Question

【題目】 When we are born,we are given names that stay with us for our whole lives. Some names include good wishes and hopes from parents, while others may be unique and easy to remember.

【1】

According to International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, an organization responsible for naming new viruses,the task of naming a virus is no less important than naming a person.

When a disease breaks out, people focus on the public health response 【2】 But that may lead to many problems. The most obvious one is that different media organizations may use different names for the same virus in their reports. We are now in the internet era. 【3】 This means different names can take hold quickly and be hard to take back, which may confuse those who know little about the virus.

【4】 Over the past decade, some improper names have caused problems. In 2009, the “swine flu” was widely used before the official name, HINI virus, was announced. This led Egypt to kill all of its pigs. In 2015, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)caused a backlash (強烈抵制)against the nations and people of this region. So in 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the names of viruses should avoid being named after geographic locations, people, species or classes of animals and foods.

【5】 The new coronavirus we are suffering from was named “COV-ID-19” on Feb 11. In this name, “CO” means “corona”, “VI” stands for “virus” and “D” means “disease”. Next time you read about a virus you don't know, you may get some clues about it from its name.

A.But naming a virus is never easy.

B.The WHO followed these principles this time .

C.News can spread to every household in seconds.

D.They often don’t know how to protect themselves.

E.The official naming of a new virus is often delayed.

F.Do you have a name which is easy to remember?

G.But do you know how the new coronavirus got its name?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】E

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文為一篇說明文。文章介紹了病毒的命名。

【1】根據(jù)后文According to International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, an organization responsible for naming new viruses,the task of naming a virus is no less important than naming a person. 根據(jù)負責命名新病毒的組織國際病毒分類委員會的說法，命名病毒的任務并不亞于給人起名字�？芍�后文介紹給病毒命名。G. But do you know how the new coronavirus got its name? 但是你知道新的冠狀病毒是怎么得名的嗎？符合此處語境。故選G項。

【2】根據(jù)后文The most obvious one is that different media organizations may use different names for the same virus in their reports.最明顯的一點是，不同的媒體機構可能在其報告中對同一病毒使用不同的名稱。E. The official naming of a new virus is often delayed. 一種新病毒的官方命名常常是不及時的。后文解釋官方對于命名新病毒不及時帶來的后果。故選E項。

【3】根據(jù)前文We are now in the internet era. 我們現(xiàn)在處于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)時代�；ヂ�(lián)網(wǎng)時代的特征就是消息的傳播速度快。C. News can spread to every household in seconds. 消息可以在幾秒鐘內傳遍每家每戶。解釋前文處于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)時代，引出下文造成很難收回的后果。故選C項。

【4】根據(jù)后文Over the past decade, some improper names have caused problems. 在過去的十年里，一些不恰當?shù)牟《久�名引起了許多問題。不合適的病毒命名會導致許多問題，因此給病毒命名是沒有那么容易的。A. But naming a virus is never easy. 但是給病毒命名從來都不容易。符合此處語境。故選A項。

【5】結合后文The new coronavirus we are suffering from was named “COV-ID-19” on Feb 11. 2月11日，我們所遭受的新型冠狀病毒被命名為“COV-ID-19”。新型冠狀病毒的命名避免了以地理位置、人類、物種或動物和食物的類別命名，是遵守病毒命名原則的命名。B. The WHO followed these principles this time . 世衛(wèi)組織這次遵循了這些原則。符合語境。故選B項。