Question

Do you know HFMD? It’s short for Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease. This year, in China, thousands of children were suffering from it. What’s HFMD? How to prevent it? Now, read the passage please.
HFMD usually affects babies who are 1~4 years old, but adults can also be infected. Both EV71 and Cox A16 can cause HFMD, which usually starts with a slight fever followed by blisters (水泡) and ulcers (潰瘍) in the mouth and rashes (皮疹) on the hands and feet.
It can be spread through people with the mucus (唾液) or feces (糞便) of an infected person. It usually appears during the summer and autumn months. HFMD isn’t Bird Flu, SARS or Mad Cow Disease, but it’s not a new one, either. It first appeared in New Zealand in 1957. About forty years later, it appears in Asia. It’s reported that it breaks out every 2 or 3 years.
HFMD is very terrible and there is no vaccine (疫苗) now, but we can do something helpful to prevent it. ‘Children with HFMD should seek medical treatment as early as possible’, experts say. They also suggest that parents keep the air fresh in a child’s room, which should be kept clean, tidy and dry. Children should be taught to wash their hands regularly. Staying away from crowded public places is also basic.
小題1: HFMD is usually spread with ____________.

A．feces	B．feces of an infected person
C．water	D．mucus

小題2:Which isn’t helpful to prevent HFMD?

A．to keep the air fresh in a child’s room	B．wash hands regularly
C．see a doctor	D．stay in crowded public places

小題3:Can you guess the meaning of the underlined word ‘infected’ in paragraph 3?

A．傳染的

B．感染的

C．正常的

D．康復的

小題4:About HFMD, which one is right?

A．It’s the same as Mad Cow Disease .	B．It first appeared in China.
C．Adults can be infected too.	D．There is vaccine now.

小題5:Can you give a title for the article?

A．The history of SARS	B．What’s and how to prevent HFMD
C．HFMD in China	D．How to prevent HFMD

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:B

小題1:本文第三段第一句為It can be spread through people with the mucus (唾液) or feces (糞便) of an infected person.所表示的含義為手足口病是通過感染者的唾液和糞便傳播，故本題選B。
小題2:本文最后一句為Staying away from crowded public places is also basic.所表示的含義為預防手足口病不應該在公眾場合或擁擠的地方，故本題選D。
小題3:本文第三段第一句為It can be spread through people with the mucus (唾液) or feces (糞便) of an infected person.所表示的含義為手足口病是通過感染者的唾液和糞便傳播，所以infect所表示的含義為感染意思，故本題選B。
小題4:根據本文可知，手足口病沒有疫苗，首先出現在新西蘭，與瘋牛病不同，成年人也可能被感染，故本題選C。
小題5:本文主要談論手足口病，以及如何預防，故本題選B。