Feb 10, 2018
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第 45 至 48 題為題組
West Nile is a tropical disease that begins in birds, which pass
it on to mosquitoes that then go on to infect human beings with
a bite. Most people who contract West Nile do not experience any
symptoms at all, but, if they do, symptoms typically develop between
3 to 14 days after a mosquito bite. About 1 in 5 persons suffers
fever, headaches, and body aches, usually lasting a week or so. A
far less lucky 1 in 150 experiences high fever, tremors, paralysis,
and coma. Some—especially the elderly and those with weak immune
systems—die.
這段沒有講政府效率或什麼的
That is what made the major outbreaks of West Nile in the U.S. in
the summer of 2012 so scary. The situation was particularly bad in
Dallas, Texas, where the West Nile virus killed 10 people and sickened
more than 200. The city declared a state of emergency and began aerial
spraying of a pesticide to kill the mosquitoes, even though residents
argued that the pesticide could be more dangerous than the disease.
這段講到「這個城市宣佈緊急狀況」,並開始處理如空中噴灑滅蚊劑
Why was the summer of 2012 so hospitable to the West Nile virus and
the mosquitoes that carry it? Blame the weather. An extremely mild
winter allowed more mosquitoes than usual to survive, while the
unusually high temperatures in that scorching summer further
increased their number by speeding up their life cycle. The economic
crisis may have also played a role: Homeowners who were not able to
pay their bank loans were forced to abandon their properties,
sometimes leaving behind swimming pools that made excellent mosquito
breeding grounds.
The severity of tropical diseases is also a matter of whether
governments are capable—and willing— to defend their populations
against infections. Dallas County was not doing some of the key
things to slow the spread of West Nile, such as testing dead birds
and setting mosquito traps to test for the presence of the disease.
Tropical infections are thus as much related to government inaction
as they are to climate.
因此,熱帶感染與政府不作為和氣候有關。
45. What is this passage mainly about?
(A) West Nile and methods to fight it.
(B) West Nile and governmental efficiency.
(C) West Nile and the conditions its virus thrives in.
(D) West Nile and its relation to tropical diseases.
由於這是考題,坦白說不需要也無法考慮「Time 原文」,也不能考慮作者
的原意,只能用考題解考題
the conditions it virus thrives in
thrive
├ grow or develop well or vigorously
└ Prosper; flourish.
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