医学博士外语（阅读理解）模拟试卷6
阅读理解
Britons\’ most searing memories of their encounter with foot-and-mouth disease in 2001 are of the piles of animals slaughtered to try to stop its spread. Such a draconian policy might have been accepted had the disease been controlled quickly. But its ineffectiveness—more than 6m cows, sheep and pigs were culled before the disease was eradicated—led to widespread revulsion and a government rethink.
Just as in 2001, if an animal is thought to be infected, its herd will be culled and a quarantine zone set up. But this time, unless the disease is stamped out quickly, animals nearby will also be vaccinated to create a \\
1.Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the foot-and-mouth disease in Britain in 2001?(A)
A. The disease had never been effectively controlled throughout the event.
B. The policy of slaughtering animals to stop the disease spread proved to be a failure.
C. The slaughtering policy was arousing discontent among the public in Britain.
D. The government failed to take immediate actions of creating fire-break around the infected livestock.
解析：根据第一段可知，该疾病最终被消灭了，虽然代价是巨大的，但不管如何，疾病被控制住了。A项内容与此说法相反，所以错误。第一段提到屠杀动物的政策不是很有效，因此可以证明是失败了，与B项内容相符。第一段提到了这种政策没有效果，因此引起了更大范围的反感，与C项内容相符。文章第一段指出政府没有及时给染病的动物打预防针，与D项内容一致。因此，A选项为正确答案。
2.The new policy is different from the policy in 2001 in the following aspects EXCEPT________.(A)
A. the piles of animals will not be slaughtered as in 2001
B. animals near the infected herb will be injected with vaccine
C. a belt of quarantine with vaccinated animals will be erected
D. it is paying more attention to prevention of the outbreak of the epidemic
解析：根据第二段可知，新的举措主要是将染疫牧群旁边的动物注射疫苗，形成隔离带。第二段还提到了染病牧群还是会被屠宰掉，因此A选项不是新举措的不同之处。B、C、D都是关于利用疫苗来进行防御的，符合题意。因此，答案为A选项。
3.Only a few countries have all of their animals injected with vaccines because of the following reasons EXCEPT________.(D)
A. it is unnecessary to vaccinate all the animals in the counties in which there are few chances of infecting foot-and-mouth
B. the cost of vaccines against all types of the virus causing the disease is very high
C. vaccinated animals are less welcomed by importing countries
D. the vaccine cost will be rising as types of virus causing the disease are increasing
解析：虽然文章没有明显地提到A选项这一点，但是可以通过推理得到该结论：B、C选项在第四段中有提及；第四段只是提到由于病毒种类多，疫苗成本也高，并没有提及D选项的内容。因此，答案为D选项。
4.Though vaccinated animals were free from the foot-and-mouth in Britain and Netherlands in 2001, they were still slaughtered because________.(D)
A. they might be more likely to infect the virus than the healthy ones
B. the exporting restrictions were too strict to let these animals pass the customs
C. the farmers were afraid of being deprived of the exporting right
D. the government wanted to regain the former status of exporting animals
解析：根据第五段可知，尽管牲畜很健康，但是还是被屠宰掉，这样农场主可以尽快无限制地出口动物。结合上文关于英国政府和荷兰政府的措施，可以推断出这样做是政府害怕被挤出国外的市场，试图恢复以前的出口地位。所以选项D最为符合题意。
5.The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease may be a result of the following situations EXCEPT________.(A)
A. animals being wrongly or incompletely injected with vaccination
B. importing animals from the countries with the foot-and-mouth-disease
C. leak of the virus during the research experimentation
D. malicious actions by s
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