2023年6月英語六級考試聽力真題

202３年６月英語六級考試聽力真題(第2套)SectionA

11.W:Iwassｈockｅdtoheａrｏｆyourｗiｆe’ｓｉlｌnｅss．Issｈegoinｇｔobｅalｌrｉght?

M：Atfirst,thedocｔorswｅrｅn’ｔsuｒｅ，ｂuｔｓhe’sｒeallｙｉｍｐrｏｖeｄ．Sｈe’lｌｂehomｅnｅxtｗeｅk.

Q:Wｈaｔdowelｅarnａbｏｕttheman’swifefrｏmtｈｅconversaｔioｎ?

Ａ)Shehascoｍplｅtelｙreｃｏvｅred.?B）Shewｅntｉntoshｏckａｆteraｎopeｒatｉon．

C)Ｓheissｔillｉｎacrｉｔｉcａlcondｉtion.?D)Sｈeｉｓgettinｇｍuｃhbetter.

12.M:Excｕseme,caｎIgetatｉcketforａsｌeepｉngcｏmｐartmｅntonｔhistrain?

W:Yes,ｔhereａrｅfourleft.Tｈepｒiｃeis￡60perpersoｎincｌudiｎgａｃｏntｉｎentalbreaｋfast．Q：Whatｉstheｍaｎdoing？?Ａ)Orｄeringaｂrｅakfaｓt．

Ｂ)Ｂookingaｈotｅｌroom．?C)Buyiｎgａt(yī)rａｉntiｃkｅt.

D）Fixingacompartmeｎｔ.?

１3.M:Jａｎet,herｅ’sthebookＩborroｗｅdfromyｏu，butＩ’msosoｒryｔhatIcan’tfinｄitsjａcｋet．?W：Iｔdoeｓｎ’ｔmatｔｅr．Anywａy，yｏuareonｅofthefewpeｏplewhoactuａlｌyretｕｒnbooｋstｏｍe.?Q：Wｈatdoesｔhewｏｍanimply?

Ａ）Mosｔboｒrowｅrsneｖｅｒｒeturnedtheboｏksｔoher．?B)Themanistheonｌｙonｅｗｈobｒｏughｔｈｅrｂoｏkback.

C)Shｅnｅｖｅrexpecteｄａnｙonetoretｕrntｈebookｓｔoｈer.?Ｄ)Mostofthebooｋｓshelｅntoｕｔcamebacｋwiｔｈｏutｊaｃｋetｓ.

?14.M：Lisａ,hａveｙouｂeeｎtothenｅwｓupermａrketyet??W:Yes,andno．ＩｗentｔherelastSaｔurｄａyfortheirgraｎdopenｉｎgsａｌe,butIｄｒｏvearoｕndｔheparkinglotｆｏrnｅａｒlyａnhour,lookingforasｐaｃebeｆｏrｅＩfinallｙｇaveupandcamehome.?Ｑ：Wｈaｔdｏesthewｏmaｎmean??A)SheleftｈerwｏrkearlyｔogeｔｓomebargaiｎslastSａｔｕrdaｙ.?Ｂ）Sheattendeｄthesｕpermarket’ｓgrandopeningｃｅreｍoｎｙ.

C)Shｅdroveafullhoｕrｂefｏreｆｉndｉngaｐａｒkingｓｐａce．?D)ShefailedtogetintoｔｈeｓupermarketlastＳaturdａy.

15.W:You’vｅｂｅｅｎsiｔｔiｎgatthecｏmputerforhours.Let’ｓtakeacofｆｅebreaｋ,ｓhallwe？

M:IwishＩcould.Yoｕknow，I’muｐｔoｍynｅckiｎｗｏrk.I’veｇottofinｉｓhthisrｅｐort.Iｄon’ｔwanttomissthedeａdline.

Ｑ:Whａｔdoeｓthemａnmｅａn?

A)Ｈeisbothｅreｄbythepainiｎhisneck.

B)Hｅｃａnnotdohisrｅpｏrtｗithoutacomｐuｔer．

C）Ｈecａnnoｔaffordｔｏhaveacofｆeｅｂrｅak.

D)Hｅfeelｓsoｒrytohavemissｅｄｔheｒeport．?

１6.M:Ｗhaｔdｏｙouthiｎｋoftｈｉsgalｌeryｓpaｃe?Ｔｈeyoffertolｅtmｅｅｘhibｉtsｏｍeofｍypａinｔｉngshｅre.

Ｗ:Aｒeｙｏuｋiｄｄinｇ?AｎyａrtstudentIknowwｏulddiｅtohaveaneｘhibitionhere.

Q:Ｗhatcaｎwｅiｎｆerfromｔｈeconversａt(yī)ｉｏn??A)Oｎlytopartstudeｎtscansｈoｗtheirworｋsinthｅｇalleｒy.?B)Thegaｌleｒｙsｐａceisbｉgｅnoughfｏｒtｈｅｍan’ｓpaｉntinｇs.

C)Ｔhewｏmanｗouldｌikｅtoheｌpwiｔｈtheｅxｉbitionlayout.?D)Thｅmanisuncertainｈｏｗｈisarｔworｋswillｂereceived.

?１７.W:Gary，myasｓisｔantiｓｉnhospitalnow.Isthereaｎyonｅinyourｄｅｐarｔmentｗhocoulｄgiveａhandfｏraｆewdays?

M:Iｔhinkso.I’ｌlaskarounｄandgeｔbaｃktoｙou.

Ｑ:Whatdowelearnｆromtheconｖeｒsation？

A)Tｈewｏmanｎeｅｄｓａt(yī)empｏrａrｙｒｅplaｃementfｏrheｒasｓiｓtａnt.?B)Themａnｗorksinthｅｓaｍedepartmｅntasthewoｍandoes．?C)Ｔhewoｍanwｉlｌhavetostaｙinhosｐｉtａｌfoｒａfewｄaｙs.

Ｄ)Ｔhｅmaｎｉscapaｂlｅoｆdealiｎgwiｔｈdifficultpeoｐlｅ.

?18．W:Dｉdyouｒeadtｈｅａｒtｉcleinｔheｐapeｒabouttｈeｍayor’sspeechatthｅｅconomicforum?

M:SureIdid,butＩthinkｔｈeyｔwiｓｔeｄthemeanｉngoｆｗhａt(yī)ｈesaid.It’snｏｔtｈefirsｔtimｅforthemｔodoso.?Q:Wｈaｔｄoｅsthｅmansayａbouttｈｅｐapeｒ’saｒtｉclｅ?

A)Iｔwasbetterthａnthepreｖiousoｎe.?B）Iｔｄistｏrtedtｈemａyor’sspｅech.?C)Ｉtexaｇgerａt(yī)ｅｄtｈecｉty’seconomｙprobｌems.

D)Iｔｒｅｆlecｔeｄｔｈeｏｐｉnionsｏfmｏsteｃｏｎomｉsts.?

CｏnvｅrsationOne

Ｗ:Oh,ｈello,Jｏｈn.Areyouuｓｉngyouｒdicｔａt(yī)ingmachinethismornｉｎｇ？I’vegotaloｎgｒeporｔImuｓtdictatｅ.CaｎIｂｏrｒowｙourmａｃhｉne??M:Ofcourse.Butｃanｙoｕspａremｅａseｃond?It’sｔheｍessageｙousentmeaboutthedｅlｉverｙdelayｏfthecontroｌdesｋs.What’sｇonewronｇ??W:Evｅrytｈｉｎｇ,Ｊohn．Wehavetｏgetthesteｅlsheetswｅｎeeｄfｏｒtｈeｓedｅｓkｓfｒomnewsｕｐｐliers.Welｌ,theｓuppliershavegotsometroubleorｏthｅr.Ｔheｙsaytｈeywiｌlbeabiｔｌａｔeｗithtｈedｅliｖery.

M:Buｔｔｈeｙcaｎ’ｔbe．Tｈosecｏntroｌdｅｓksaｒeａspecialorder.Theyａrewａntedfｏrｏneofｔheｂigcompｕtercoｍｐanies.It’sａverｙｉｍｐｏrtanｔconｔrａｃｔ．?W:Ｗhendiｄｗepromiｓｅｔhedeliｖery??M:OnＴｈursdaｙnexｔweek.Andthｅrｅ’sapenalｔyclause．Ｗesｔａndtolosｅ10pｅrcentｏfouｒpｒiｃeforｅachｗeekofoｖeｒduedeｌivｅry.?W：Ｏh,theｓｅpenaltyclauses!Whｙdiｄｙｏusalespeopｌeacｃepｔthem?

M:Wehavetoａccｅptthｅｍ;otherｗise,wedｏｎ’tgetｔheｃontｒactｓ．

W:Well，let’sｇetｏntotheBuyiｎgＤepartment.Ｉoｎlyheardaboutｔhedｅｌayyesterdaybecauｓｅwekｅptｔheｐrodｕｃtｉonlinecｌeartｏhandｌeｔhesｅsｐecｉａlｓheeｔｓ．It’sadrｅadfulｎuisanｃe.

M:Iｔwiｌlbeｍorｅthａnanuiｓanｃｅｉfwｅdoｎ’ｔmeetoｎdelivｅrｙdaｔｅ.Itwillcoｓtusalotｏｆmoney.?W:Ｋeｅpcalm，John.Wecanperhａpscｌaｉmcompensationfroｍtｈesteelｓupｐlieｒｓｆｏrfailuretodｅlivｅrｏｎｔｉme.Tｈenwewilloffｓettｈeｐenａlｔycｌauｓe.

M:Weｌl,ifｙoｕｃan．

Queｓtions19to22areｂasｅdonthｅcoｎversatiｏnyｏuhavｅjuｓｔhｅaｒd．?1９.Ｗｈyｄidthewomansendthｅmessageｔｏtｈeman?

A)Toiｎｆoｒｍｈiｍofaprｏbleｍtheyfaｃe．?Ｂ）Tｏreｑｕesthｉmtopurｃhaseｃonｔroldesks.

C)Todiｓcuｓｓｔhecoｎteｎtｏfaｐrojectreporｔ.?D)Toａｓkhｉｍtofixtｈｅdiｃtatｉngmachｉne.

?20.Whａt(yī)doｅstｈewomaｎsayaｂｏuｔthenewsuｐpｌiers??Ａ)Tｈeyquotetｈeｂeｓtpｒｉcｅｉnthｅmarket.?B)Theｙmanuｆａctｕreandseｌloffｉcｅｆurniｔure.?C）Tｈeycａｎnoｔdelivｅrｔhestｅelｓheetsｏntimｅ.?D）Ｔｈeycａnnoｔproducethesteelｓｈeetsnｅｅded

21.Ｈｏwｄｉｄthemａｎgｅtthｅcontractｓ??Ａ)Ｂymarkiｎgdowntｈeunitprｉcｅ.

B)Byaccｅptinｇthｅpenaltyｃｌauｓes.?C)Byalｌowｉｎgmoｒeｔiｍefｏrdeliｖerｙ．

D）Bypromiｓinｇbetterafter－salｅsseｒvice．

２２.Ｗhaｔｄｏeｓtｈewomansuggｅstｔｈeｙｄo??A)Gｉｖethecuｓｔｏmeratｅnpercenｔｄiｓｃｏｕｎt.?B)Cｌaimｃｏmpｅnsａt(yī)ｉonfromthestoolｓｕppliｅrs．?C)AsｋtheBuｙingDｅｐartmｅnｔｔochangeｓｕpｐlieｒs.?D)Caｎcelthｅcontｒaｃｔwiththecustomer.

Cｏnversａt(yī)ioｎTwoM:Kaｔhy，chａosｔheｏrｙsｅemｓtobeabranchofphysｉcsormａt(yī)hemaｔics．Youareａnｅcｏnｏmiｓｔ,sohowdoeｓitinｆｌuencｅyouｒwｏｒk?W:Wｅｌl,inseｖｅrａｌwaｙs.Ｉａmｒｅsponsiblefｏrfiｎaｎciａldeveｌopｍentｐｒogramsinｍanypａrtsofthｅｗorｌｄ,soforｅcastｉnｇloｎgｒａngetrendsａndmakiｎgpreｄicｔｉonsｏｎthｅｂasiｓｏfｐｒｅsenｔｅｖidenｃｅｉswhatIdo.Chaｏstheｏｒywａsdｅveｌoｐｅdbｙsｃｉentisｔs，tryingtｏexpｌａintｈemoveｍｅntofｔheplaｎetｓanｄtheｃhaｎgesｉnenvironmenｔａｌｃondｉtions.Ｂotｈoｆtｈｅsethｉngｓarｅalsoaboutmakｉｎglong-ｔeｒmｐreｄictionｓｏnｔhebaｓisofprｅｓentevｉｄenｃe．M:Aremanyeconomistsinvolveｄinthiｓfielｄ??W：Anｉncreａｓingｎuｍber．Inthe1９9０s,maｎyeｃonoｍistsbegantoｌoｏkatｃhaoｓtｈeorｙａsaｗayoｆpｒovｉｄingmｏdelｓforforｅcaｓｔing．

Ｍ:Whａt(yī)kinｄｏｆ”moｄｅls”areweｔalkｉngabouthｅre？

Ｗ:Well,that’sagoｏdｑuesｔioｎ,bｅｃauｓethｅbａsiciｄeaoｆｃｈａｏstheｏryｉsthａｔthｅreaｒen’tany”models”asｓuch—thｅreareｎ’tgｕaranteｅdｆorms，buｔratherｐaｔｔernsｏfｃｈａngeindeveｌoｐment.M：Ｄoｅsn’tthaｔmeantｈaｔforeｃasｔingisimｐosｓiｂlｅ?Ｗ:No,bｕtiｔcｅrtainｌymａkesｉtmoｒｅofacｈalｌeｎge.]Mandeｌbｒot,ｗｈｏdidthｅexperiｍentｗｉthstockｅxchaｎｇespｒiｃeｓ,forexａmple,noｔedtｈatalthｏughtheoutcomeswerevarｉable，tｈｅｒｅwｅrｅinfactｃeｒtａiｎcｏnstａncy.Ｗhaｔwｅｈaｖetodｏisｍａｋesuｒeweknｏwwhaｔｔｈｅseareanｄｔakeinｔoaccounｔａlｌtｈepｏssｉblevariablｅs.M:Butdoｅｃoｎomicsａndfinaｎｃewｏｒkiｎthesａmewａyaswｅatheｒcondｉｔiｏｎsortheｍovemｅntofpｌａｎets?Ｗ:Ｗｅll，no，ofcｏｕrsenot.Theｒeareceｒtainuｎderｌyingｓimilaｒitｉｅs.Ｂｕｔｗｅｈavetolｅavetheｍfｏrtｈeｏtherｔiｍe.?Quｅｓtiｏns２3to25aｒebasｅdontheｃｏnveｒsaｔionyoｕhaｖejustheard．

2３.Whatiｓthｅwomａn’spｒｏｆessｉon？?Ａ)Ｓｔockｂrokeｒ.

B)Physicｉst.?C)Mathematiｃian.

D)Ecｏｎoｍiｓt.?

24.Whatwａｓｃhaoｓthｅoｒysｕpｐoseｄｔodowhｅniｔｗasfiｒstformuｌａt(yī)ed?

A)Imｐｒovecoｍputerproｇrammｉｎg.

B）Ｐreｄiｃｔgｌobalｐｏpuｌaｔiｏｎgrowth.

C)Ｅxplaｉncertaｉnnaｔurａlpｈeｎｏmena.?D)Promotｅnaｔiｏnalfｉnanｃiａlheａltｈ.

25.Whataretｈespｅａkersｍaｉnlytalｋingaｂout？

Ａ)Theirｄｉffeｒｅｎteｄucatiｏｎalbａcｋｇｒouｎds.

B）Chａnｇingattiｔudestowardnature．?Ｃ)Ｃhａｏｓtｈｅoryａｎditsapplｉcａt(yī)ｉons.?D)Ｔhecurrentgｌobaｌeconomiccrisis.?

?ＳectioｎB

Ｄｉrｅctｉｏns:Iｎthisseｃtｉon,youwｉlｌhｅar3ｓhoｒtpassageｓ.Atｔheｅndｏfeachpassａge,yｏｕwillｈｅａrsomｅqｕestｉｏnｓ．Bｏtｈthepassaｇeaｎｄthequestionsｗillｂｅｓｐokeｎｏｎlyoｎcｅ．Afterｙｏuhearaquesｔion,youmuｓｔcｈooseｔｈeｂesｔaｎsｗerfroｍｔｈｅfourｃｈoiceｓmａrkedＡ),B），C)andD).ThenmarkｔhｅcorrespoｎdingleｔteronAnｓwerSheet1wiｔｈaｓiｎｇleｌineｔhroｕgｈthecentre.

注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。?PaｓｓagｅOnｅPｅoplewｒitｅtoaskmeiftｈere’scorrelaｔiｏｎｂetｗeeｎaｃaｄemicinｔelligeｎceａndeｍotｉonalintelliｇencｅ．Mｙanｓwerisnｏ.YoｕｃanhaveahｉghIQandahｉghEQ,ｗｈich，ofcourse,isａｗinｎinｇcｏmbiｎation，ｏrbehiｇhinonｅａnｄloｗiｎthｅotheｒ．TheｂｅstｓtudywasｄonｅatBelｌLabｓinNｅwＪerｓｅｙ,averyhｉgｈＩQｐlacｅ.Tｈｅydoresｅarchintodｅｖelopｍentforｔhecoｍmｕnｉcatｉonsindｕｓtry.Ｉnadivisioｎｏfelectｒｏｎｉｃeｎgｉnｅｅrｓ,whowｅredｅｓignｉｎgeqｕipmeｎｔsoａdｖaｎcｅdthａt(yī)theyｗｏrkiｎteａmsｏfupto150,co-worｋersanｄｍanａｇersweｒeasｋedtonｏminaｔｅtheｓtandｏutsthｅｓｔaｒsinpｒodｕctiviｔｙａndｅfｆecｔｉveness．Thｅycameuｐｗith１0ｏr15ｎames，andthａt(yī)grｏupofｓtarｓwasｃoｍpaｒedwithevｅrｙｏｎｅｅlse．ItturｎeｄoｕttｈｅｒewasnodｉｆｆerenceinIQ,nｏdiｆfｅｒｅnceiｎacａdemicquａlifｉcatiｏns，nodiｆfereｎｃeiｎyeaｒｓｏnthejoｂ.Thｅonlyｄiffｅｒeｎｃeｗasｅmotioｎalintｅlliｇencｅ.Theｓtarswereｐeoplewhｏkneｗhoｗｔoｇetalonｇ,whｏｋnewhowtomoｔivateｔheｍｓelves,ｕsuａｌlythekinｄofpeopleyｏｕliｋｅtoｈangoutwith.Wheｎthｅsepeｏpleｒanｕpagaｉｎstateｃhnicalｐrobｌｅm，towhichtheｙ’dｈａvetｏｔｕｒntoｓomeonｅelｓeｆorananswer,thｅy’dｅ－ｍailaｎdgetａｎａnｓwｅrriｇｈtaway，bｅcauｓeｔheｙbuiltupａnetwoｒｋofpｅoplebeforeｔhｅynｅededｔhｅm.Ｔheotheｒpｅopleｗoulde－ｍaiｌaｎdwａiｔｕｐtｏtwoweeksforaｎanswｅｒ.Soyoucanseeｈowｂｅiｎggｏｏdintheｉnteｒｐeｒsoｎａｌreaｌmactｕallywasａdｉreｃtｂeｎefit，eｖｅnfｏreｆfectiｖelyｐursｕingａt(yī)echnicalｔasｋ.?

Quｅstiｏns2６to28arebaseｄoｎｔhｅpassageyouhaveｊustheａｒｄ.

?2６.WhａｔdｏeｓthesｐeａkｅrsaｙabｏutBelｌLabs？

A）Theylａygｒeateｍphaｓisonhardwork.

B)Thｅyname150sｔaｒeｎｇinｅｅｒseａchyｅar.

Ｃ)Theyｒｅｑｕｉrehighaｃademicdｅgｒeｅｓ．?D)TheyｈavepeoｐlewｉthaveryhighＩＱ.

?2７．WhatｃharactｅｒｉzeｓtｈestarsｎomｉnaｔedaｔBellLabs？

A）ｌｏngyearsofｊobtraininｇ.?B)Hｉｇｈemoｔionalinｔｅｌｌigence.

C）Diｓtiｎctiｖeａcａdemicquａlifｉｃａt(yī)ions.

D)Devoｔionｔｏtheａdｖaｎceofｓcience.?

28．Ｗhatdoesｔhespeakersaycｏntrｉｂuｔesｔoeffectｉvelypｕrsuingatechnｉｃaltａｓk?

Ａ)Goodiｎterｐersｏnalrelatｉoｎships．

B)Ｒicｈｗorkinｇexpeｒｉencｅ．

C)Ｓｏｐhistiｃａt(yī)edequiｐｍent．

Ｄ)Hiｇhmotivatｉon.

ＰassageTwoJ’s（ＢｉogｒaｐhyofJohnMｕir)—JohnMuiｒ’sowｎｗritingｓｔobrinｇreadｅrsａlifｅｓtｏrｙofthisｒemarkaｂlemanwhodidsomuchtｏraisｅＡmeriｃaｎ’ｓａwarenｅｓsofenｖｉrｏnmentaｌissｕes.AsAmerica’ｓｆｉrstenvirｏｎｍｅnｔaｌist,JoｈnMuｉrlivedｈｉｓlｉｆeforｅverｄaringｔoｕnｄerｔakeneｗａdｖenturｅs.Heｓpentｍｏsｔofｈｉsdaysoutdooｒｓandhａddeeplｏｖeｆorthｅwiｌdlanｄs．Inｔheｂｏok,wｅｍeetJｏhnＭuiｒasayouthｆeａrlｅsslyclimbiｎｇtherｏofofhisｈouse．Hecaptuｒesbirｄsoｎlytolｅttｈｅmｇowｈenheｒｅaliｚesｔhecrueltyinvolved.Hebeｃomｅsaｎｉnventorandsellshｉsinｖentiｏｎsiｎordｅrｔｏａt(yī)tendｔｈeuｎiｖersity.Asａｙoungmａｎ,hｅbeganwａlｋiｎgoveｒtensofｔｈｏusａnｄsoｆmｉlｅｓdurinｇhiｓlifetｉｍe，ｔｈrｏｕghｔｈeｓouｔhｔｏFｌoｒｉdａ，thｅwｅstｔｏＣalifｏｒｎiａanｄｎorthｔoAｌaｓka,whererｅａdersarｅtakenalongandpaｒticularｌyhａiｒ-raiｓiｎgａｄｖenturｅonａｌargemassoffｌoaｔiｎｇｉｃe.Ｍuir’ｓｌｅarninginoｂserｖaｔionthrougｈoutｈiｓlｉfｅleｄhimｔodeｖotehislastyeaｒｓtopｒeｓervingthenaｔuraｌenviｒonment．Hiswritinganｄspeａkiｎｇraisedtｈeawareｎｅｓsｏftheｉｍpｏrtanｃｅofcoｎｓervａt(yī)iｏｎaｎdheｌpedbringaboutｏurnａt(yī)iｏnalparksyｓｔｅｍ.ＲeaｄerｓwｉllｆeelｔｈeykｎoｗJoｈnMuirafterreaｄingｈisstoｒyanｄmayｃatchhispａsｓionｆｏrpｒeｓeｒviｎgthericheｓofourland.Theotｈｅr’ｓpｏrtrａyalofＭuiｒ’ｓlifeｉｓatｅstｉmｏnytoｗｈatitmｅａｎstobelｉfelonglearnｅｒsａndｔousethatlearｎｉngtｏiｎformａnｄbｒｉngaboutchanｇe.

?Questions29to31arｅbaseｄonｔｈeｐａssａgeyoｕhａveｊustｈeard.

２9.Whaｔkindofｂookisｔｈespｅａkerintroduｃing？

A)Adiary.?Ｂ)Aｆａirytａlｅ.?Ｃ)Ahistoryｔextbｏok.?Ｄ）Abioｇraphy.?

30.WhatdoweｌeａrnaboutJoｈnMｕirwｈenhewaｓｙoung??A)Hｅwasasporｔｓfan.?Ｂ)Hｅlｏｖedarchｉtectｕｒｅ．?Ｃ)Hｅdiｓlikedschoｏl.?D)Heｌikedhａiｒ-raisｉngstｏrieｓ.?

31.Wｈａt(yī)diｄJｏhnMｕirinｔenｄtodothroughwriｔingaｎdspeaking?

Ａ)Eｎcoｕragｅpeopｌetoｕndertaｋｅaｄventures.?Ｂ)Pubｌiｃizehiscolorｆulanduniquelifestoｒieｓ.?C)Ｒaiｓepｅople’sｅnｖｉrｏnmentalawaｒeness.?D）AtｔracｔｐｅopleｔoＡmerica’sｎａt(yī)ionalparks.

?PassａgeTｈreeDisastermovｉesｏftenportraｙcatａstroｐhesthａt(yī)dｅｓtroy，orａt(yī)leasｔｔhｒeatｅｎtoｄｅsｔroyｅａrth’sentiｒepopuｌatｉon．Ｉnfacｔ,ａｖｉrｕsemeｒgｅdｉntｈe1970ｓthａt(yī)coulｄ’vebeenjustthａt(yī)faｔal.NamedaｆｔerarivertｈaｔpassｅｓthrouｇhtheCongo，theＥｂolavirｕsorｉgiｎalｌymaｎifesteditsｅlｆintｈeｉnterioｒofＡfricａin19７6.Twosｔrainｓofｔhediseａsｅ,wｉｔhａlmostｉdeｎtiｃalsymｐtoms，affeｃtｅdhuｍaｎs—Ebｏlａ-ＺairｅａndEbｏla-Sudan.TheSｕdａnveｒsｉｏnwａｓdeaｄlyｅnｏugh,kｉllｉｎg50%ｏｆthoｓｅitinfected.Hｏweveｒ,Zairｅ,withiｔｓ9０%mｏｒｔａlｉtyraｔｅ,wasevenｗorｓe.Thｅoriｇins,thouｇhnottheｃaｕseofEbｏｌa-Sudan，canbｅtrａcedbacｋtｏａｓｉnglｅindiｖｉdualinaSｕdａnｅsｅｔown.Eｂola-Zaｉｒｅsｅemedtoeruptiｎｏver５0vilｌagessimultaｎｅouslｙ.Boｔhstrａｉnｓquicｋｌｙiｎvaｄeｄlocａlhoｓpitalsｗhenneedlesharｉnganｄotheｒｕｎｈeａlｔhypｒaｃticesensuredtherapｉdsprｅaｄingｏｆｔhｅiｎfeｃtionbyｂringiｎｇpeopleｉnｔoｃontactｗiｔｈcontaｍｉnatedbodｙfluｉds.Ifｔheｖｉrusｈadbeencａpaｂleofｓprｅaｄiｎgthrouｇhｔheａir，oｒｉfoneinfeｃteｄｐerｓｏnｈaｄunknowinglyeｎteｒｅdａlａｒgｅpopulatiｏncenter,Ｅｂolａｍightｈavebecomｅaworｌdwｉｄｅepidemic.Hoｗevｅr,soonaftertheseｆｉerceoｕtbｒeaks，thevirusdieｄout,atleａsttemｐorａrily.Eｂｏlawａssoｄeadｌyａndｋiｌledsoqｕicklythatwitｈinashortpｅｒiodｏｆtime,ｔhｅrewａｓｎoonｅａrｏundtoiｎfｅct.Hospｉtalwｏrkersｉnａｔleaｓtonecaｓedesｅrtｅdｔheirworkplacｅinpaniｃ,thushａltingｔhｅadｍｉniｓｔeｒingofpｏtentiallyuncleａｎdiseaｓespreaｄinginｊeｃtions，butEbｏlahasnotｄisappｅaｒｅd．Ｗithnoｋnownvaｃcinａｔｉonｏｒｃureavailabｌe,iｔseemsonｌｙamatterｏftｉmｅｕｎｔｉｌanothereｐidemicerupｔｓ.??Questions32to3５ａrebaｓｅdontheｐassageyouhaｖｅjｕｓtｈearｄ.

?3２.WhatiｓEｂｏｌａvｉｒusnamedaｆｔｅｒ？

Ａ)Thｅfirstinｆectedvictim.?B)AcoａｓtalｖilｌａgｅinAｆrica.?C)Thedoctorwhｏfirsｔideｎtiｆiedit．

D)ArivｅrｒunningｔｈｒoｕghtheＣonｇo.

３３.Whａt(yī)doweｌｅarnaboutEｂｏｌａ-ZaｉreanｄＥbｏla－Sｕdan?

A）Theyｅxｈｉbiｔsｉｍilarｓymptoｍs．

Ｂ)Thｅｙcａｎbetreaｔedwiththesａmeｄｒｕg.

C)Theyｈavealmoｓtthｅsameｍoｒtalityrate．?Ｄ)Theyhaveｂｏthdisappeａredfｏｒgooｄ.?

3４．Hｏwｄopeopleｇｅｔiｎfecｔeｄｗithtｈｅdiseａｓeａccordiｎgtothespｅａｋeｒ？

Ａ）Ｂyiｎhaｌｉngairpｏｌluteｄwithtｈevirus．

B）Bycoｎtaｃtｉnｇcｏｎtaminatedｂｏｄｙfluidｓ.?C)BydrinkinｇwaｔerｆrｏmｔheCｏｎgoRiver．?D）ByeaｔiｎｇｆｏｏdgrownｉｎＳｅdａnaｎdZａire.?

35．Wｈaｔｄoesｔheｓpeａkerbelieve??A)MoｒestraｉｎswｉllｅvｏlvefroｍtｈeEｂolaviruｓ.?B)ＳcieｎｔｉstｓｗillevｅntｕallyfｉndcuｒesforEｂｏｌａ.

C)ＡnotｈeｒEｂolaｅpideｍicmayerｕptsooneroｒlaｔeｒ．?Ｄ)Dｏsｅinｆectｅｄ,onewｉllbecｏｍeｉmｍunetｏEbola.

ＳｅctioｎC

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