2010年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2010 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二试题 Section Ⅰ UseofEnglish Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10points) The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11,2009.It isthe firstworldwideepidemic___1___bytheWordHealth Organization in 41years. The heightened alert ___2___ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in casesin Australia,andrising___3___ in Britain,Japan,Chile andelsewhere. But the epidemic is “___4___” in severity,accordingto Margaret Chan,the organization’s director general,___5___ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery,often in the ___6___ of any medicaltreatment. Theoutbreak cameto global___7___ in lateApril2009,when Mexican authoritiesnoticed anunusually largenumber of hospitalizations and deaths ___8___ healthy adults.As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic,cases began to___9___ inNewYork City,the southwesternUnited Statesandaroundtheworld. In the United States, new cases seemed to fade ___10___ warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officialsreportedtherewas___11___ flu activity in almost every state andthat virtually allthe___12___ tested arethenew swine flu, also known as(A)H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S.,it has ___13___more than one million people, and causedmorethan 600deathsandmorethan 6,000hospitalizations. Federalhealth officials___14___ Tamiflu for children fromthenational stockpile andbegan___15___ ordersfromthe statesforthenew swine flu vaccine.Thenewvaccine,which isdifferent fromtheannual flu vaccine,is___16___ aheadof expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though