2023年英语二真题及答案
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, 2023.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 asharp 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 directorgeneral, _5_ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a fullrecovery, often in the _6_ of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global_7_in late April 2023, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusuallylarge number of hospitalizations and deaths_8_healthy adults.As much of Mexico City shut down atthe height of a panic, cases began to _9_in New York City, the southwestern United States andaround the world. In the United States, new cases seemed to fade_10_warmer weather arrived.But in lateSeptember 2023, officials reported ther