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专题51 新冠变异病毒奥密克戎毒株
（2022·江西·南昌二中一模）In their letters to Santa Claus, most kids ask for toys, dolls or maybe a new Xbox. All Jonah Simons wanted was a coronavirus cure to save the world. That was last year. This holiday ason, the 10-year-old Florida boy is back with a different request for Santa.
“Dear Santa, it’s Jonah. Do you remember me? I was the one who asked for a covid cure,” he wrote in a letter addresd to the North Pole and shared with CNN. “Thank you so much for the vaccine! You helped save lives. This year, can I plea have a Santa costume to spread your joy around the world?”
With a relentless virus and threats of the Omicron variant still plaguing a weary nation, Jona
h has big plans for the Santa suit. “I want to wear it and go around the neighborhood and spread Santa’s joy, asking people what they want for Christmas,” the fifth-grader said.
Jonah turned 10 in July, and instead of gifts he asked his family and friends to donate to St. Jude Children’s Rearch Hospital. His birthday effort raid $1,000 in donations from family and friends all over—even his favorite employees at the local Publix store, his mother says.
四六级成绩公布的时间2021He also marked his birthday by donating his hair to Locks of Love, the charity that makes wigs for kids with cancer or other medical conditions. During a year of lockdown, he teamed up with some friends and grew out his hair to nine inches.
Jonah’s good deeds are not limited to birthdays. He works to help his community all year, including donating and sorting food for the homeless with the organization Feeding South Florida, and packing holiday gifts for children.
1．What does Jonah want as a Christmas gift this year?祝你好运
A．A covid cure. B．Toys and dolls.
C．Anew Xbox. D．A Santa suit.
厦门平面设计2．Which one of the following doesn’t belong to the good behaviour of Jonah?
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戴安娜王妃简介A．Donating his hair to a charity.
B．Sending his birthday gifts to St. Jude Children’s Rearch Hospital.hb是什么意思
C．Wrapping holiday gifts for kids.
D．Contributing food to the homeless.
3．Which of the following best describes Jonah?
A．Kind and courageous. B．Generous and brave.
C．Caring and helpful. D．Friendly and innocent.
4．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Jonah didn’t realize his wish last year.
B．The coronavirus is still not under complete control.
C．Jonah raid $1,000 from his family and friends all over.
D．Jonah wants to wear a Santa suit and go around the neighborhood and spread Santa’s joy.
（2022·江苏·高三开学考试）The Omicron Covid variant has been found to multiply about 70 times quicker than the original and Delta versions of coronavirus in tissue samples taken from the bronchus(支气管), the main tubes from the windpipe to the lungs, in laboratory experiments that could help explain its rapid transmission.
The study, by a team from the University of Hong Kong, also found that the new variant grew 10 times slower in lung tissue, which the authors said could be an indicator of lower dia verity.吸波
英语演讲与辩论
continue是什么意思Michael Chan, who led the work, said the result needed to be interpreted with caution becau vere dia is determined not only by how quickly the virus replicates(复制) but also by a person’s immune respon. “It is also noted that by infecting many more people, a very infectious virus may cau more vere dia and death even though the virus itlf may be less pathogenic(致病的),” he said. “Therefore, taken together with our recent studies showing that the Omicron variant can partially escape immunity from vaccines and past infection, the overall threat from the Omicron variant is likely to be very significant.”
photJeremy Kamil, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, pointed out that Delta, which turned out to be more pathogenic, showed a similar pattern of replicating more slowly in the lungs. “The authors found Omicron replicates fantastically well--even far better than either Delta or the original virus--in bronchial tissue,” Kamil said. “This could in some ways contribute to an advantage in transmission between people.”
