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完形填空C 教材第二篇文章 Influenza Influenza has been with us a long time．According___1_____ some Greek writers on medical history，the outbreak of 412 B.C．was of influenza．The same has been suggested of the sickness that swept through l the Greek army_____2_____ Syracuse in 395 B．C． Flu is a disease that moves most quickly among people____3____ in crowded conditions，hence，it is likely to attack armies． During the nineteenth century there were five widespread＿＿４＿＿ of influenza．The last of the five_____5_____ in l889 and marked the beginning of the story of influenza in our time．Like the_____6_____started in Asia． For more than forty years before that outbreak，influenza had steadily＿＿7＿＿ and was believed to be dying out.2 A new group of outbreaks was introduced by the great outbreak of l889-1890 and for the next quarter of a century flu ____8____ a constant threat． In April 1918 flu broke out3 among American troops stationed in France． It quickly spread through all the armies but caused relatively____9____deaths．Four months later，____10____，a second outbreak started which proved to be a killer. It killed not only the old and already sick but also____11_____young adults．It went through4 every country in the world，only a few distant islands in the South Atlantic and the Pacific remaining____12 ____．It brought the life of whole countries_____l3____，food supplies stopped and work loss was very great．Before the great outbreak ended，it___l4___ at least l5 million people．Thereafter there have been several great outbreaks throughout the world．It is thus____15_____ that influenza is a terrible infection that we have to pay more attention to. 词汇： Influenza n．流行性感冒 Outbreak n．爆发 Syracuse n．叙拉古(意大利西 西里岛东南部一海港) Widespread 普遍的，散布很 广的 steadily adv．稳定地 quarter n．四分之一 constant 妨经常发生的 troop (常用复数)军队，部队 station vt．驻扎 ’ Atlantic adj．大西洋的；n．(the Atlantic)大西洋 Pacific adj．太平洋的；n．(the Pacific)太平洋 Thereafter adv．此后，其后 注释： 1．sweep through：席卷，横扫 2．die out：消失，不复存在 3．