完型填空(每题1分，共15分) 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择l个最佳答案，并涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 Better Control of TB seen if a faster cure is found The World Health Organizationl estimates that about one——third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis．Most times，the infection remains inactive．But each year about eight million people develop active cases ofTB，usually in their——(1)．Two million people die——(2)it．The disease has——(3)with the spread of AIDS and drug—resistant forms of tuberculosis． Current treatments take at least six months．Patients have t0——(4)a combination of several antibiotic drugs daily．But many people stop——(5)they feel better．Doing that can——(6)to an infection that resists treatment．Public health experts agree that a faster—acting cure for tuberculosis would be more effective．Now a study estimates just how——(7)it might be．A professor of international health at Harvard University2 led the study．Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients——(8)．It would also mean——(9)infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others． The researchers developed a mathematical model to examine the effects of a two—month treatment plan．They——(10)the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia．The scientists found that a two—month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases．And it might——(11)about twenty—five percent of TB deaths． The model shows that these——(12)would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty．That is，if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve．把职称英语页面加入收藏 The World Health Organization——(13)the DOTS3 program。in nineteen ninety．DOTS is Directly Observed Treatment，Short—course．Health workers watch tuberculosis patients take their daily pills to make——(14)they continue treatment． Earlier this year，an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program．The ten—year plan also aims to finance research——(15)new TB drugs．The[bur most common drugs used ROW are more than forty years old．The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development4 says its long—tmma goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses． 词汇： bacterium(pl．bacteria)n．细菌tuberculosis n．结核(病) inactive adj．不活跃的，非活动性的 antibiotic adj.抗生的n．抗生素 alliance n．同盟，联盟 注释： 1．World Health Organization(WHO)：世界卫生组织 2．Harvard University(=Harvard)：(美国)哈佛大学 3．DOTS(Directly Observed Treatment，Short—course)：短期直接观察治疗 4．Global Alliance for TB Drug Development：全球结核病药物开发联盟 练习： 1．A．kidneys B．1ungs C．bones D．livers 2．A．with B．without C．of来源：考试大 D．out of 3．A．increased B．decreased C．changed D．disappeared 4．A．make B．take C．try D．test 5．A．as if B．as though C．as far as D．as soon as 6．A．refer B．apply C．1ead D．amount 7．A．effective B．ineffective C．expensive D．inexpensive 8．A．cured B．to cure C．being cured D．having been cured 9．A．many B．more C．few D．fewer 10．A．provided B．introduced C．tested D．tempted 11．A．bring about B．contributed to C．promote D．prevenl 12．A．increases B．reductions C．creations D．collections 13．A．developed B．invented C．delayed D．refused 14．A．easy B．uneasy C．sure D．unsure 15．A．with B．to C．onto D．into