【中考】中考英語新冠病毒肺炎閱讀理解試題及答案

1、Anewcoronavirus,acousinoftheSARSvirus,hasinfectedmorethan10000peoplesincetheoutbreakbeganinWuhan,China,inDecember.ScientistLeoPoon,whofirstdecodedthevirus,thinksitlikelystartedinananimalandspreadtohumans."Whatweknowisthatitcausespneumonia（肺炎）andthendoesn'trespondtoantibiotic（抗生素）treatment,w

2、hichisnotsurprising,butthenintermsofmortality（死亡率）,SARSkills10%oftheindividuals,"Poon,avirologist（病毒學家）attheSchoolofPublicHealthatTheUniversityofHongKong,said.TheWorldHealthOrganizationofferedguidancetocountriesonhowtheycanprepareforit,includinghowtomonitorforthesickandhowtotreatpatients.Herear

3、eseventhingsyoushouldknowaboutacoronavirus.Coronavirusesarealargegroupofvirusesthatarecommonamonganimals.Inrarecases,theyarewhatscientistsCallzoonoticzntk（人畜共患?。?meaningtheycanbetransmittedfromanimalstohumans,accordingtotheUSCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.Thevirusescanmakepeoplesick,usuallywi

4、thamildtomoderateupperrespiratorytractillness（上呼吸道疾?。?similartoacommoncold.Coronavirussymptomsincludearunnynose,cough,sorethroat,possiblyaheadacheandmaybeafever,whichcanlastforacoupleofdays.Forthosewithaweakenedimmunesystem,theelderlyandtheveryyoung,there'sachancetheviruscouldcausealower,andmuch

5、moreserious,respiratorytractillnesslikeapneumoniaorbronchitisbrkats（支氣管炎）.Thereareahandfulofhumancoronavirusesthatareknowntobedeadly.MiddleEastRespiratorySyndrome（中東呼吸綜合征）,alsoknownastheMERSvirus,wasfirstreportedintheMiddleEastin2012andalsocausesrespiratoryproblems,butthosesymptomsaremuchmoresevere.

6、Threetofouroutofevery10patientsinfectedwithMERSdied,accordingtotheCDC.SevereAcuteRespiratorySyndrome（嚴重急性呼吸綜合征）,alsoknownasSARS,istheothercoronavirusthatcancausemoreseveresymptoms.FirstidentifiedintheGuangdongprovinceinsouthernChina,accordingtotheWHO,itcausesrespiratoryproblemsbutcanalsocausediarrhe

7、adari（腹瀉）,fatigue（疲勞）,shortnessofbreath,respiratorydistress（呼吸窘迫）andkidneyfailure（腎衰.Dependingonthepatient'sage,thedeathratewithSARSrangedfrom0-50%ofthecases,witholderpeoplebeingthemostvulnerable（易受傷害的）.Virusescanspreadfromhumancontactwithanimals.ScientiststhinkMERSstartedincamels,accordingtothe

8、WHO.WithSARS,scientistssuspectedcivetcats（貍貓）weretoblame.Whenitcomestohuman-to-humantransmissionoftheviruses,oftenithappenswhensomeonecomesintocontactwiththeinfectedperson'ssecretionsskri（）n（分泌物）.Dependingonhowvirulentvrlnt（有毒的）thevirusis,acough,sneezeorhandshakecouldcauseexposure.Theviruscanals

9、obetransmittedbytouchingsomethinganinfectedpersonhastouchedandthentouchingyourmouth,noseoreyes.Caregivers（護理人員）cansometimesbeexposedbyhandlingapatient'swaste,accordingtotheCDC.1. Whichofthefollowingcanexplaintheunderlinedwordinparagraph1?A. tofindordiscoversth.B. oacodeC. tochangesth

10、.intoordinarylanguageD. oaformthatcanbeprocessed2. WhatarethesymptomsofthenovelCoronavirus?A. muchmoresevereupperrespiratorytractillnessB. arunnynose,cough,sorethroat,possiblyaheadacheandmaybeafeverC. diarrhea,fatigue,shortnessofbreath,respiratorydistressandkidneyfailure（腎衰）D. amildtomoderateupperrespiratorytractillness,similartoacommoncold.3. HowdotheVirusesspread?A. Virusescanspreadfromhumancontactwithanimals.B. thevirusescantransmitfromhum