【1】　New York Students Have Swine Flu

　　The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 1of swine flu in eight students at a New York preparatory school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. The students have had only 2 symptoms and none have been hospitalized, he said. Some of the students have already recovered.

　　More than 100 students were absent from 3 due to flu-like symptoms last week. New York health officials tested samples for eight students Saturday and determined the students were probably 4 from. swine flu, and the CDC confirmed the5 on Sunday, Bloomberg said.

　　The announcement brings the 6 of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States to 20. Bloomberg and New York Health Commissioner Tom Frieden said there is no 7of a citywide outbreak of the flu, and no sign of a potential8of swine flu at other schools.

　　Some students at the school 9spring break1 in Mexico, Bloomberg said, but authorities have not determined 10any of the students with a confirmed case of swine flu was in Mexico. Someone who traveled to Mexico may not have had any flu symptoms but 11 on the flu to someone else, he noted.

　　Frieden called 12 students who are home sick to stay home for 48 hours after their symptoms subside.

　　If symptoms are normal for a regular kind of flu, there is 13 need to go to a hospital, said Bloomberg. If symptoms become severe, as with any 14 , people should go to the hospital, he said.

　　St. Francis, which has 2,700 students, announced it will remain closed for two days. 15 whether the students' illnesses have been minor because they're young and healthy or because it is a minor strain of the virus, Frieden responded, "We don't know. "

　　练习：

　　1. A cases

　　B bases

　　C doses

　　D noses

　　2. A common

　　B physical

　　C mild

　　D wild

　　3. A work

　　B home

　　C school

　　D hospital

　　4. A escaping

　　B surviving

　　C dying

　　D suffering

　　5. A treatment

　　B diagnosis

　　C doubt

　　D choice

　　6. A point

　　B number

　　C spread

　　D value

　　7. A chance

　　B needＷww.KaＯ8.CC

　　C hope

　　D sign

　　8. A welcome

　　B outbreak

　　C success

　　D injury

　　9. A spent

　　B made

　　C took

　　D traveled

　　10. A why

　　B how

　　C when

　　D whether

　　11. A passed

　　B kept

　　C rolled

　　D swept

　　12. A at

　　B up

　　C on

　　D of

　　13. A no

　　B much

　　C any

　　D a

　　14. A person

　　B matter

　　C thing

　　D illness

　　15. A Asked

　　B Tested

　　C Troubled

　　D Doubted

　　参考答案：　ACCDB BDBAD ACADA

【2】　The American Family

　　In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are (1) enough, they take part as well.

　　Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely (2), and children are often allowed to do (3) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him

　　(4) Question, and children are encouraged to be (5) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom (6) far. Others think that a strong father image would not (7) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to (8) their parental families by the time they have (9) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a (10), a kind of weak dependence.

　　This pattern of independence often results in serious (11) for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected-to live

　　(12) The age of 70. The job-retirement age is (13) 65. The children have left home, married, and (14) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. (15) The major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an Occupation nor a close family group.

　　1 A senior B junior C old D young

　　2 A watched B followed C understood D grasped

　　3 A what B that C which D when

　　4 A for B on C without D in

　　5 A dependent B independent C sure D secure

　　6 A too B almost C nearly D soＷww.KaＯ8.CC

　　7 A gain B welcome C suit D estimate

　　8 A break up B break into C break through D break away from

　　9 A reached B come C arrived D. developed

　　10 A reward B criticism C failure D success

　　11 A events B problems C matters D affairs

　　12 A on B up C from D beyond

　　1:3 A only B usually C sometimes D seldom

　　14 A set forth B set aside C setup D set down

　　15 A But B Therefore C In contrast D On the other hand

　　参考答案：1.C 2.B 3.A 4 C 5.B　6.A 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.C　11.B 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A