Read the following textChoose the best words for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 110 points
The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11，2009It is the first worldwide epidemic 1 by the World Health Organization in 41 years
The heightened alert 2 an emergency meeting with flu expects in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia and rising 3 in Britain，Japan，Chile and elsewhere
But the epidemic is“4”in severity according to Margaret Chan，the organizations director general， 5 the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery，often in the 6 of any medical treatment
The outbreak came to global 7 in late April 2009，when Mexican authorities noted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths 8 healthy adultsAs much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic，cases began to 9 in New York City，the southwestern United States and around the world
In the United States，new cases seemed to fade 10 warmer weather arrivedBut in late September 2009，officials reported there was 11 flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the 12 tested are the new swine flu，also known asAH1N1，not seasonal fluIn the USit has 13 more than one million people，and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations
Federal health officials 14 Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began 15 orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccineThe new vaccine，which is different from the annual flu vaccine，is 16 ahead of expectationsMore than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009，though most of those 17 doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type,which is not 18 for pregnant women,people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties,heart disease or several other 19But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other highrisk groups：health care workers，people 20 infants and healthy young people
1. ［A］criticized［B］appointed［C］commented［D］designated
2. ［A］proceeded［B］activated［C］followed ［D］prompted
3. ［A］digits ［B］numbers［C］amounts ［D］sums
4. ［A］moderate ［B］normal［C］unusual［D］extreme
5. ［A］with［B］in ［C］from ［D］by
6. ［A］progress ［B］absence［C］presence［D］favor
7. ［A］reality ［B］phenomenon［C］concept［D］notice
8. ［A］over［B］for ［C］among［D］to
9. ［A］stay up ［B］crop up［C］fill up［D］cover up
10. ［A］as［B］if ［C］unless［D］until
11. ［A］excessive［B］enormous［C］significant ［D］magnificent
12. ［A］categories［B］examples［C］patterns［D］samples
13. ［A］imparted［B］immersed［C］injected［D］infected
14. ［A］released ［B］relayed［C］relieved［D］remained
15. ［A］placing［B］delivering［C］taking［D］giving
16. ［A］feasible［B］available［C］reliable ［D］applicable
17. ［A］prevalent［B］principal［C］innovative［D］initial
18. ［A］presented［B］restricted［C］recommended ［D］introduced
19. ［A］problems［B］issues［C］agonies［D］sufferings
20. ［A］involved in［B］caring for［C］concerned with ［D］warding off
Part A
Read the following four textsAnswer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or DMark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 140 points
Text 1
The longest bull run in a century of artmarket history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst，“Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”, at Sothebys in London on September 15th 2008All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by a single artistIt was a last victoryAs the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street，Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy
The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlierSince then it may have come down to$50 billionBut the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed，passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries
In the weeks and months that followed MrHirsts sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionableIn
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