Ⅳ. Discourse(每題 1 分) Many diseases that doctors thought had almost disappeared are now making a comeback. (26) 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. (27) 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. (28) Researchers say that many of the diseases that are making a
comeback are both preventable and treatable. (29) The number of elderly who have to go without food has doubled in the past three years. (30) 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.
(A) Its symptoms include bad coughs, fever, weight loss and sweating.
(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.
(C) This is putting these old people in greater danger of getting TB.
(D) Tuberculosis can be cured by offering patients with antibiotics .
(E) One big problem in England is that tuberculosis is affecting old people who have malnutrition – they
do not have enough to eat.
(AB) Tuberculosis is also increasing across the globe.
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