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(2020·太原市高三年级模拟试题一)
The Chinese Doctor Who Beat the Plague(鼠疫)
In the winter of 1910，Dr.Wu Lienteh stepped off a train in the northern Chinese city of Harbin.He was there to solve a medical mystery，at great personal risk.Over the past few months，an unknown disease had swept along the railways of northeast China，killing 99.9% of its victims.The Qing Imperial Court had sent the Cambridgeeducated Dr.Wu north to stop the epidemic(流行病).
When Dr.Wu arrived in Harbin on December 24，1910，he carried little in the way of medical instruments and had only one assistant.One of Wu's first acts upon arrival was to set up special quarantine(隔离) units and to order lockdowns to stop infected persons from traveling and spreading the disease.He had teams check households for possible cases，and even managed to convince authorities to completely close the railways in the early weeks of 1911.Of particular concern was the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday，which had become a great annual migration of people traveling across the country to see their families.
Thanks to Dr.Wu's efforts，the number of plague victims began to decrease，and by March 1，1911，the epidemic was fully contained.The plague outbreak of 1910—1911 lasted nearly four months，affected five provinces and six major cities，and accounted for over 60，000 deaths.It is clear that without the brave and decisive actions taken by Dr.Wu it could have been much worse.Had the epidemic gone unchecked，allowing holiday rail passengers to spread the disease to the rest of China could have meant a catastrophic loss of life and possibly a global health crisis.
In April 1911，Dr.Wu chaired an International Plague Conference in Shenyang，attended by scientists from 11 countries including the United States，Japan and France.They praised Dr.Wu for his handling of the 1910—1911 outbreak.For a time，Dr.Wu was the world's most famous plague fighter，a title he defended in fighting cholera in China in 1919，and a ruturn of plague in 1921.
语篇解读 1910年的冬天一种死亡率极高的流行病席卷中国东北，在剑桥受过教育的伍连德医生被派去阻止这种流行病，他到达目的地后，采取了诸如设立专门的隔离病区、对感染者实行活动限制之类的有效措施，由于伍连德医生的努力，鼠疫最终被完全控制。
1．What was Dr.Wu's mission in 1910?
A．To take personal risks.
B．To end an epidemic.
C．To provide medical education.
D．To investigate the number of victims.
B [考查细节理解。根据第一段尾句“The Qing Imperial Court had sent the Cambridgeeducated Dr.Wu north to stop the epidemic(流行病)”可知，清朝政府派遣在剑桥受过教育的伍医生北上，以阻止这种流行病。故B项正确。]
2．Which of Dr.Wu's acts stopped the disease from spreading nationwide?
A．Setting up special quarantine units.
B．Carrying medical instruments with him.
C．Checking households for possible cases.
D．Convincing authorities to close the railways.
D [考查细节理解。根据题干关键词“spreading nationwide”定位至第二段最后两句中的“even managed to convince authorities to completely close the railways in the early weeks of 1911...to see their families”和第三段最后一句可知，他说服当局在春节前彻底关闭铁路，防止人口通过铁路流动，从而阻止了鼠疫在全国流行，故D项正确。]
3．What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A．The disease worsened after March 1，1911.
B．60，000 people would have died without Dr.Wu's efforts.
C．The world was saved from a major epidemic in 1911.
D.A global health crisis followed the 1910—1911 outbreak.
C [考查推理判断。根据第三段尾句可知，如果疫情没有得到控制，允许假期乘坐火车的旅客将疾病传播到中国其他地方，可能意味着灾难性的生命损失，并可能引发全球健康危机。据此可以推断，鼠疫在1911年得到完全控制，有效阻止了其向世界传播，故C项正确。]
4．What can we know about Dr.Wu from the last paragraph?
A．He continued to fight epidemics after 1911.
B．He was infected with cholera in 1919.
C．He traveled worldwide hosting conferences.
D．He claimed the plague would never happen again.
A [考查推理判断。根据本文尾句可知，那时伍医生是世界上最著名的抗击鼠疫的人，他在抗击1919年中国的霍乱和1921年卷土重来的鼠疫中捍卫了这一称号。据此可推知，在1911年之后，他继续卓有成效地抗击流行病。故A项正确。]
