英语新闻听力教程(文本+答案)_杨世登1-10Unit_缺(16)

health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.

Answers: Task1 1.D 2.A Task2 FTTFT

Item 3

The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst case, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemics tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.

Answers: 1. It has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic

2. The updated strategy needs cities, states and businesses to prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help

3. It could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time. The infection could remain active in a community for up to two months

4. The pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States

5.It tends to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person

Section E

1. The move is expected / to reduce expenses involved in the drug / that has been hailed as a life-saving treatment

2. In the study / patients who cut their smoking in half / also cut their risk of lung cancer / by 27%

3. European Union officials / continue to reassure the public / that the apparent spread of the avian flu virus / is at this point a threat to animals not humans

4. One hundred and twenty-three identification cards / had been issued to patients who need them / to prove to law enforcement personnel / that they used marijuana for medical purposes

5. Analysts say / total spending on research into malaria last year / accounted for only about one third of one percent of / total medical research and development funding

Unit 7 Personal Changes

Section A

1. interim 2. quit、post 3. sworn in 4. step down 5. named、chief

6. monarch、reign 7. resigned、in bribes 8. tapped、top

9. allegations、in office 10. replacing、in the job、nominated、take over