【通用版】2018版高三英语一轮复习 第1部分 基础知识解读 Unit 2 The environment【B卷】课后分层集训 牛津译林版必修5.docVIP

课后分层集训 Unit 2　The environment (B卷) Ⅰ.阅读理解A (2017·湖南省六校联考)Its nearly 50 years since the US landed men on the moon(毁坏) Europe in the Middle Ages.Why hasnt the US removed the plague(瘟疫)?s inhabitants.Then there was a 19th Century spread of the Black Death in China and India，which killed more than 12 million. But the disease has not been got rid of.It still exists in Madagascar，the Democratic Republic of Congo and Peru.Whats perhaps more surprising is that it is still killing people in the US. There have been 15 cases in the US so far this year—compared to an average of seven，according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—and the figure of four deaths is higher than in any year this century. The bacterium (细菌) responsible—yersinia pestis—was introduced to the US by rat-infested steamships in 1900(WHO)．“Plague was pretty commonestern port cities.But the last urban plague was in Los Angeles in 1925.It spread to rural rats and mice，and thats how it became deep-rooted in parts of the US，”he says. The disease—typically transmitted from animals to humans by fleas—has a 30-to-60% death rate if left untreated.However，antibiotics are effective if patients are diagnosed early.Most cases occur in summer，when people spend more time outdoors.“The advice is，take pre-cautions against flea bites and dont handle dead bodies of animals in plague areas，” says Epstein. The areas in question are New Mexico，Arizona，California and Colorado，according to the CDC.All of this years cases originated in those states，or in other states west of the 100th meridian(西经100度) disease specialist at the University of Pittsburghs Center for Health Security，refers to as “the plague line”． “Prairie dogs are the main reservoir(储藏所) for plagueWestern US suits them，he explains，and the fact that they are “social animals” helps the infected fleas to spread. Its the existence of this “animal reservoir” that makes the plague hard，if not impossible，to wipe out，experts say. 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。像黑死病这样的瘟疫曾