2016届高考英语二轮复习专项训练：任务型阅读与书面表达组合卷（2）

　　任务型阅读与书面表达组合卷(二)

　　(时间：40分钟，满分：35分)

　　Ⅰ.任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

　　(2015·南京市高三第一次模拟考试)

　　The Ebola Virus

　　Currently, the world is facing an epidemic (流行病) due to what is considered to be among the most dangerous viruses that humanity has ever faced — the Ebola bleeding virus. Though there were announcements about experimental treatments that were reported to be successful in terms of treating the virus, people around the world continue to die from Ebola.

　　Ebola was first discovered in 1976 in Africa, on the banks of the Ebola River, after which the virus has been named. Back then, there were two major outbreaks of the virus, and this is how people learned about it. There exist several strains of the Ebola virus, some of them are deadly to people, and some are not.

　　The main symptoms of Ebola can appear in a period between the second and the 21st days of infection, but usually it happens on the eighth through 10th day. Among the symptoms that appear in the first turn, one should mention fever and chills, strong headaches, pain in joints and muscles, and general weakness. These symptoms are not too different from those that people usually experience when catching a severe cold, or flu, so victims may even ignore these symptoms, or try to treat them as a common sickness. However, as the virus keeps progressing, a patient develops nausea (恶心) with vomiting, diarrhea, chest and stomach pains, red eyes and rash over the body, severe weight loss, and bleeding from almost all bodily openings.

　　The virus is usually transmitted either through blood, or through waste. Infection through blood usually takes place if a person consumes infested (受感染的) meat, or even touches it (for example, butchering can also lead to infection). Also, there were cases when people got infected after stepping in waste of infected mammals, mostly bats. The other ways of getting infected is through skin by receiving bodily liquids via tiny openings.

　　Even though there is no specific cure for Ebola, doctors still try to treat it. In order to diagnose Ebola, doctors usually take tests on such diseases as cholera or malaria, because it is difficult to diagnose Ebola based only on symptoms. After the diagnosis has been made, doctors start treating the symptoms, which includes killing infected cells, electrolytes, blood pressure medication, blood transfusions, oxygen treatment, and so on.

　　Though Ebola is a highly dangerous disease, it is not likely that it will spread globally. It is most deadly in anti­sanitary (不卫生的) conditions, which many African countries have an extremely bad reputation for. As for first world countries, even though there is still no universal cure, they are at much lesser risk than African countries. Though the symptoms of Ebola are severe and getting infected is not difficult, with the correct handling of an outbreak, the virus should not be able to spread.

　　The Ebola Virus

　　(1) ________ ●Ebola, a dangerous virus, was named after the Ebola River, on whose banks it was first discovered.

　　●(2) ________ the experimental success in the virus treatment, people across the world continue to die from the virus.

　　Symptoms ●In the first turn, the symptoms are (3) ________ to those that people experience when they are (4)________ from a severe cold or flu.

　　●If not (5) ________ seriously, the virus will keep progressing, and things will change for the worse.

　　Ways of getting

　　infected ●People (6) ________ infested meat or touching it can get infected.

　　●People who step in waste of infected mammals, mostly bats, are (7) ________ to get infected.

　　●People who receive bodily liquids via tiny openings can also get infected.

　　Treatment and

　　(8) ________ ●After making correct diagnosis, doctors start treating the symptoms in many ways, (9) ________ killing infected cells, blood pressure medication, oxygen therapy, and so on.

　　●Sanitary living conditions play a significant (10) ________ in preventing the outbreak of the Ebola virus.

　　1．____________　2.____________　3.____________　4.____________　5.____________6．____________　7.____________　8.____________　9.____________　10.____________

　　.书面表达(满分25分)

　　(2015·泰州市高三第一次模拟考试)请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。If you logged on to weibo, chances are that there is lots of news about the Ice Bucket Challenge videos. Many celebrities, including US President Barack Obama and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, have already taken the challenge.

　　The Ice Bucket Challenge — dump ice water on your head, post and tag yourself on social media and challenge others to do the same. Its initial objective was fundraising and bringing awareness to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association in the US.

　　But has it achieved anything?

　　The figures say it did. During the month of August, 2017, in America alone, ALS received over $98 million — a big jump compared to the $2.7 million donated during the same period last year.

　　But the Ice Bucket Challenge has its critics. It?s been very celebrity­orientated and it plays into our culture of putting everything about ourselves out there on social media. Some people have obviously done it to raise their profile (关注度). Charity has become big business. Pity they can’t let the cause speak for itself.

　　[写作内容]

　　1．用约30个单词写出上文概要；

　　2．用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

　　(1)支持或反对“冰桶挑战”；

　　(2)用2～3个理由或论据支持你的观点。

　　[写作要求]

　　1．可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据；

　　2．阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；

　　3．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

　　4．不必写标题。

　　[评分标准]

　　内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

　　答

　　案

　　Ⅰ.1.Introduction　2.Despite　3.similar　4.suffering　5.taken　6.consuming

　　7．likely/easy　8.prevention　9.including

　　10．part/role

　　Ⅱ.参考范文：

　　The Ice Bucket Challenge, intended to help ALS patients, is simple: One pours a bucket of icy water over his or her head and then challenges others to do so. It leaves room for debate.

　　There is no denying that the challenge has raised people’s awareness to contribute to the ALS Association. But I’m not for this kind of practice in that it has turned from a charitable activity into a show. Some celebrities just do it to gain popularity; some others participate in it just to follow the trend. On top of that, they ignore how bad the ALS patients will feel when they watch those videos. Besides, it is a great waste of water since the world is facing another challenge — the water crisis.

　　In summary, it is not a wise choice to show our caring for the ALS patients that way. Instead, we should take action in some other practical ways.