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The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history that has so far killed almost 1000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria in West Africa has caused fear around the world.
The outbreak is unprecedented（空前的）both in infection numbers and in geographic scope. Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) said earlier this month the outbreak “is moving faster than our efforts to control it”, reported CNN. So far, the battle against the virus doesn’t appear to be slowing down.
The Ebola virus is terrifying no matter where it strikes: It’s a disease with no cure that causes headaches and fever, severe diarrhea（腹泻）, vomiting and bleeding and has been known to kill up to 90 percent of its victims.
It is understandable for people to be panicked, but those living outside Africa shouldn’t be particularly concerned about contracting the virus, says a Washington Post article.
This is because transmission of Ebola requires direct contact with an infected person’s blood, vomit or other bodily fluids during the period that he or she is contagious（接触传染的）. It is something that is extremely unlikely for anyone but healthcare workers. The virus is not spread by coughing or sneezing.
Media outlets in the US and the UK are using terrifying headlines, wrongly claiming that people infected with the virus have traveled to their countries.
James Ball at The Guardian says the Ebola outbreak in Africa is tragic, but it is important to keep a sense of proportion. Other infectious diseases, including common influenza, are far, far deadlier.
32. What does the author say about the Ebola outbreak in
A. It has caused thousands of African deaths.
B. The fight against it is slowing down .
C. Its spreading speed is beyond people's imagination.
D. It has already traveled to the Us and the Uk.
33. The Ebola virus is terrifying because___________.
A it is easily infected
B, it cannot be cured at the moment
C.it spreads faster than any other infectuous disease
D.it has caused more deaths than other infectous diseases
34. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph means
A. stay calm                       B. keep a secret
C. keep silent                      D stay away from it
35. What is the author's attitude towards people's panic?
A. Objective.                     B. Supportive.
C. Understandable.                D. Doubtful.
    第二节(共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分)
    根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Chinese Characters Help Improve IQ
Chinese characters may be the reason why local children aged between six and 12 display a higher IQ than their peers in Britain, Germany and Australia.
The pictographic nature of the Chinese writing system helps to inspire the thinking ability of children. Their intelligence develops better while they learn the characters.   36   
I am a retired Chinese-language teacher from Malaysia. From my experiences, I have long noticed that Chinese-medium-educated students always excel in mathematics as compared with those taught in other languages.   37  The words for numerals are all monosyllabic (单音节的) in Chinese. In contrast, their equivalents (对应词) in Malay have two or three syllables, like sa -tu, du-a, ti-ga，em-pat, li-ma,e-nam.  38  Their English equivalents—one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight,nine,ten, hundred, thousand,million - include multi-syllabic words, too.
  39  Children easily find that it is in the Chinese language that they can do the job fastest. Children taught in Chinese find it easier to learn numerals and can do their calculations much faster. This has been repeatedly proved by reports on Chinese-medium-educated students winning prizes in International Mathematics Olympiads.
Mathematics has a lot to do with IQ tests, as it is well proved that children good at numbers tend to have a stronger reasoning ability.   40  Teach the children Chinese so that they can think in the language. Keep their cutting edge in mathematics with the aid of Chinese characters, and this will improve their IQ.
A. The secret lies in the Chinese characters.
B.They are much quicker at learning languages.
C. This was discovered by Dr Zeng, assistant professor of psychology at NUS.
D. The difference between them is striking when it comes to memorizing the multiplication table.
E. So, I would like to call on Chinese parents to treasure the language of our ancestors.
F. It takes a longer time to pronounce these words.
G. Therefore, I'm going to teach mathematics if possible.
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