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
The Spanish Flu Epidemic If you’re worried about the possibility of a coming bird flu epidemic, you can take comfort in the f
The Spanish Flu Epidemic If you’re worried about the possibility of a coming bird flu epidemic, you can take comfort in the f
admin
2009-01-21
98
问题
The Spanish Flu Epidemic
If you’re worried about the possibility of a coming bird flu epidemic, you can take comfort in the fact that humanity has survived a similar influenza epidemic in the past. Starting its rounds at the end of World War I, the 1918 flu killed an estimated 50 million people.
Popularly known as the Spanish Flu, this type of influenza was far worse than your common cold. Normally, influenza only kills those who are more vulnerable to disease, such as newborns, the old or the sick. However, the Spanish Flu was prone to killing the young and healthy. Often it would disable its victims in hours; within a day, they would be dead, typically from extreme cases of pneumonia (肺炎).
The Spanish Flu was quite nasty-fast-spreading and deadly. It managed to spread across the globe, devastating the world. Then suddenly, after two years ravaging(蹂躏)the Earth, it disappeared as quickly as it had arisen.
Despite its nickname, the Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain. Its true origins are unknown. Some believe it started in US forts and then spread to Europe as America joined the war; others think that it populated the trenches of the English and the French and eventually broke out in 1918. Regardless of where it started, eventually a fifth of the world population suffered the disease, with a global mortality rate(死亡率) estimated at 2.5% of the population.
Modernity was partly to blame for the quick spread of the disease. It passed throughout the world on trade routes and shipping lines. It hit Northern America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. The war did not help at all--the movement of supplies and troops aided the spread of the Spanish Flu, as well as the trench warfare. Imagine the speed at which a virus can spread in a crowded ditch. The fast emergence of the virus in the trenches caused some soldiers to believe that the Spanish Flu was a new form of biological warfare.
Luckily, the Spanish Flu simply vanished by 1920. It is believed the flu simply ran out of fuel to spread.
The Spanish Flu was named after the place where it started.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Not mentioned
答案
B
解析
第四段第一句“Despite its nickname, the Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain.”提到它的发源地并不是西班牙。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/wNmd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语卫生类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语卫生类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
Lookatthetenstatementsforthispart.Youwillhearapassageabout"GreatTransformation".Youwilllistentoittwice
Youwillhearfivepeopletalkingabouttheshortcoursestheyattended.Forquestions9-13,choosefromthelistA-Fwhate
Youwillhearfivepeopletalkingabouttheirfirstdayatwork.Forquestions9-13,choosefromthelistA~Fwhateachspea
FRIENDSHIP0Ibelievethatnothingmattersasmuchashavingacoupleofreallygood00friends.Theyhelpyoufeell
Youaregoingtoreadamagazinearticleinwhichfivepeopletalkaboutrailwayjourneys.Forquestions22-35,choosefromthe
YouaregoingtoreadamagazinearticleaboutswimmingwithdolphinsEightparagraphshavebeenremovedfromthearticle.Choos
Davidenjoyswalkingbuthehasinjuredhiskneeandcannotclimbuphills.Hewouldliketospendacoupleofhoursonaquiet
ManyBenefitsfromCancerOrganization1Doyouknowachildwhosurvivedleukemia(白血病)?Doyouhaveamother,sisteroraunt
Evensensiblemendoabsurdthings.
随机试题
1
A.口腔、鼻黏膜溃疡B.亚急性细菌性心内膜炎C.多发性关节炎,关节红肿,持续1~2个月D.关节晨僵现象E.皮肤对称性紫红色斑丘疹
手外伤清创时处理方法不正确的是
X线钡餐检查显示“皮革胃”,多见于
加大生态保护和建设力度的具体工作有()。
成品保护的一般措施包括()。
施工单位应当对管理人员和作业人员每年至少进行()次安全生产教育培训,其教育培训情况记人个人工作档案。安全生产教育培训考核不合格的人员,不得上岗。
下列选项中说法错误的是()。
Right-andleft-handednessinhumansWhydohumans,virtuallyaloneamongallanimalspecies,displayadistinctleftofright-ha
Peoplecannowavoidhavingtosortthroughalbumsfromseveraldifferentfriendswhentryingtoreliveparties,weddingsandot
最新回复
(
0
)