.一个月前；D.在刚过去的一个月中。结合语境可知本句描述的是在刚过去的一个月中发生的事情，故选D。

4.联系下文，可知此处指的是受到感染的人，故选B，人。

5.介词辨析A.和……一样；B. 如同，和……一样 C.为了；D.在里面；联系下文可知此处指的是和人流感一样，like侧重A B两者间的比较,并不意味着A和B属于一类或完全相似. as则侧重于同一性,意味着A B两者属于同一类或完全相似. 结合语境可知选B。

6.根据上文描述，及转折连词however然而，可知句意为：它不能通过吃猪肉传播。故选A，不能。

7.联系上文描述，可知此处指的是生命不会受到危险，故选C，在危险中。

8.联系上文描述，可知是不让他们去墨西哥，故选A，墨西哥。

9.连词辨析。A.但是；B.虽然，尽管；C.然而，当……时；D.因为。句意：俄罗斯，中国和其它国家禁止从墨西哥买猪肉，尽管这种流感不能通过吃猪肉传播。故选B。

10.词义辨析。A.劳累的；B.高兴的；C.饥饿的；D.生病的；联系上文描述，可知此处指的是生病的意思，故选D。

考点：有关墨西哥猪流感的记述文

点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。