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2018-03-03

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In the 21 st century there´s no doubt that frightening new infectious diseases will appear. Today new viruses are coming out of nature and "discovering" the human species. Just since 1994, at least 30 new viruses have appeared.
Viruses are moving into the human species because there are more of us all the time. From a virus´ point of view, we look like a free lunch that´s getting bigger. In nature viral diseases tend to break out when populations increase rapidly and become densely packed. Then many deaths occur and the population drops. This is nature´s population-control mechanism. There is no reason to think the human race is free from the laws of nature.
Giving these laws an extra push will be the rise of megacities--huge densely packed cities in less developed nations. A United Nations study predicts that by the year 2015, there will be 26 ex-tremely big cities on the planet. By then, some megacities could have 30 million or more people.
That is approximately the total population of California. Imagine all the people in California crowd-ed together tightly into one vast city. Then remove most doctors and medical care, take away basic sanitation and hygiene, and you have a biological "time bomb"Now make eight or ten such" bombs" and plant them around the world.
Also consider the biological weapons, the world will be capable of producing in the future. The 20th century saw the creation of great and terrible weapons based on the principles of nuclear physics. The 21st century will see great and terrible weapons based on the knowledge of DNA and the genetic code. As biotechnology becomes more sophisticated and powerful, biologists will learn how to mix genes of different microbes to create unnatural strains that can be turned into deadly, effective weapons.
Biological weapons are a disgrace to biology. Most biologists haven´t wanted to talk or even think about them. The physicists lost their innocence when the first nuclear bomb went off in 1945.
The biologists will lose their innocence when the first biological weapon spreads through the human Yet the 20th century survived despite the existence of the nuclear bomb. There was great eco-nomic and scientific progress and much human happiness. The same can be true in the next century. We may not completely win the 21st century microbe war, but I am confident that we won´t lose it.
Infectious diseases are more likely to occur where

A.different human races are mixed in livin9.
B.many people live in crowded communities.
C.population drops due to nature’s control mechanism.
D.new viruses appear for the first time.

参考答案

B

答案解析

参考译文
毫无疑问,在21世纪会有新的令人恐惧的传染病出现。现如今,新型病毒产生于自然界中,并“找到”了人类。仅从1994年开始,就有至少30种新型病毒出现过。
病毒向人类移居是因为我们的人数一直都太多。从病毒的角度看,我们看上去就像一顿逐渐增大的免费午餐一样。事实上,病毒性疾病倾向于在人口快速增加且变得密集的时候爆发。之后,便会有许多人死亡.人口数量便会骤降。这是自然的人口控制机制。没有理由可以认为人类能逃脱自然规律。
对这些自然规律的额外推动力便是大城市的崛起——在欠发达地区发展起来的大型而又人口密集的城市。联合国的一项研究预言,到2015年,地球上将会有26个极大的城市产生。到那时,一些大城市内会有三千万人或者更多,这接近于整个加利福尼亚州的全部人口数了。想象一下加利福尼亚州的所有人都紧紧地挤在一个巨大城市中的场景。而且还迁移了大部分医生和医疗护理,基本的卫生保健都被剥夺,那么你就进入了一个生物“时间炸弹”。现在世界上有八到十枚这样的炸弹并埋在不同的地方。
而且考虑一下未来世界上能够制造出的生化武器。20世纪已经见证了在核物理原理基础上所创造的伟大而可怕的武器。21世纪将会见证在基因和遗传密码知识上所形成的巨大而可怕的武器。随着生物技术变得越来越复杂和强大,生物学家会学着怎样把不同微生物的基因混合在一起创造非自然的应变,从而转化为致命的有效武器。生化武器对生物学来说是个耻辱。大部分的生物学家并不想谈论,甚至连想都不愿意想这方面的事情。当1945年第一枚核炸弹爆炸的时候。物理学家失去了他们的清白。而当第一个生化武器传播于人类的时候.生物学家也会失去他们的清白。然而,尽管有核炸弹的存在,我们还是幸存下来了。这个世纪曾有过巨大的经济和科学进步,人们也幸福美满。下个世纪依然会如此。我们也许不会完全赢得21世纪的细菌战争.但我坚信我们并不会失败。
答案及解析
该题为细节题。根据第二段第一句“Viruses are movinginto the human species because there are more of us all the time.”可知,病毒向人类移居是因为我们的人数一直都太多。由此可推断出传染病容易发生的地方可能是有很多人居住的拥挤社区,故选B。

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