More people die of tuberculosis than of any other disease caused by a
+ C! J9 j, b" }/ a- ^% } single agent. This has probably been the case in quite a while. During the __1__
% M: B/ L4 F2 x. F2 ~4 P1 X b4 d B early stages of the industrial revolution, perhaps one in every seventh __2__5 j8 ?/ p' O* G. U, p) P' ^, w2 ^
deaths in Europe’s crowded cities were caused by the disease. From __3__
5 d6 U9 T( _! D7 q+ V$ v1 v now on, though, western eyes, missing the global picture, saw the trouble __4__* P4 ~5 p) J; ]; _( g) x @2 Q. V6 Y
going into decline. With occasional breaks for war, the rates of death and
9 g4 P$ c4 S( A% V3 G infection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and __5__
' z. f0 s* O5 K7 R v 20th centuries. In the 1950s, the introduction of antibiotics strengthened the, `# x8 c5 K8 V! J& \( w
trend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed to be imported to __6__2 Y5 f5 W6 q2 X" G5 J8 M- c
poor countries. Medical researchers declared victory and withdrew.( Q" r* r3 D+ W# l
They are wrong. In the mid1980s the frequency of infections and deaths __7__# }8 B I* c5 K0 [7 n' M
started to pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came __8__! ^0 R2 N7 x# h4 q5 K; N
back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The World __9__
/ V: a5 Q" Q9 f) d3 T Health Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earth’s: L& o) p. d& \& b: q# c1 c: M, D& [
population)suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling,
: F+ c% e8 [8 N% X" A0 ^: _ population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 __10__" G m3 C$ X/ P- Y* j1 P. S
million a year. Around 3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poor
, g J: w( w: _- r: c: } countries.* b! [1 D9 U; p, Y6 N Z
参考答案:& [7 x, l. [$ R x0 H- T
tuberculosis n.肺结核: ]2 S! }% O0 Q! h+ }
antibiotics n.抗生素, 抗生学! ?% P% J. [4 p. g. n8 i+ I
1 将in改为for" e, a; |$ a2 g, s/ k
for quite a while 作 “相当长时间”讲.
( s; }" H! j& ^: O7 _/ E 2 将seventh改为seven# I* O: e) K: K3 D6 N
3 将were改为was
# Q9 I+ F4 M8 _$ t, L: S+ N 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.
7 n0 f2 v6 @, Y6 q2 Q+ I 4将now 改为then$ t! o3 _% j* \
5将Europe前的the 去掉
, \+ J! J6 F1 h 6 将imported改为exported; g! i) {# _( ]6 Y& I# b6 b1 L
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.( Z$ _7 z) }& u
7 将are 改为were
5 s* w( Q3 p4 ^; r7 s 8 在vanished 前加had) @/ f8 _2 L. e1 C, b
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.
' K4 J8 } o7 t0 I; Q$ U 9 将better改为worse% a2 A1 R( k5 B. H; a5 m
在结合病没有消失的地方,这种病更加严重了,因此要用worse.) r8 V% y n, Y4 a# L, f3 C
10 将constantly改为constant- {- C; J; t) c4 i5 n# [
在 “keep sb/ sth adj”结构中的形容词作补语. |
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