(3)He contracted a ________(malaria) during the war and has recurrent attacks.
(4)The main causes of cancer and other ________are still unknown.
(5)The scientists have been able to cure the ________such as SARS,bird flu,etc.
.单词认识
1.答案:climate
2.答案:industrial
3.答案:polluted,inhabitants
4.答案:attractive
5.答案:goals
6.答案:location
7.答案:vast
8.答案:construction
9.答案:huge
10.答案:reduce
易混词语
1.辨析:climate,weather这两个词的词义有细微的差异,使用场合也有所不同。
climate指某地的平均气候或经常性的气候(average weather conditions);weather指某地一时的天气,如寒暖、晴雨和干湿的变化情况(a particular condition of wind,rain,snow,sunshine,etc.)。
请注意,weather之前不可以用不定冠词a来修饰。例如我们不可以说:What a brilliant weather!应把a删去。
答案:(1)weathers (2)climate (3)climate (4)weather (5)weather
2.辨析:disease 指具体的病或严重的疾病,尤指由细菌或病毒所导致的"传染病",如流感、麻疹、百日咳、热病等。
illness 指由病人内部的虚弱或失调而致,侧重点在内因。
答案:(1)disease (2)illness (3)disease (4)diseases (5)diseases