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1、4–23(0.79)BDCBAJapaneseofficialsarestrugglingtopreventthespreadofmadcowdisease.Japan’sfirstcaseofmadcowdiseasewasreportedinSeptember.TheAgricultureMinistryconfirmedlastmonththatasecondcowwasinfected.Japan,istheonlycountryinAsiawheremadcowdiseaseisknowntohavespread.Scientistsbe

2、lievecowsgetthediseasebyeatingmeatandbonemealfrominfectedanimalremains.SinceSeptember;Japanhasbannedimportsanduseoffoodmadefromanimalremains.Recently,theAgricultureMinistryannouncedplanstodestroyaboutfive-thousandcowsthatmayhavebeengiventhefeed.SalesofJapanesebeefproductshave

3、droppedsharplyinthepastthreemonths.SinceOctober,Japaneseofficialshavetestedallcowsthatarekilledfortheirmeat.Somescientistsquestionthetesting.Theysaythediseaseoftencannotbeidentifiedinyounganimals,.Scientistsbelieveeatinginfectedmeatmaycauseasimilarbraindiseaseinhumans.Thisdeadl

4、ydiseaseiscalledCreutzfeldt-jakobdisease,Itcannotbecured.About.one-hundredpeopleinEuropehavediedfromCreutzfeldt-Jakobdiseaseinrecentyears.MostofthemhavebeeninBritain.ResearchersfromFrancesayevidenceshowsthatyoungpeoplearemorelikelytobecomeinfected.InBritain,the.averageageofth

5、osewhodiedistwenty-eight.Onlyafewvictimswereolderthanfifty.Fromthisevidence,theteamsaystheprobabilityofapersonbecominginfecteddecreaseswithage.1.HowmanycasesofmadcowdiseasehadbeenconfirmedinJapan?A)1.B.)2.C)3.D)4.2.Inordertopreventthespreadofmadcowdisease,,theJapanesegovernmen

6、twillorhavedonethefollowingEXCEPT________.A)stoppingimportsanduseoffoodmadefromanimalremainsB)planningtokillabout5,000cowsC)testingallthecowsthatarekilledformeatD)advisingtheJapanesetoeatnobeef,3.Accordingtothepassage,whatissomescientists'attitudetothetestingofallthecowsthatare

7、killedfortheirmeat?A)PositiveB)ApprovingC)DoubtfulD)Indifferent4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A)The2casesofmadcowdiseasehavenoinfluenceonJapanesebeefproducts.B)It'shardtoidentifymadcowdiseaseinyoungcows.C)MostpeoplewhodiedfromCreutzfeldt-Jakobdiseas

8、ehavebeeninJapan.D)Morethan100peoplediedfromCreutzfeld