2020高考英语语法填空10篇附解析 Day 29
Passage 1
The novel coronavirus（新型冠状病毒）outbreak forced Belgian pianist Jean-Francois Maljean who had planned to go to Wuhan in February ____1____ (postpone) the trip. The musician decided to write a song____2____ (immediate) after discussing the idea with his Chine business partner, He Liu.
“I have been playing concerts around China for almost 20 years. I have so many friends in Wuhan. I want to show my ____3____ (consider) to tho people affected by the virus and tho who are fighting in the hospitals in the face ____4____ the disaster, especially the doctors and nurs who are protecting others but thinking little about ____5____ (they), ” says 67-year-old Maljean.
It ____6____ (take) the musician about three days to finish the song Chime of The Down Bells, ____7____ has become popular online since Feb 8. He Liu invited 15 local people fro
m all walks of life in Wuhan to sing the Chine version of the song. Maljean’s daughter, Noemie Maljean, an ____8____ (excellence) singer, performed the lead vocals（主唱）.
Maljean put Wuhan’s landmark buildings and famous scenery into ____9____ music. “I hope that my music can comfort the people suffering in Wuhan and in China. I’m always deeply moved by the great sacrifice ____10____ (make) by the people of Wuhan, ” says the pianist.
Passage 2
An experimental antiviral medication might help fight the new coronavirus
By Nicole Wetsman
Feb 4, 2020, 5:25 pm EST
A single ca study isn’t enough to prove anything. It’s not clear if the medication, called remdesivir, actually helped the patient, or if his improvement was a coincidence. But it’s o
ne of a few drugs, ____1____ (include) a combination of anti-HIV drugs, ____2____ doctors think might help patients with the new coronavirus.
Remdesivir was developed by the pharmaceutical company Gilead as a treatment ____3____ Ebola. It’s a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, and it blocks the activity of a protein that helps coronavirus make copies of themlves. Rearch groups identified the drug as a potential candidate for the treatment of coronavirus in the aftermath of the 2012 MERS outbreak, ____4____ another new coronavirus spread through the Middle East. In cell models, it blocks the activity of MERS, SARS (a 2002 coronavirus), and other coronavirus that are found in bats.
Tests on the new coronavirus show that remdesivir blocks ____5____ activity, too, at least in the lab. That result, ____6____(couple) with the positive outcomes in the Washington patient, were enough for Gilead to launch a larger clinical trial of the drug in new coronavirus patients. The company will test it in a group of 270 patients at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing — one group will ____7____ (give) the drug, and one group will be given a placebo.
The drug isn’t approved by the Food and Drug Administration or by any otherregulatory body. ____8____, it already went through safety testing during the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015. That’s why Gilead is able to test it in sick patients ____9____(immediate).
The importance of tho previous studies was emphasized by Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dias, in a press conference last week. Rearchers aren’t starting from zero becau work over the past two decades tested drugs in cells, animals, and individual patients. Now, rearchers who have devoted their professional lives to this work face new urgency around the most important question: if the drugs actually work in people. “There’s no proven therapy for coronavirus infections, ” Fauci said.
The results from the remdesivir trial aren’t expected until the end of April, and it could turn out that none of the drugs under investigation are effective in treating the new virus. But that there are options ____10____(avail) — and available so quickly — is a testament to all the rearch that’s been done before.
Passage 3
The 2020 national college entrance examination will be postponed for a month to July 7 and 8 due to the novel coronations outbreak. The authorities in Hubei province and Beijing can come up____1____their own suggestions on gaokao dates, ____2____will be published after consulting with the ministry. Gaokao ____3____(concern) tens of millions of students, and the ministry must adopt the most cautious plan with the ____4____(little) amount of risk to protect their safety as well as ____5____of the teachers. As nior high school students have been taking online ____6____(cour) during the epidemic (疫情), many rural students ____7____(lack) internet access might feel disadvantaged, so the delay is____8____ (ensure) they will have more time to prepare for the exam at school. Chine people often compare the highly ____9____(compete) exam to “crossing a narrow bridge”, becau for many students, especially tho from rural areas, ____10____ (admit) to a good university is a difficult but worthwhile challenge that could shape their future.
Passage 4
Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year old doctor ____1____ became a houhold name 17 years ago for “daring to speak” in the fight____2____ SARS, is the public face of China’s effort to control a new strain of coronavirus.
Despite his ____3____ (advance) age, Zhong was appointed to lead the ____4____ (investigate) into the new virus, which has rattled(使发狂)millions of Chine who are traveling for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. ____5____ (he) announcement on Monday that the virus could spread between humans ratcheted up(增加) ____6____ (worry) about the outbreak, ____7____ which Beijing has warned officials of public shame if they cover up any infections.
That marks a departure from 2003, ____8____ in an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, Zhong, a respiratory dias specialist, gave media his candid(坦诚), pessimistic asssment of the verity of the SARS crisis.
