【Doyouhaveasorethroat,arunningnoseandaheadache?Doyoukeepcoughingandsneezing?Ifyoudo,thechancesarethatyouhaveacoldorperhapsflu---butwhichone?Althoughbothcoldsandfluarecausedbyviruses,theyareverydiffe】
Doyouhaveasorethroat,arunningnoseandaheadache?Doyoukeepcoughingandsneezing?Ifyoudo,thechancesarethatyouhaveacoldorperhapsflu---butwhichone?Althoughbothcoldsandfluarecausedbyviruses,theyareverydifferentillnesses.
Colds,whichusuallylastaboutaweek,affectthenosemost.Theycommonlycausearunnynoseandsneezing.Sometimes,theycauseaheadache,acoughandslightlyachingmuscles.
Fluismuchmoreseriousillnessandiscausedbydifferentgroupofviruses.Peoplewithfluusuallygetallthesymptomsdescribedabove.However,theyalsogetahighfever,adrycoughandmuchworseaching.Feverisoneofthetypicalsymptomsofthefluforallages.Thesymptomsalsolastmuchlonger.Sometimestheydon’tdisappearforatleasttwoweeks.
Flucanbeadeadlydisease.Theelderly,whoareweakerandlesshealthythanmostyoungerpeople,candiefromflu.Thisisonereasonwhyoldpeopleareadvisedtohaveafluinjectionbeforethestartofwinterwhenfluismostcommon.Thisinjectionisinexpensiveanddefinitelyworthit.
Ifyouhaveacoldorflu,youmustalwaysdealwithusedtissuescarefully.Don’tleavedirtytissuesonyourdeskoronthefloor.Someoneelsehastopicktheseupandvirusescouldbepassedon.Andfinally,remembertocoveryournoseandmouthwhenyousneeze!Youdon’twanttoseethesmalldropofliquidsblownoutofyournoseandmouthwhenyousneeze,doyou?Disgusting,eh?Nowyoucanunderstandwhyit’sagoodideatocoveryournoseandmouthwhenyousneeze!
小题1:Inparagraph4,welearnthat______.A.fluinjectioncancausedeathB.mostoldpeoplediefromfluC.fluismostcommoninsummerD.flucankilloldpeopleeasily小题2:Dealingwithusedtissuesproperlyisimportantbecause______.A.ithelpskeepyourclassroomtidyB.peoplehatepickingupdirtytissuesC.itpreventsthespreadofcoldsandfluD.pickinguplotsoftissuesishardwork小题3:WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.Bothcoldsandflulastthesametime.B.Bothcoldsandflucanbepreventedbyinjection.