教甄◆英文科題庫下載題庫

An NHS spokesperson said that tuberculosis is now more common in England than it is in less developed countries such as Rwanda, Iraq, and Guatemala.

• 一名英國國民保健服務（NHS）的發言人表示，在英國，肺結核比一些不太發達的國家（如盧旺達、伊拉克和危地馬拉）更為常見。

 In 2013, it killed 1.5 million people worldwide, and that number is rising. Tuberculosis largely affects very poor people. It is an infectious disease that affects the lungs.

• 在2013年，肺結核在全球造成了150萬人死亡，並且這個數字仍在上升。肺結核主要影響非常貧困的人。這是一種影響肺部的傳染病。

Researchers say that many of the diseases that are making a comeback are both preventable and treatable.

• 研究人員表示，許多正在復甦的疾病是可以預防和治療的。

The number of elderly who have to go without food has doubled in the past three years.

• 過去三年內，無法獲得足夠食物的老年人數量翻了一倍。

A UK doctor said she did not understand why society wasn't doing more to fight TB and that there needed to be a bigger focus on better nutrition and proper medicine.

• 一位英國醫生表示，她不明白為什麼社會沒有更多努力來對抗肺結核，並且需要更大範圍地關注更好的營養和適當的藥物治療。

選項如下：

(A) Its symptoms include bad coughs, fever, weight loss, and sweating.

• 它的症狀包括劇烈咳嗽、發燒、體重減輕和出汗。

(B) Britain's National Health Service has reported a serious rise in the number of people with diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, measles, and whooping cough.

• 英國的國民健康服務機構報告稱，患有肺結核、霍亂、麻疹和百日咳等疾病的人數嚴重增加。

(C) This is putting these old people in greater danger of getting TB.

• 這使得這些老年人更容易罹患肺結核。

(D) Tuberculosis can be cured by offering patients with antibiotics.

• 肺結核可以通過給患者使用抗生素來治愈。

(E) One big problem in England is that tuberculosis is affecting old people who have malnutrition – they do not have enough to eat.

• 英國的一個大問題是肺結核影響了營養不良的老年人，他們吃得不夠。

(AB) Tuberculosis is also increasing across the globe.

• 肺結核在全球範圍內也在增加。