题文
We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American .Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections （感染）we think of as human infections started in other animals “ says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen
“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases A new bug（病毒）may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful（有害的）Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person
小题1:We learn from Paragraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.A．come from ColumbiaB．prevent us from being infectedC．enjoy being with childrenD．suffer from monkey-pox小题2:Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?A．They attack human beingsB．We need to study native animalsC．They can’t live out of the rain forestD．We do not know much about them yet小题3:What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?A．a new diseaseB．a clear warningC．a dangerous animalD．a morning call小题4:The text suggests that in the future we .A．may have to fight against more new diseasesB．may easily get infected by diseases from dogsC．should not be allowed to have petsD．should stop buying pests from Africa 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
小题1:推理判断题。从第一段We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American可知，商店里买的宠物带有一种疾病。
小题2:细节判断题。Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea。
小题3:词义理解题。大多数感染(感染)认为人类感染始于其他动物，故养动物宠物的人很容易受到感染，故此研究者唤醒养动物宠物人的相信。
小题4:主题大意题。从最后一段可知，会有更多的病毒由动物传染给人，故此人类要不断与新的疾病作斗争。
考点
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健康环保累阅读概念：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。体裁有记叙文、 说明文、议论文和各种应用文。
健康环保类文章阅读技巧：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等。同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等。科普环保类文章一般为说明文，从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：
第一部分一般是文章的首段，主要用来提出文章的主题，即文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容；
第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明；
第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题进行归纳总结。这类文章多用一般现在时，而且一般多使用客观性词语表述。有时为了强调客观性，也常使用被动语态。
从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
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