第6部分：完形填空 (第5卜65題，每題1分，共15分)
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What Is Anthrax(炭疽)?
There’S been a lot of talk about anthrax on the news lately．Some people are worried that
anthrax may be connected to terrorist attacks or that terrorists may spread the germ that
_____(51)the disease．Federal officials and police are investigating this and taking
______(52)to protect us.
In the meantime，it'S important not to panic over anthrax．The chances that you and your
Family________(53)at risk are very tiny．One of the ways you can feel better is to leam about
anthrax．When you know what it is and_____(54)you can get it，it doesn’t seem quite as
scary．
So，what______(55)is anthrax?
Here are the facts on anthrax：
Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by a germ Although it’S most common in farm
_____(56)，like sheep，COWS，pigs，horses，and goats，there’S a very small chance that people
can get it，too，
Anthrax spores(孢子)(a version of the germ in a protective shell that can live in the soil for
years)cause the disease．
People may get anthrax if they are exposed to anthrax_____(57)But here’S the
important part：just being exposed to these spores doesn’t mean that a person will get_____(58)．
For a person to get sick，he would have to breathe in thousands of these spores a11 the way
Into his_____(59)．Or he’d have to eat meat contaminated with anthrax or handle
_____(60)that has anthrax spores This may sound scary,but even when a person comes
_____(61)contact with the spores，it’S unlikely that he’11 get sick．_______(62)the
bacteria do not get into the skin，digestive tract，or lung，the disease won’t develop．
Anthrax is not spread from person to person the way the flu can spread from
family member to______(63)member or classmate to classmate
Anthrax can almost always be successfully treated with antibiotics(抗生素)．
Anthrax is very rare．Until recently，anthrax wasn’t even talked about because it was so
rare—and it still_______(64)!Even with all of the anthrax cases you are hearing about right
now，a person’s chances of getting anthrax are about the_____(65)as they were before you
heard about anthrax on the news——very, very low
51 A ralses B causes Ctakes Dmoves
52 A measures B wavs C acts Ddeeds
53 A are B look Cpose Dturn
54 Amat B what Chow Dwhom
55 A namely Bfrankly C properly D exactly
56 A places B animals C households D insects
57 A germs B infections C risks D spores
58 A sick B frightened Cwrong Dworse
59 A stomach B lung Cmouth D skin
60 A something B anything Cwhat Dwhich
61 Ainto B through C by D onto
62 AUnless BIf CAlthough DBefore
63 Afarnily B other Canother D community
64 A so Bis C exists D does
65 A case B same C rate D scoren
閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出了4個選項，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容從
4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
What Is Anthrax(炭疽)?
There’S been a lot of talk about anthrax on the news lately．Some people are worried that
anthrax may be connected to terrorist attacks or that terrorists may spread the germ that
_____(51)the disease．Federal officials and police are investigating this and taking
______(52)to protect us.
In the meantime，it'S important not to panic over anthrax．The chances that you and your
Family________(53)at risk are very tiny．One of the ways you can feel better is to leam about
anthrax．When you know what it is and_____(54)you can get it，it doesn’t seem quite as
scary．
So，what______(55)is anthrax?
Here are the facts on anthrax：
Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by a germ Although it’S most common in farm
_____(56)，like sheep，COWS，pigs，horses，and goats，there’S a very small chance that people
can get it，too，
Anthrax spores(孢子)(a version of the germ in a protective shell that can live in the soil for
years)cause the disease．
People may get anthrax if they are exposed to anthrax_____(57)But here’S the
important part：just being exposed to these spores doesn’t mean that a person will get_____(58)．
For a person to get sick，he would have to breathe in thousands of these spores a11 the way
Into his_____(59)．Or he’d have to eat meat contaminated with anthrax or handle
_____(60)that has anthrax spores This may sound scary,but even when a person comes
_____(61)contact with the spores，it’S unlikely that he’11 get sick．_______(62)the
bacteria do not get into the skin，digestive tract，or lung，the disease won’t develop．
Anthrax is not spread from person to person the way the flu can spread from
family member to______(63)member or classmate to classmate
Anthrax can almost always be successfully treated with antibiotics(抗生素)．
Anthrax is very rare．Until recently，anthrax wasn’t even talked about because it was so
rare—and it still_______(64)!Even with all of the anthrax cases you are hearing about right
now，a person’s chances of getting anthrax are about the_____(65)as they were before you
heard about anthrax on the news——very, very low
51 A ralses B causes Ctakes Dmoves
52 A measures B wavs C acts Ddeeds
53 A are B look Cpose Dturn
54 Amat B what Chow Dwhom
55 A namely Bfrankly C properly D exactly
56 A places B animals C households D insects
57 A germs B infections C risks D spores
58 A sick B frightened Cwrong Dworse
59 A stomach B lung Cmouth D skin
60 A something B anything Cwhat Dwhich
61 Ainto B through C by D onto
62 AUnless BIf CAlthough DBefore
63 Afarnily B other Canother D community
64 A so Bis C exists D does
65 A case B same C rate D scoren