More people die of tuberculosis than of any other disease caused by a
M4 u8 \$ b( t' V% r single agent. This has probably been the case in quite a while. During the __1__
5 q2 U6 i( _0 f }2 b early stages of the industrial revolution, perhaps one in every seventh __2__$ c8 S; m. h. p, \+ w: B; `+ q
deaths in Europe’s crowded cities were caused by the disease. From __3__+ w. X- ? h( M2 |
now on, though, western eyes, missing the global picture, saw the trouble __4__
5 p& O* f V: t/ D; ] going into decline. With occasional breaks for war, the rates of death and9 c+ \/ Z, \. M3 _. G! }% c
infection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and __5__- g; h- U; ?: ?& N1 d
20th centuries. In the 1950s, the introduction of antibiotics strengthened the. ~+ E3 d( J N* n* Y! I P
trend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed to be imported to __6__; v8 ^* s# [& a% I% l
poor countries. Medical researchers declared victory and withdrew.
! ^ C; i$ I# J9 {) Y' j2 N2 e$ R They are wrong. In the mid1980s the frequency of infections and deaths __7__
3 R# O# B5 M- Q+ g3 H7 }, X started to pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came __8__
7 M- D+ r. A1 A2 F back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The World __9__3 V' E' G3 [& P- n& r+ {& Z
Health Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earth’s
# ~- O- V9 l5 y3 z* N population)suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling,3 H$ Y l8 z, @, O8 Q$ C6 c, E+ H
population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 __10__* p) x! e, }6 f
million a year. Around 3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poor
* m1 C ]" Q) G3 `; \; A; y countries.0 E3 W* d M4 T9 ?( T
参考答案:# u* m2 r! h. Z) b0 r( j
tuberculosis n.肺结核
# t" k. z7 w* x8 @& [ antibiotics n.抗生素, 抗生学
3 c2 X* o$ n0 n* ^# r+ w 1 将in改为for- N5 W8 w) G$ n* y1 S
for quite a while 作 “相当长时间”讲.0 O, E/ ]* y* Z0 o$ v/ g
2 将seventh改为seven
) \; g, Z& L% z" n2 Q) {8 D; q 3 将were改为was( ?6 }/ O$ L: K3 y% o
这个谓语动词的主语是单数短语 one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用单数.$ z- |3 q' \7 j. n
4将now 改为then2 z# _) `/ q( e% H) I
5将Europe前的the 去掉2 Q4 A& D8 P2 j" P: Z& q3 y
6 将imported改为exported0 a( B) F6 l8 `0 _3 Q
根据上下文,应该是向穷国出口抗生素,而不是从这些国家进口抗生素.
p$ S9 M, S3 Y6 ?; a8 |/ x" a 7 将are 改为were$ K2 N$ _( E8 d
8 在vanished 前加had
, s1 @0 b; R6 m 这里要表达的是 “结核病原来消失的地方,又爆发了结核病”,所以要使用过去完成时.$ [, E1 l J: [" d
9 将better改为worse2 P* J0 n. s' i5 ?0 ?
在结合病没有消失的地方,这种病更加严重了,因此要用worse.% c9 a+ I) A" `; Q
10 将constantly改为constant
/ a# h4 X6 |. c: K 在 “keep sb/ sth adj”结构中的形容词作补语. |
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