考研英语二真题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 symptoms and a full recovery, ofte