III. Fill in the Blanks (12 選 10,每題 1 分,共 10 分) (請忽略大小寫) The 2014 Ebola Outbreak is an ongoing (16) of the Ebola virus disease in West
Africa that first began in Guinea in March 2014. Following its subsequent spread to Liberia, Sierra
Leone and Nigeria, which has (17) the lives of at least 3,100 patients since the initial
outbreak, the Ebola epidemic has been (18) “the largest, most complex and most severe
we’ve ever seen” by the World Health Organization (WHO) and major news outlets around the
world. As the disease progressed, many hospitals, short on both staff and supplies, became
overwhelmed and closed, leading some health experts to state that the (19) to treat other
medical needs may be causing an additional death toll that is likely to exceed (20) of the
outbreak itself. Hospital workers, who work closely with the highly contagious bodily fluids of the
diseased, have been especially (21)
When
to catching the disease.
(22) by humans, the Ebola virus induces a disease that can cause fever, sore
throat, muscle pains, headaches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased functioning of the liver and
kidneys, bleeding problems. Between 50% and 90% of those (23) with the virus are killed
by the disease. The virus transmits through contact with blood or other bodily fluids from infected
animals, including humans, monkeys, and fruit bats. Treatment for those infected includes
re-hydration and administering (24) fluids. But unfortunately, a (25) for the
disease has yet to be discovered.
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(A) declared
(B) vulnerable
(C) that
(D) infected
(E) intravenous (AB) which
(AC) epidemic (AD) inability (AE) cure (BC) claimed (BD) symptom (BE) contracted