Question

【題目】 Since the end of 2019, a terrible disease has been spreading all over the world. It’s caused by a virus that has not been found before in humans. 【1】.

What are the symptoms(癥狀)?

The virus is from a family called the corona viruses. The symptoms of this illness are pretty ordinary on the face of it: it’s dry cough, fever and then breathing problems. 【2】. However, as for the more severe cases, people have gone on to develop viral（病毒性的） pneumonia, and all the deaths have been among those people.

Who does this virus attack?

As we can see, older people are ending up in hospital with the virus. Most of the affected people are usually over 40 years old. 【3】. Basically their immune(免疫) systems are not very strong, and they’re going to find it very hard to fight off a virus.

【4】.

We’ve only just discovered that the new corona virus is actually spread from one person to another. It was hoped at first actually that it just came from animals as all corona viruses do. 【5】.

A.It seems quite mild（溫和的）in lots of people.

B.How is this virus spread?

C.So the disease is called a "novel" or new virus.

D.People affected by viral pneumonia will die.

E.Signs of the virus may appear between 2 and 14 days after being near someone who is affected.

F.Those who have died tend actually to have other diseases already.

G.Now it has been confirmed that it is actually passed from one human being to another, however.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】F

【4】B

【5】G

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章描述了新冠狀病毒的癥狀，病毒的攻擊方式，病毒的傳播方式等。

【1】上一句提到“它是由一種以前在人類身上沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)的病毒引起的”。承接上文，構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系，C選項“所以這種疾病被稱為“新病毒””。切題。故選C項。

【2】上一句提到“這種病的癥狀表面上很普通:干咳，發(fā)燒，然后是呼吸問題”。承接上文，A選項“在許多人看來，這種疾病似乎相當輕微。 ”A選項中的it 指代上一句的“illness”，mild（輕微的）和前句的ordinary相契合。切題。故選A項。

【3】劃線后一句提到“基本上他們的免疫系統(tǒng)并不是很強，他們會發(fā)現(xiàn)很難抵抗病毒”。承接下文構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系。F選項“那些已經(jīng)死亡的人實際上往往已經(jīng)患有其他疾病”切題。死亡的原因是因為患有其他疾病，導(dǎo)致免疫系統(tǒng)偏弱。故選F項。

【4】根據(jù)下文We’ve only just discovered that the new corona virus is actually spread from one person to another. It was hoped at first actually that it just came from animals as all corona viruses do.可知，我們剛剛發(fā)現(xiàn)，新的冠狀病毒實際上是從一個人傳播到另一個人。起初，人們希望它實際上只是來自動物，就像所有的冠狀病毒一樣。因此推斷本段講述病毒的傳播方式和傳播途徑。故B選項“病毒是如何傳播的”。統(tǒng)領(lǐng)整段，切題。故選B項。

【5】上一句提到“起初人們希望它只是像所有冠狀病毒一樣來自動物”。承接下文構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折。G選項“然而，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)證實它實際上是從一個人傳給另一個人的”。G選項中的Now 和前句的at first 構(gòu)成對比。且整句和這一段的主題相呼應(yīng)。故選G項。