【单选题】
Directions: Read the following text.Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank.
The heightened alert{{U}} (2) {{/U}}an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases inAustralia, and rising{{U}} (3) {{/U}}inBritain, Japan,Chile and elsewhere.
But the epidemic is "{{U}} (4) {{/U}}" in severity, according to MargaretChan, the organization’s director general,{{U}} (5) {{/U}}the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the{{U}} (6) {{/U}}of any medical treatment.
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In the United States, new cases seemed to fade{{U}} (10) {{/U}}warmer weather arriveD、But in late September 2009, officials reported there was{{U}} (11) {{/U}}flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the{{U}} (12) {{/U}}tested are the new swine flu, also known asA、H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U. S. , it has{{U}} (13) {{/U}}more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.
Federal health officials{{U}} (14) {{/U}}Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began {{U}} (15) {{/U}}orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is{{U}} (16) {{/U}}ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those{{U}} (17) {{/U}}dose were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not{{U}} (18) {{/U}}for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other{{U}} (19) {{/U}}.But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk groups: health care workers, people{{U}} (20) {{/U}}infants and healthy young people.
B．enormous
C．significant
D．magnificent
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
流感处于高发状态。excessive：过多的，超出正常范围的，修饰flu activity表达“流感极其活跃”。enormous：庞大的；significant：重要的；magnificent：宏伟的。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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