One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live
Its now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980, when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have itone in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet, what point was there in keeping these reserves?
____1____reality, of course, it was naive to____2____that everyone would let____3____of such a potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have____4____vials.____5____the last official stocks of lice virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia, ____6____no obvious gain.
Now American researchers have ____7____ an animal model of the human disease, opening the ____8____ for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So one again theres a good reason to____9____the virusjust in____10____the disease puts in a reappearance.
How do we____11____with the mistrust of the US and Russia? ____12____. Keep the virus____13____international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory thats open to all countries. The US will object, of course, just as it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesnt____14____the idea is wrong. If the virus____15____useful, then lets make it the servant of all humanitynot just a part of it.
1. A) In B) On C) At D) For
2. A) know B) imagine C) realize D) be aware
3. A) to go B) going C) go D) went
4. A) much B) more C) most D) a few
5. A) And B) While C) Whereas D) Although
6. A) since B) for C) because D) of
7. A) looked for B) sought C) found D) talked about
8. A) method B) road C) street D) way
9. A) keep B) put C) destroy D) eradicate
10. A) need B) case C) necessity D) time
11. A) handle B) tackle C) deal D) treat
12. A) Difficult B) Hard C) Safe D) Simple
13. A) under B) in C) on D) for
14. A) say B) mean C) state D) declare
15. A) will be B) would be C) is D) are
答案 ABCDA BCDAB CDABC
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Improving your vocabulary 增加词汇量
Pay through the nose for something 出高价,花大价钱
Dressed to the nines 衣冠楚楚
Practical and pragmatic “实用的”两个词的区别
Is breast cancer linked to night shifts? 乳腺癌与上夜班有关系吗?
Lose one's shirt 输得一干二净
Parcel, sack, box 包裹类词语
At sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
Retailer, wholesaler, distributor, outlet 几个词的区别和用法
Almost, nearly, more or less “差不多”的三个近义词
To harp on about something 喋喋不休
Shopping for ‘shoes’ 不同种类的“鞋”
Butterfly numbers drop a mystery, say experts 英国蝴蝶数量下降现象令专家费解
Under someone's thumb 受人控制
Labour, labourer, workforce, worker 与“工作”相关的四个单词
Knock your socks off 叹为观止
Burn a hole in your pocket 一有钱就想花
Spectacle, view, sight, vision, scene, scenery 几个词的区别
Fan the flames 煽风点火