Question

    It is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you suddenly feel that your_______hurts. You begin to sneeze（打喷嚏） and later you _______cough. You must have a cold! Wait a second. Could it just be a _______cold or the flu that’s been going around?

A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But it’s usually easy to _______ . Some take medicine such as aspirin（阿司匹林）_______others try home treatments like herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you will feel _______ after a week.

The flu on the other hand can be much more _______. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can be deadly. The worst flu, the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918 to 1919, killed about 50 _______people, according to The Atlantic.

Don’t worry. Getting a flu vaccine（流感疫苗）can _______ you from the virus（病毒）. Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. This causes our body __________antibodies（抗体）. So next time you get the flu, the antibodies can help protect you.

    __________, the flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so __________ types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu can’t protect us against all types of flu,  __________.        

However, good health__________ may also help to prevent a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps protect you from viruses. Getting regular exercise and __________ healthy food are also important. All these can help you strengthen your immune system（免疫系统）.

1.A.stomach B.throat C.back

2.A.may be B.maybe C.may

3.A.common B.terrible C.serious

4.A.agree with B.deal with C.start with

5.A.because B.after C.while

6.A.better B.more C.worse

7.A.interesting B.familiar C.dangerous

8.A.millions B.millions of C.million

9.A.protect B.take C.separate

10.A.develop B.to develop C.developing

11.A.Unluckily B.Luckily C.Comfortably

12.A.few B.much C.many

13.A.though B.but C.however

14.A.hobbies B.customs C.habits

15.A.eat B.eating C.to eat

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了流感的危害以及预防流感的方法。

1.句意：当你醒来时，你突然感到喉咙痛。

stomach胃；throat喉咙；back背；根据句意理解及后文You begin to sneeze（打喷嚏） and later you ___2___cough. You must have a cold!可知，这里表达的是“喉咙痛”，故选B。

2.句意：你开始打喷嚏，然后可能咳嗽。

may be可能，情态动词+动词原形；maybe可能，副词；may可能，情态动词；根据句意理解及句子结构分析可知，空格后面的cough是个动词原形，所以这里直接用情态动词即可，故选C。

3.句意：是普通的感冒还是流感？

common普通的；terrible糟糕的；serious严重的；根据句意理解及空格后的or the flu可知，这里表达的是一种对比，相对flu而言的，应该是普通的感冒，故选A。

4.句意：但这通常很容易处理。

agree with同意；deal with处理；start with开始；根据句意理解及后文Some take medicine such as aspirin（阿司匹林）___5___others try home treatments like herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you will feel ___6___ after a week.可知，这里表达的是“处理”，故选B。

5.句意：一些人服用阿司匹林等药物，而另一些人则尝试家庭治疗，如凉茶或鸡汤。

because因为；after在……之后；while然而；根据句意理解可知，Some take medicine such as aspirin（阿司匹林）与others try home treatments like herbal tea or chicken soup.两句之间是转折关系，所以这里应该用while，故选C。

6.句意：通常一周后你会感觉好些。

better更好的；more更多的；worse更坏的；根据句意理解及前句Some take medicine such as aspirin（阿司匹林）___5___others try home treatments like herbal tea or chicken soup.可知，这里表达的是“会好起来”，故选A。

7.句意：另一方面，流感可能更危险。

interesting有趣的；familiar熟悉的；dangerous危险的；根据句意理解及前文的感冒描述及后句It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can be deadly.可知，这里表达的是“危险的”，故选C。

8.句意：造成约5000万人死亡。

millions百万；millions of数百万；million百万；根据句意理解可知，句中空格前面有具体的数字50，所以这里的million不能用复数也不能加of，故选C。

9.句意：接种流感疫苗可以保护你免受病毒感染。

protect保护；take拿；separate分开；根据句意理解及前句的Don’t worry.可知，这里表达的是“保护……免遭”，英语是protect … from …，故选A。

10.句意：这会导致我们的身体产生抗体。

develop发展，动词原形；to develop发展，动词不定式；developing发展，现在分词或动名词形式；根据句意理解及句子结构分析可知，这里是固定结构cause sth to do，用动词不定式做宾补补足语，故选B。

11.句意：不幸的是，流感病毒每隔几年就改变一次。

Unluckily不幸地；Luckily幸运地；Comfortably舒服地；根据句意理解级后问the flu virus changes every few years.和The antibodies for one type of flu can’t protect us against all types of flu可知，这里表达的是“不幸地”，故选A。

12.句意：因此，流感有很多种。

few几乎没有；much很多，修饰不可数名词；many很多，修饰可数名词复数；根据句意理解及前句the flu virus changes every few years.可知，这里表达的是“很多种类”，空格后面是复数名词，所以这里应该用many修饰，故选C。

13.句意：不过，一种流感的抗体不能保护我们抵御所有类型的流感。

though不过，但是；but但是；however然而；根据句意理解可知，这里是表达一种转折，而however是用在句中的，空格在句末，所以这里应该用though，故选A。

14.句意：良好的健康习惯也可能有助于预防感冒或流感。

hobbies爱好；customs风俗；habits习惯；根据句意理解及后句Washing your hands often helps protect you from viruses.可知，这是习惯，所以这里应该用habits，故选C。

15.句意：定期锻炼和吃健康食品也很重要。

eat吃，动词原形；eating吃，现在分词或者动名词形式；to eat吃，动词不定式；根据句意理解及句子结构分析可知，这里是做句子主语，而and并列前面用的是doing形式，所以后面也用doing形式，故选B。