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China and Thailand are fighting fresh outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu, which killed 24 people in Southeast Asia earlier this year. Authorities in both China and Thailand assured frightened residents the new outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu were under control and the threat of a mass epidemic is unlikely. There have been no cases of transmission to humans in either country so far.
In China, officials say the virus was discovered on a farm approximately 300 kilometers west of Shanghai. Residents of the infected farm have been quarantined and all poultry within two kilometers have been killed.
Officials say they will strengthen a quarantine of local poultry markets to further reduce the risk to people in the area. Julie Hall of the World Health Organization says Chinese authorities are acting to contain the virus. "They’ve been able to detect these birds are getting sick and they’ve put in place the correct measures an
A. 1997.
B. 1998.
C. 2003.
D. 2004.

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China and Thailand are fighting fresh outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu, which killed 24 people in Southeast Asia earlier this year. Authorities in both China and Thailand assured frightened residents the new outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu were under control and the threat of a mass epidemic is unlikely. There have been no cases of transmission to humans in either country so far.
In China, officials say the virus was discovered on a farm approximately 300 kilometers west of Shanghai. Residents of the infected farm have been quarantined and all poultry within two kilometers have been killed.
Officials say they will strengthen a quarantine of local poultry markets to further reduce the risk to people in the area. Julie Hall of the World Health Organization says Chinese authorities are acting to contain the virus. "They’ve been able to detect these birds are getting sick and they’ve put in place the correct measures an
A. New bird flu cases found in Shanghai and Bangkok.
B. Bird flu disease jumped from chicken to human.
C. Farms are quarantined to stop the bird flu from spreading.
D. China and Thailand fight against new outbreak of bird flu.

[单项选择]Although there are occasional outbreaks of gunfire, we can report that the rebellion has in the main been________.
A. canceled
B. destroyed
C. suppressed
D. restrained

[单项选择]The author believes that outbreaks of diseases that used to be confined within a certain region will spread quickly because ______.


A. modern forms of transportation bring people from different places into contact very quickly
B. the diseases are not spotted quickly enough
C. finding a vaccine against this disease would be difficult
D. people are not immune to diseases from another geographical area

[单项选择]The colombian goverment has been fighting leftist rebels and right-wing paramilitary force for nearly _______ years.


A. 40
B. 14
C. 50
D. 15

[单项选择]Tangled fighting between the three races broke out ______ Serbs voted on a peace plan.


A. before
B. after
C. as
D. as soon as