Youth football team members rescued more than two weeks after sudden flooding trapped them in a cave in Thailand are now being well looked after at a hospital in the northern city of Chiang Rai. In addition to treating the boys for potential body fluid loss, inadequate nutrition and lack of oxygen, their doctors also plan to closely monitor them for symptoms of diseases that may have been infected by animals living in the cave.
“The next step is to make sure those kids and their families are safe, because living in a cave provides a different environment, which might contain animals that could transmit…disease,” said the local hospital. The boys and their family members have been told to watch for symptoms such as headache, nausea(反胃), muscle pain or difficulty breathing, the reports added.
Yet based on the location where the boys were trapped—more than four kilometers from the cave complex’s main entrance, past some fully submerged passages—and the fact they have been swimming out wearing full scuba face masks, it seems unlikely that they were living with bats in the cave or breathed in bat-associated bacteria during their rescue, several infectious disease experts said. “It’s hard to imagine bats got that deep into the cave because of all those narrow passageways, but it is possible,” says Ian Lipkin, an animal expert and professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. “It’s unlikely that there would be many animals in there,” notes Jonathan Epstein, a doctor at EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that studies diseases and how to prevent them. Bats typically like to rest in areas they can easily enter and exit, not in places that fully flood, he adds.
Bats in Thailand have been linked with a wide range of viruses that are similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)—Lipkin says. But it seems more likely the boys would have been exposed to infection-causing bacteria when they swam through the dirty water with cuts and scrapes. “If you are trying to prioritize issues with respect to health care for these kids, number one would be psychological damage and second will be bacterial infections from the cuts and scrapes they may have encountered.” Lipkin says.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the potential symptom of the rescued team members?
A. Lacking body water B. Unbalanced nutrition
C. Pain in the head and muscles D. Adequate oxygen
2.The underlined word “submerged” in paragraph 3 means ____________.
A. under the water B. wild and dangerous
C. with animals D. bat-associated
3.Which is true about the caves and the trapped people?
A. Jonathan Epstein thought it possible for the team members to be attacked by bats in the fully-flooded cave.
B. Lipkin argued bats were not able to get deep into the narrow cave where the kids were trapped.
C. Lipkin said the victims might be infected when their body were exposed to bacterial water during the rescue.
D. Lipkin believed the most important issue for the cave-trapped teenagers was infectious bacteria examination.
4.What is the text type of the passage?
A. An academic essay about bats. B. A newspaper article.
C. A medical magazine. D. A Thai website about sports.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Youth football team members rescued more than two weeks after sudden flooding trapped them in a cave in Thailand are now being well looked after at a hospital in the northern city of Chiang Rai. In addition to treating the boys for potential body fluid loss, inadequate nutrition and lack of oxygen, their doctors also plan to closely monitor them for symptoms of diseases that may have been infected by animals living in the cave.
“The next step is to make sure those kids and their families are safe, because living in a cave provides a different environment, which might contain animals that could transmit…disease,” said the local hospital. The boys and their family members have been told to watch for symptoms such as headache, nausea(反胃), muscle pain or difficulty breathing, the reports added.
Yet based on the location where the boys were trapped—more than four kilometers from the cave complex’s main entrance, past some fully submerged passages—and the fact they have been swimming out wearing full scuba face masks, it seems unlikely that they were living with bats in the cave or breathed in bat-associated bacteria during their rescue, several infectious disease experts said. “It’s hard to imagine bats got that deep into the cave because of all those narrow passageways, but it is possible,” says Ian Lipkin, an animal expert and professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. “It’s unlikely that there would be many animals in there,” notes Jonathan Epstein, a doctor at EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that studies diseases and how to prevent them. Bats typically like to rest in areas they can easily enter and exit, not in places that fully flood, he adds.
Bats in Thailand have been linked with a wide range of viruses that are similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)—Lipkin says. But it seems more likely the boys would have been exposed to infection-causing bacteria when they swam through the dirty water with cuts and scrapes. “If you are trying to prioritize issues with respect to health care for these kids, number one would be psychological damage and second will be bacterial infections from the cuts and scrapes they may have encountered.” Lipkin says.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the potential symptom of the rescued team members?
A. Lacking body water B. Unbalanced nutrition
C. Pain in the head and muscles D. Adequate oxygen
2.The underlined word “submerged” in paragraph 3 means ____________.
A. under the water B. wild and dangerous
C. with animals D. bat-associated
3.Which is true about the caves and the trapped people?
A. Jonathan Epstein thought it possible for the team members to be attacked by bats in the fully-flooded cave.
B. Lipkin argued bats were not able to get deep into the narrow cave where the kids were trapped.
C. Lipkin said the victims might be infected when their body were exposed to bacterial water during the rescue.
D. Lipkin believed the most important issue for the cave-trapped teenagers was infectious bacteria examination.
4.What is the text type of the passage?
A. An academic essay about bats. B. A newspaper article.
C. A medical magazine. D. A Thai website about sports.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The rescue team has saved more than ten people________under the collapsed buildings since the earthquake occurred in Ya’an.
A.trapping B.to be trapped C.trapped D.having trapped
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The rescue team has saved more than ten people________under the collapsed buildings since the earthquake occurred in Ya’an.
A.trapping B.to be trapped
C.trapped D.having trapped
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Football is a popular sport. More than a million kids play on high school teams, but football can be a hazard. The National Football League(NFL) has acknowledged that almost 30 percent of its players will eventually suffer from brain-related diseases. That’s a lot.
A recent study involving 40 former NFL players showed that those who started playing football before age 12 did worse on thinking tests than players who started after age 12. By the way, all the tested players scored below average for their age and education. Concerns about the effects of constant hits to the head have caused some medical experts on brain injuries, such as Robert Cantu of Boston University, to recommend that kids not play football before age 14.
I don’t think football is all bad. It helps kids learn teamwork, discipline and how to get into better physical condition. But now that we know that the sport might be dangerous, it’s time to make some changes in the youth and high school football.
First, seasons should be shorter. The high school regular season should not be more than nine games. Second, kids should not play tackle(擒抱) football too soon. As Cantu points out, “By age fourteen, our necks are strong and our overall body strength is sufficient to keep the head steady when we slam at the line of scrimmage(争球).” Personally speaking, I don’t think kids should sit on the couch until they are 14. But they can play flag football and other gentler sports. If you think age 14 is too late to become a good football player, remember that four-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady started playing football at that age.
1.What does the underline word “hazard” mean?
A. difficulty. B. danger.
C. punishment. D. pain.
2.Why did the former NFL players perform badly in tests?
A. Their heads were hit frequently.
B. They had some mental disorders.
C. They didn’t take the tests seriously.
D. They received little school education.
3.What does the author advise for kids under 14?
A. They watch football games. B. They play safer games.
C. Football be forbidden for them. D. They play 10 games a season.
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A. To entertain. B. To advertise.
C. To instruct. D. To warn.
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
______ can be more exciting than the news that the Chinese national football team has reached the tournament knockout stage (淘汰赛阶段) at the Asian Cup.
A. Nothing B. Everything
C. Anything D. Something
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
After getting lost in a storm, a member of the navy team ______ four days later.
A. rescued B. was rescued C. has rescued D. had been rescued
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听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1.How often will the man be available to work?
A.No more than two evenings a week.
B.Up to three evenings a week.
C.At least three evenings a week.
2.Why does the man apply for a part-time job?
A.To gain work experience. B.To improve his social skills. C.To earn money.
3.What is the man good at?
A.Solving problems. B.Communicating with people. C.Working in a group.
4.What will the man do on September 10th?
A.Have a lesson. B.Work for the community. C.Meet the woman.
高三英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析
BUKHANNON, West Virginia--- Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal explosion that trapped 13 miners ,who had been heard from since the early morning accident.
Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered ,waiting for updates(最新报道)on the rescuers’ progress.
The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a.m-more than three hours after it happened.” It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.
The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group.
At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4,800 feet in the four houses since entering the mine just before 6p.m.Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.
He said the crew was very experienced ,with some members having worked underground for 30 to 35 years .The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each .The company has not released the names of the miners.
The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect (remove) the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that.” We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. High levels of carbon monoxide were detected shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts,but those levels have since subsided(减退),authorities said.
1.According to the passage, we can infer that _____.
A. all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive
B. communication with the trapped miners was cut off.
C. the two rescue teams entered the miner at the same time.
D. the rescue started as soonas the accident happened.
2.If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _____ per hour.
A.1,000 feet B.2,400 feet C.1,200 feet D.4,800 feet.
3.Where can the passage be seen?
A. In a magazine B .In a newspaper C. In a science book D. On an advertisement.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
BUKHANNON, West Virginia—Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident. Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates(最新报道)on the rescuers’ progress.
The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a.m---more than three hours after it happened.“It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine. The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group.
At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m.Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.
He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for
30 to 35 years.The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each.The company has not released the names of the miners.
The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect (remove) the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that.“ We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said.The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.High levels of carbon monoxide were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided(减退), authorities said.
1.According to the passage, we can infer that ________.
A.all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive
B.communication with the trapped miners was cut off
C.the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time
D.the rescue started as soon as the accident happened
2.If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _______ per hour.
A.1,000 feet B.2,400 feet C.1,200feet D.4,800feet
3.Where can the passage be seen?
A.In a magazine. B.In a newspaper.
C.In a science book.. D.On an advertisement.
4.Which of the following shows the position where the miners wd?
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
BUKHANNON, West Virginia—Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident.
Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates(最新报道)on the rescuers’ progress.
The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a.m-more than three hours after it happened.“It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.
The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group.
At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m.Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.
He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for 30 to 35 years.The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each.The company has not released the names of the miners.
The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect (remove) the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that.“ We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.High levels of carbon monoxide were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided(减退), authorities said.
1.According to the passage, we can infer that ________.
A.all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive
B.communication with the trapped miners was cut off
C.the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time
D.the rescue started as soon as the accident happened
2.If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _______ per hour.
A.1,000 feet B.2,400 feet C.1,200feet D.4,800feet
3.Where can the passage be seen?
A.In a magazine. B.In a newspaper.
C.In a science book.. D.On an advertisement.
4.Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped?
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析