An Egyptian woman has died of H5N1 bird flu in southern Egypt, the third person in the country to die of the illness this year, a health ministry official said on Friday.

The woman, 43, lived in a village in Assiut and had direct contact with birds, She fed some chickens and many birds in her farm. Ahmed Abdel Hameed, a health ministry official in Assiut, told reporters.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there has been a jump in the number of H5N1 infections in people in Egypt. At least 10 people died from the disease in Egypt in 2014.

The WHO said on Tuesday that between Dec.4 to Jan. 6, there had been 18 new laboratory-confirmed human cases of H5N1 infection in Egypt, including four deaths. 

This was the highest ever monthly number of human cases in Egypt, the U.N. public health agency said.

The WHO has warned that bird flu viruses may be found in all poultry, Such as chickens, ducks, birds, pigs and so on. So there is a risk for people to have contact with them.

Egypt's H5N1 cases have largely been in poor rural areas in the south, where villagers tend to keep and kill poultry in the home. The government tried its best to save the people who infected. But in poor areas it was not easy for people to treat because of the traffic.

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1.Where did the story happen?

A In Africa

B In Asia

C In America

D In Europe

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“An Egyptian woman has died of H5N1 bird flu in southern Egypt可知，此事发生在埃及，而埃及又在非洲，故选A。

2.Why did the woman die?

A Because she had an accident.

B Because she got H7N9 bird flu.

C Because she had contact with infected birds.

D Because she had a cancer.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句“The woman, 43, lived in a village in Assiut and had direct contact with birds.”可知。

3.How many people died of H5N1 bird flu in 2014?

A less than 10

B over 10

C less than 4

D 18

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句“At least 10 people died from the disease in Egypt in 2014.” 可知。

4.The underlined word “poultry” means_________ in Chinese.

A 动物

B 家禽

C 飞禽

D 生物

解析：选B。B　词义猜测题。根据第六段“Such as chickens, ducks, birds, pigs and so on..”可知，后面全是家禽类动物。

5.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A Villagers wanted to kill the poultry at home because of the illness.

B It is quite difficult for poor people to get treatment when they got the illness.

C The woman who died was a farmer.

D It is safe to contact with the birds which got the H5N1

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。 从第六段最后一句“So there is a risk for people to have contact with them. ”可知。与它们接触是很危险的。