III. Reading Comprehension 
Read the following passages, noticing that each paragraph is lettered. Then choose the best answer
for each question.
Passage1
[A] How do viruses--like Hendra, SARS, and HIV-pass from animals to humans? Contact is
crucial. Human an destructionc n of anir imal habitats, for ex or example, is forcing Is to move closer to
the places people live-putting humans at risk for exposure to animal viruses. The closer humans arc
g wild animals to to animals, the greater the risk of being bitten, scratched, or exposed to animal waste, which can enable a virus to pass from an animal to a human. Raising animals (for example, on a farm) or kceping certain kinds of wild animals (like m monkeys) as pets increases the risk of exposure. Eating
animals that are discased can also result in a virus being transmitted.
[B] The factor that is probably most responsible for the spread of zoonotic diseases worldwide is
international travel. In 1999, for example, a deadly disease one that had never been seen before in
the Western Hemisphere--appeared in the United States. There were several incidences that year of
both birds and people becoming sick and dying in New York City, and doctors couldn't explain why.
Subsequently, they discov vered that the deaths had been ca caused by the same thing: the West Nile
virus, found typically in birds and transmitted by mosquitoes that live in parts of northemn Africa.
Somehow this virusprobably carried by an infected mosquito or bird on a plane or ship-arrived in
the U.S. Now, birds and mosquitoes native to North America are carriers of this virus as well.
[C] West Nile cannot be transmitted from person to person. However, a zoonotic disease, which can
spread from human to human by a handshake or sneeze, could create a major medical emergency: It
could potentially circle the world and kill millions of people before scien ence can find a way to control
[D] Today, researchers are working to create vaccines for many of these zoonotic diseases in the
hope of controlling their impact on n humans. Other specialists are trying to make comr nmunities more
aware of disease prevention and treatment, and to help people understand that we are all--humans,
animals, and insects-in this together.
(Adapted from "'Deadly Contact," by David Quammen: National Geogruphic Magazine, October 2007)
【題組】36. Which virus is NOT mentioned in the passage as being zoonotic?
(A) SARS
(B) HIV
(C) Hendra
(D) Flu