首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Smallpox was the first widespread disease to be eliminated by human intervention. A highly contagious viral disease, it was ende
Smallpox was the first widespread disease to be eliminated by human intervention. A highly contagious viral disease, it was ende
admin
2011-01-11
48
问题
Smallpox was the first widespread disease to be eliminated by human intervention. A highly contagious viral disease, it was endemic in Europe, causing the death of millions of people until the development of vaccination by Edward Jenner around 1800. In many non- European nations, it remained a dreaded, often fatal illness until very recently.
In May 1966, the World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations, was authorized to initiate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eliminate the disease in one decade. At the time, the disease posed a serious threat to people in thirty nations. More than 700 physicians, nurses, scientists, and other personnel from WHO joined about 200,000 health workers in the infected nations to battle the disease. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox could actually be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.
The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations but also to isolate patients with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each smallpox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.
By April 1978, WHO officials announced that they had isolated the last known case of the disease, but health workers continued to search for new cases for two additional years to be completely sure. In May 1980, a formal statement was made to the global community. Today smallpox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.
The word "threat" underlined in Paragraph 2 means ______ .
选项
A、debate
B、humiliation
C、risk
D、bother
答案
C
解析
词义题型threat意为“威胁”,而debate意为“争论,辩论”,humiliation意为“羞辱,蒙耻”risk意为“冒险,风险”,bother为“麻烦,烦扰”;因此选项C为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/vFgO777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI二级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI二级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
Municipalbansonsmokinginrestaurantsandbarsarehighlycontroversial,buthistoryshowstheycanalsobehighlyeffective.
Acenturyago,peopleconsideredthephysician’sconclusion______,doubtingitwassomethingtodefyGod.
Theword"brick"didnotappearintheEnglishlanguagebeforethe15thcentury.Bricks【C1】______havebeenknowninBritainbe
Theworldisonthecuspofastaggeringriseinthenumberofoldpeople,andtheywilllivelongerthaneverbefore.Overthe
Ourgoalistocreateatransportationservicethatofferscustomersacompetitiveadvantage—aservicesosuperiorthatcustom
Mosttaxpayershavehadenoughincometaxcollectedbytheiremployersduringtheyear.Sotheydonot(36)anymoney.Infact,
Atthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,NorthAmericansocietyheld,asanideal,theNuclearFamily.Thispresumablyperfect
Alargerbrainmakesman______toanimals.
ToLegalizePotorNotLegalizingpotisnotnowasradicalaproposalasitmightseem.Allmannerof"establishment"figure
Thegibbonrangesoveranareawiderthandotheotherapes.
随机试题
关于妊娠期阑尾炎的特点,下列哪项描述是正确的
A.缓冲作用发挥最快B.缓冲能力较强C.缓冲能力最强D.缓冲能力最持久E.缓冲能力最弱在调节酸碱失衡中骨骼的缓冲作用
A.肺热壅盛,气逆不降之喘咳B.痰涎壅盛,肾不纳气之喘咳C.风寒束表,肾不纳气之喘咳D.风寒外束,痰热内蕴之喘咳E.风寒束表,水饮内停之喘咳苏子降气汤主治的喘咳是
A.青霉素B.喹诺酮类C.两性霉素BD.磺胺类E.氨基苷类通过抑制DNA合成抑菌的是
下列关于尿石形成因素的描述中,不正确的是
患者,女性,56岁,拔除右上后牙后伤口愈合良好,无明显炎症。半个月后常感伤口疼痛不适,尤其触碰伤口颊侧时有明显疼痛,X线片检查无异常,常见的原因是
艾瑞克森认为青春期的主要冲突是()。
促进心理健康的基本原则中不包括()。(2003年12月三级真题)
以下几项哪一个不是原始学校的形态?()
GiantStructuresItisanimpossibletasktoselectthemostamazingwondersofthemodernworldsinceeveryyearmore【C1】__
最新回复
(
0
)