考研英语二真题及答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following passage
For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D
Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET l
(10 points)The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11,
It is the first worldwide epidemic_____1_____ by the World Health Organization in 41 years
The heightened alert _____2_____an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising_____3_____in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere
But the epidemic is "_____4_____" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, _____5_____ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild sym