Question

【題目】

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better. Like no other event in recent history, the 2014 Ebola outbreak has made clear the fragility of existing health systems. While responding to the current epidemic is critical, we also have an opportunity to learn lessons to prevent the next global health catastrophe, create partnerships across borders and disciplines, and demonstrate our commitment to value all human lives.

This four-week course provides the context in which to understand the Ebola outbreak-why now, and why did so many people suffer and die? The course lays out the global governance structure -what was the global response supposed to look like, and where did it fail?

The course will feature experts and scholars who will focus on cultivating a better understanding of the Ebola epidemic and implications for future health systems to ensure that the world is more effective in preventing the next epidemic .

【1】What can we learn from the text?

A.Learners will learn to attend patients with epidemic effectively.

B.Learners should pay extra fee to gain a verified certificate.

C.Learners should spend no more than 10 hours during the whole course.

D.Learners will follow a fixed schedule and should be good at English.

【2】The course is designed to _________.

A.prevent the next pandemicB.understand the 2014 Ebola

C.improve health systemsD.provide academic support

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【解析】

本文是應(yīng)用文。介紹了一門持續(xù)四周的有關(guān)埃博拉疫情的公共健康課程，包括課程的內(nèi)容，設(shè)置目的，時間安排，課程語言、獲取證書等。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)表格中CREDIT部分的Audit for free. Add a Verified Certificate for ＄49可知想要得到一個認(rèn)證證書需要額外支付＄49，故選B。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The course will feature experts and scholars who will focus on cultivating a better understanding of the Ebola epidemic and implications for future health systems to ensure that the world is more effective in preventing the next epidemic .可知該課程將以專家和學(xué)者為特色，他們將致力于更好地理解埃博拉疫情及其對未來衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)的影響，以確保世界更有效地預(yù)防下一次疫情。即本課程旨在預(yù)防下一次埃博拉大流行，故選A。