单选题
Swine Flu in New York

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed cases of swine (51) in eight students at a New York preparatory (预科的) school, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. The students have had only (52) symptoms and none have been hospitalized, he said. Some of the students have already recovered.
More than 100 students were absent from (53) due to flu-like symptoms last week. New York health officials tested samples for eight students Saturday and determined the students were probably. (54) from swine flu, and the CDC confirmed the (55) on Sunday, Bloomberg said.
The announcement brings the (56) of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States to 20. Bloomberg said there is no (57) of a citywide outbreak of the flu, and no sign of a potential outbreak of swine flu at (58) schools.
Some students at the school (59) spring break in Mexico, Bloomberg said, but authorities have not determined (60) any 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 (61) on the flu to someone else, he noted.
Bloomberg called on students who are home sick to (62) home for 48 hours after their symptoms subside.
If symptoms are normal for a regular kind of flu, there is (63) need to go to a hospital, said Bloomberg. If symptoms become severe, as (64) any illness, people should go to the hospital, he said.
St. Francis, which has 2,700 students, announced it will remain closed for two days. (65) 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. /

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 猪流感是swine flu。文中出现过多次。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从上下文得知,患病的学生中没有人住院,有一些已经康复,他们的症状应该是比较轻的,所以选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 学校里的学生有了流感样的症状,肯定是没能上学。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 从上下文可以看出,纽约卫生官员检验了8名学生的血样后断定他们很可能是患上了猪流感。suffer from意为“患……病”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 疾病防控中心对纽约卫生官员的诊断予以证实。diagnosis:诊断。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 显然此处应为确诊的猪流感患者数量the number of confirmed swine flu cases。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从上文和接下来的no sign就可以推断出此处应为同样的表达方式。sign:迹象。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 其他学校没有爆发猪流感的迹象。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 学校的一些学生是在墨西哥度的春假。spring break:指春假。“度假”用动词spend。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从上下文可知,当局尚未确定被确诊为猪流感的学生中是否有谁去过墨西哥。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从上下文可知,某位去墨西哥旅游的学生自己可能没有表现出任何流感症状,但却把流感传给了其他人。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 生病在家的学生在症状消退后,继续在家观察48小时。stay home:待在家里。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 接下来一句说,如果症状严重,人们应该去医院。这是一个转折句,因此前面的句子应该相反,即没有必要上医院。There is no need to do sth.没必要做某事。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] as with的意思是“和……一样;正如”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 从后面的responded一词可以推断出前面应该是“被问到”,即“asked”。