肺结核等疾病侵袭英国
肺结核等疾病侵袭英国
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Many diseases that had almost disappeared are making a comeback. Britain's National Health Service (NHS英国国家医疗服务体系) reported a big rise in the number of people with diseases such as tuberculosis (TB肺结核), cholera(霍乱) and measles(麻疹). The NHS said that TB happens more often in England than in some less developed countries. Tuberculosis is increasing across the world. In 2013, it killed 1.5 million people worldwide, and that number is rising. It mainly happens to very poor people. It is an infectious disease that makes the lungs weak. People have bad coughs, fever and lose much weight. 
Researchers say that many of these diseases are both preventable and treatable. A big problem in England is that TB is making many old people ill and these old people do not have enough food to eat. The number of old people who don't have food has doubled over three years. A UK doctor said she did not understand why society didn't do more to fight TB. She said, "Malnutrition is preventable. It is totally unacceptable that…there are at least one million old people who don’t have enough food to eat or are not eating the right food." She said people should have better food and right medicine. 

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1.These diseases have once disappeared EXCEPT _______. .

A tuberculosis

B cholera

C measles

D AIDS

解析：选D。细节理解题。文章并未提到AIDS，故选D。

2.______ people died from tuberculosis in 2013.

A 1.5 million

B 15 million

C 150 million

D 1.5 billion

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第四句In 2013, it killed 1.5 million people worldwide, and that number is rising.可知，故选A。

3._______ is/are easily attacked by tuberculosis.

A Heart

B Lungs

C Liver

D Brain

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句It is an infectious disease that makes the lungs weak.可知，故选B。

4.The underlined word "treatable" means ______ in Chinese.

A 可治疗的

B 易对付的

C 易欺骗的

D 易驯服的

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据上文语境中preventable（可预防的）可猜测treatable应为“可治疗的”，故选A。

5.You can probably read this passage in a ______ .

A cooking book

B medical magazine

C travelling guide

D sports magazine

解析：选B。文章出处题。本文与医疗疾病相关，所以最可能出现在医疗杂志上，故选B。