Question

    In the winter of 1910, Dr. Wu Lien-Teh stepped off a train in the northern Chinese city of Harbin. He was there to solve a medical mystery, at great personal risk. Over the past few months, an unknown disease had swept along the railways of northeast China, killing 99.9% of its victims. The Qing Imperial court had sent the Cambridge-educated Dr. Wu north to stop the epidemic.

When Dr Wu arrived in Harbin on Christmas Eve, 1910, he carried little in the way of medical instruments and had only one assistant. One of Wu' s first acts upon arrival was to set up special quarantine(隔离) units and to order lockdowns to stop infected persons from traveling and spreading the disease. He had teams check households for possible cases, and even managed to convince authorities to completely close the railways in the early weeks of 1911. Of particular concern was the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, which had become a great annual migration of people traveling across the country to see their families.

Thanks to Dr. Wu's efforts, the number of plague victims began to die down, and by March 1, 1911, the epidemic was fully contained. The pneumonic (肺炎的) plague outbreak of 1910-1911 lasted nearly four months, affected five provinces and six major cities, and accounted for over 60,000 deaths. It is clear that without the brave and decisive actions taken by Dr. Wu, it could have been much worse. Had the epidemic gone unchecked, allowing holiday rail passengers to spread the disease to the rest of China could have meant a catastrophic loss of life and possibly a global health crisis.

In April 1911, Dr. Wu chaired an International Plague Conference in Shenyang, attended by scientists from 11 counties including the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Japan and France. They praised Dr. Wu for his handling of the 1910-1911 outbreak. For a time, Dr. Wu was the world's most famous plague fighter, a title be defended in a malaria epidemic in China in 1919, and a return of plague in 1921.

1.What was Dr Wu's mission in 1910?

A.To take personal risk.

B.To end an epidemic.

C.To provide medical education.

D.To investigate the number of victims.

2.Which of Dr Wu's acts stopped the disease from spreading nationwide?

A.Setting up special quarantine units around the country.

B.Treating infected persons with his medical instruments.

C.Checking households himself for possible cases.

D.Convincing authorities to close the railways.

3.What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A.The disease worsened after Mach 1, 1911.

B.60,000 would have died without Dr Wu's efforts.

C.A global health crisis followed the 1910-1911 outbreak.

D.The plague broke out again about 10 years later.

4.What can be the best title of the text?

A.A Plague Fighter

B.A Global Health Crisis

C.The Beginning of the Chinese Public Health System

D.A Plague Outbreak

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了“抗疫斗士”伍连德博士的相关事迹。1910年，伍连德博士带着抗击疫情的医学任务来到哈尔滨。在伍博士的努力下，瘟疫的受害者人数下降并完全得到控制。如果疫情没有得到控制，疾病传播到中国其他地区，可能意味着灾难性的生命损失。因此伍博士为抗击疫情做出了巨大贡献。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句话The Qing Imperial court had sent the Cambridge-educated Dr. Wu north to stop the epidemic.(清朝廷派剑桥大学毕业的伍博士北上，以阻止疫情的蔓延。)可知1910年伍博士的使命是去结束这场流行病。故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的He had teams check households for possible cases, and even managed to convince authorities to completely close the railways in the early weeks of 1911. Of particular concern was the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, which had become a great annual migration of people traveling across the country to see their families.(他让一些小组检查家庭是否有可能发生这种情况，甚至说服当局在1911年的前几周彻底关闭铁路。特别值得关注的是即将到来的春节假期，这已经成为全国各地旅游探亲者每年的一次大迁徙。)可知伍博士的说服当局关闭铁路的行为阻止了这种疾病在全国的传播。故选D项。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的For a time, Dr. Wu was the world’s most famous plague fighter, a title be defended in a malaria epidemic in China in 1919, and a return of plague in 1921. (有一段时间，伍博士是世界上最著名的抗疫斗士，1919年在中国的一场疟疾疫情中，伍博士的“抗疫斗士”头衔被捍卫，1921年疫情又卷土重来。)可知在1911年疫情结束大约10年后,瘟疫再次爆发。故选D项。

4.主旨大意题。根据第三段中的Thanks to Dr. Wu’s efforts, the number of plague victims began to die down, and by March 1, 1911, the epidemic was fully contained. (在伍博士的努力下，瘟疫的受害者人数开始下降，到1911年3月1日，瘟疫完全得到控制。)及最后一段中的For a time, Dr. Wu was the world’s most famous plague fighter, (有一段时间，伍博士是世界上最著名的抗疫斗士)及总览全文可知文章主要描述了“抗疫斗士”伍连德博士的伟大抗疫事迹。因此A项(抗疫战士)为最佳标题。故选A项。