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        A pandemic is the global outbreak of a disease. There are many examples of pandemics in history, the most recent being COVID-19, as declared by the World Health Organization on March 12, 2020.

        Generally, pandemics are first classified as epidemics – the rapid spread of a disease across a particular region or regions. The Zika virus outbreak that began in Brazil in 2014 and made its way across the Caribbean and Latin America was an epidemic, as was the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014-2016. The U.S. has been experiencing an opioid epidemic since 2017 because of the widespread misuse and high numbers of deaths caused by the drug. COVID-19 started as an epidemic in China before becoming a pandemic, after its rampant spread around the world in a matter of months.

        However, it must be noted that epidemics don’t always become pandemics, and it’s not always a fast or clear transition. For example, HIV was considered an epidemic in West Africa for decades before becoming a pandemic in the late 20th century. Now, thanks to advances in modern medicine, it is considered endemic, which means the rate of the disease is stable and predictable among certain populations, according to the American Medical Association.

(Adapted from livescience.com)

Question 34: What is the best title for this passage?

                A. Why Is COVID-19 A Pandemic?          B. What Is A Pandemic?

                C. How Epidemics Become Pandemics                 D. The Most Deadly Pandemics

Question 35: The word “rampant” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___________.

                A. brutal                   B. intensive                        C. rapid                      D. prominent

Question 36: Based on paragraph 2, why was the Zika virus outbreak considered an epidemic?   

                A. It spread widely and became a pandemic in the end.                   

                B. It spread from the Caribbean to Latin America.

                C. It spread quickly from Brazil to other regions.     

                D. It spread in West African regions just like Ebola did.

Question 37: The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to __________.

                A. HIV                          B. epidemic                      C. West Africa                  D. medicine

Question 38: Which of the following is NOT TRUE about pandemics, according to the passage?

                A. Pandemics are diseases that spread globally.

                B. There have been many pandemics in history. 

                C. Pandemics are usually classified as epidemics at first.

                D. Most epidemics will quickly develop into pandemics. 

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