We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-po

We have met theenemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a diseaseusually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in theAmerican .Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes fromforeign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections （感染）wethink of as human infections started in other animals “ says Stephen Morse directorof the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.

It’s not justthat we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer tous Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country Astrange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreignpets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we havesuch a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen

“Laws allowingthese animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter controlneed changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call.Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know verylittle about these new diseases A new bug（病毒）may be kind at first. But itmay develop into something harmful（有害的）Monkey-poxdoesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass thedisease from person to person

1.We learn fromParagraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.

A．come from Columbia

B．preventus from being infected

C．enjoybeing with children

D．sufferfrom monkey-pox

2.Why didIsaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

A．Theyattack human beings

B．We needto study native animals

C．Theycan’t live out of the rain forest

D．We do notknow much about them yet

3.What does shephrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．a newdisease

B．a clearwarning

C．adangerous animal

D．a morningcall

4.The textsuggests that in the future we              .

A. may have tofight against more new diseases

B. may easilyget infected by diseases from dogs

C. should not beallowed to have pets

D. should stopbuying pests from Africa

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

【解析】推理判断题。从第一段We have met theenemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a diseaseusually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in theAmerican可知，商店里买的宠物带有一种疾病。

2.D

【解析】细节判断题。Isaksen’s petsand she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea。

3.B

【解析】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。

4.A

【解析】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。