2023年初中英语阅读理解训练：全球公共卫生事件

时文阅读：全球公共卫生事件

阅读理解

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared (宣布) the new coronavirus (冠状病毒) outbreak a global public health emergency after the spread of the disease across the world.WHOmade the decisionin its third meeting aboutthe coronavirus, after it decided notto take such a stepin the first two meetings.

Officially called a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), it is consideredto be a public health risk through the international spread of disease. It suggests a serious, suddenandunusual situation in which the world must act quickly.

Since 2009, there have been a fewglobal health emergencies, including the 2009 swine flu pandemic(猪流感)and the 2014 outbreak of ebolain West Africa.

The newcoronavirus has got attentionbecause of its similarity to SARSwhich killed about800 people across the world in 2002-2003. So far, the new coronavirus does not seemto be as deadly as SARS, but there have been more cases.

Its declaration could cause trade and travel restrictions(限制). Those who have made holiday plans might have their plans affected(受影响的)in some parts of the world.

The WHO said its greatest worrywas the potential(潜在性)for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems, who might not be able to handle (处理)it.

“We are all in this together and we can only stop it together,” said the WHO’s DirectorGeneral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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. What does the underlined phrase “take such a step”mean in the first paragraph?

1

A. Spread the coronavirus across the world.

B. Declare the coronavirus a global public health emergency.

C. Hold the third meeting about the coronavirus.

D. Restrict trade and travel across the world.

. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

2

A. The 2009 swine flu pandemicwas a global public health emergency.

B. SARSkilled about800 people across the world in 2009.

C. The new coronavirushas few cases than SARS.

D. The spread of the coronavirus has no risk.

3. What could the declarationof global public health emergency cause?

A. Bigger outbreak of the coronavirus.

B. Trade and travel restrictions.

C. A weaker health system.

D. Immediate stop of the coronavirus.

全文翻译

在全球范围内蔓延后，世界卫生组织宣布新型冠状病毒疫情成为全球性的突发公共卫生事件。世卫组织在第三次会议上作出了此决定，此前世卫组织在前两次会议上并没有这样的决定。

它被官方称为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件(PHEIC)，它被认为是通过国际传播而造成的公共卫生风险。它暗示着一种严重的、突然的和不寻常的情况，在这种情况下，世界必须迅速采取行动。

自2009年以来，出现了一些全球卫生紧急情况，包括2009年猪流感大流行以及2014年西非爆发的埃博拉病毒 。

这种新的冠状病毒因其与2002-2003年间在全球造成800人死亡的非典相似而备受关注。到目前为止，这种新的冠状病毒并不像非典那样致命，但已经有了更多的病例。

其声明可能导致贸易和旅行限制。那些制定了假期计划的人可能会影响他们在世界的某些地方旅行的计划。。

世界卫生组织说它最担心的是病毒传播到卫生系统较弱的国家的潜在性。这些卫生系统较弱的国家可能无法处理这种新冠病毒。

世卫组织总干事泰德罗斯·阿德哈农·戈巴耶苏斯说：“我们都在同一条船上，我们只能一起阻止它。”

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