David Nabarro, the UN special envoy (特使), told the reporter the number of Ebola cases was currently increasing rapidly, but greater community awareness would help contain the virus.
People were becoming aware that isolating those infected was the best way to prevent transmission, he added. So far, there have been more than 8,300 confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola, and at least 4,033 deaths. Most deaths - 4,024 - have occurred in the west African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases have also been reported in Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the US.
Mr Nabarro said that the number of new cases was “quite frightening”, as the spread of the disease was currently accelerating. At the beginning, many west African communities did not understand that the outbreak was an infectious disease, he said.
“I think we’ve got much better community involvement which leads me to believe that getting it under control within the next three months is a reasonable target,” he continued.
“By under control I mean... the numbers of new cases each week diminishes compared with the previous week to the point where there is no new transmission.”
The Ebola virus is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or animal.
Meanwhile, New York’s JFK airport began screening passengers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea for the Ebola virus on Saturday, in an attempt to stop the outbreak. Passengers from those countries will have their temperatures taken and have to answer a series of questions.
Checks at O’Hare in Chicago, Newark, Washington’s Dulles and Atlanta’s airport will begin in the coming days. The screening system is being introduced after the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US died in Texas on Wednesday.
1.The number of the countries which have been reported on death cases of Ebola so far
mainly is_____.
A. 3. B. 4. C. 7. D. 8.
2. According to the UN special envoy, how long will it take to bring Ebola under control? _____.
A. a few days from now. B. six weeks.
C. about three months. D. the coming week.
3.What does the underlined word “diminishes” mean in the fifth paragraph? _____.
A. increases B. decreases
C. varies D. disappears
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? _____.
A. Ebola is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or animal.
B. Most death cases of Ebola have occurred in the west African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
C. Checks at airports in Chicago, Washington, and Atlanta will begin in the coming days.
D. The screening system is being introduced by the first person to be diagnosed.
Taylor Swift has been named Billboard’s Woman of the Year 2014, making her the first artist to receive the award twice.
The award goes to the female artist who “has shaped and inspired the music industry with her success, leadership and innovation” over the last year. Previous winners include Pink, Beyonce and Katy Perry.
Swift will receive the prize at the Billboard Women in Music Award Ceremony on 12 December in New York.
“As one of the most influential artists of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen incredible success on the Billboard charts,” said Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media’s Entertainment Group, which includes Billboard.
“Over the course of her career, she’s charted 60 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 - the most of any female artist since her debut in 2006. We are tremendously excited to be honouring her as the 2014 Billboard Woman of the Year for the second time.”
Taylor Swift is a seven-time Grammy winner and the best-selling digital music artist of all time. Earlier this week it was announced she would be performing on The X Factor results show this weekend.
On Thursday she appeared in the performed in the Radio 1 Live Lounge, where she sang her current hit Shake It Off and covered Vance Joy’s Riptide.
Swift has just featured on the cover of British Vogue and explained what it was like to do high profile interviews.
“I don’t really have anything to hide at this point,” she told Fearne Cotton. “It’s sort of understood that anything I do is going to be discussed and dissected and debated and I’m used to that dynamic now.” She added: “I’m very proud of the way my life is. I’m 24, I’m single, feeling very independent. A lot of fun things have happened in my life.”
1.What can be inferred from the first two paragraphs? _____.
A. Taylor Swift is the first artist to receive the award twice.
B. Taylor Swift is one of the four winners.
C. Taylor Swift has shaped and inspired the music industry with her success, leadership and innovation
D. The award goes to the female artists.
2.The Award Ceremony will be held on _____.
A. on 12 November in New York
B. on 12 December in Washington
C. on 12 November in Washington
D. on 12 December in New York
3.According to Janice Min, _____.
A. Taylor Swift is a seven-time Grammy winner and the best-selling digital music artist of all time
B. Taylor Swift appeared in the performed in the Radio 1 Live Lounge
C. Taylor Swift is worthwhile to be given the award a second time
D. Taylor Swift would be performing on The X Factor results show this weekend.
4.From the last paragraph, we can see Taylor Swift was _____.
A. sad B. unhappy
C. delighted D. indifferent
假设你是李华，你校将在下周四上午10:00举行一场关于“当今社会是否要求我们具备英语技能”的辩论赛，地点设在学校会议厅。你写信给Whitman教授, 邀请他前来担任评委，信中包括以下信息：
1. 出席人员包括学校的两位校长和部分英语教师；
2. 评委正装出席并在赛后做总结发言；
3. 代表学校对Whitman教授表达诚挚谢意。
注意：词数100左右，信的开头结尾已给出。
参考词汇：会议厅 Conference Hall 评委adjudicator
Dear Professor Whitman,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Tom,
I’m very happy to hearing from you. How is anything going? I really miss you. You ask me about my New Year plans in the last letter. They are as follow:
First, I will study harder than before because I want to admitted into a key university. I will work hard at school or finish my homework at the home. Besides, I will lead a healthy life by exercising regular and keeping a healthy diet. In the same time, I’ll spend more time with my family and friend. It can make me feel relaxed and happy.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词正确形式。
Singles’ Day falls on November 11th every year in China, 1. is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine’s Day in 2. (celebrate) of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That’s 3. people created Singles’ Day.
On Singles’ Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, 4. (attend) blind date parties, and some people even decide to get 5. (marry) with strangers. 6. this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount 7. (promote) their goods.
More and more people are 8. (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can’t help buying things 9. I need them or not. 10. (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In a job, the ability to read and understand can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are readers. Most of us bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason in the fact that words have little meaning they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to words or passages. The tendency to look back over you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which down the speed of reading is sounding each word as reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly after some training. Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.
1.A. applying B. getting C. offering D. supplying
2.A. easily B. quickly C. roughly D. decidedly
3.A. good B. curious C. common D. poor
4.A. developed B. kicked C. knew D. understood
5.A. touches B. connects C. lies D. gets
6.A. unless B. after C. since D. as
7.A. Unfortunately B. Excitedly C. Surprisingly D. Generally
8.A. reuse B. rewrite C. reread D. recite
9.A. which B. what C. that D. if
10.A. breaks B. cuts C. goes D. slows
11.A. some one B. reader C. he D. one
12.A. inside B. up C. out D. down
13.A. then B. as C. than D. beyond
14.A. moving B. making C. leading D. thinking
15.A. when B. where C. what D. which
16.A. or B. nor C. but D. for
17.A. lost B. weakened C. sharpened D. improved
18.A. Take B. Look C. Make D. Consider
19.A. for B. before C. after D. in
20.A. break through B. go over C. get through D. turn over
