Half a century after the March of Dimes (a US charity organization that collects money for children) put the 20th century’s most feared childhood disease on the road to eradication (根除), Bill Gates declared polio (小儿麻痹症) his important job and challenged world leaders to finish the job.
India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan now have active transmission (传播) of the disease. Gates says the biggest problem with the success of the Global Polio Eradication program in those countries and elsewhere is lack of money.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to increase its $200 million annual contribution (每年的捐款) by $102 million this year, Gates says. Gates recently met privately with Pakistan’s President in Washington, D.C., to try to persuade him to provide full support for Pakistan’s eradication plan.
Children in the USA also are at risk, experts say. Parents who don’t vaccinate (给某人接种疫苗) their children because they are fearful of vaccine side-effects create a large number of children who are likely to be harmed by the virus.
“If you increase the number of unvaccinated children, you increase the chance that this virus will find new subjects,” says David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prized-winning author of Polio: An American Story.
“We’ve got to get this vaccine into the mouths of children,” says Bruce Aylward, head of the World Health Organization’s eradication program.
In 1988, when the World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication program, the disease killed 350,000 children a year worldwide. By last year, the total dropped to fewer than 1,500 worldwide, Aylward says.
If Gates provides the final push for polio eradication, he may be remembered as much for helping prevent polio as for founding Microsoft, Oshinsky says.
“As long as there’s polio anywhere, people everywhere are at risk,” Aylawrd says. “We’re still not out of the woods.”
1.According to the text, the success of the Global Polio Eradication program mainly depends on .
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A.the World Health Organization’s policy |
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B.the development of a new vaccine |
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C.the local governments’ support |
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D.the collection of funds. |
2.What do we know about polio according to the text?
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A.People in Nigeria don’t take it seriously. |
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B.It’s now the most serious childhood disease. |
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C.Great progress has been made in preventing it. |
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D.There are few organizations helping to prevent it. |
3.According to Oshinsky, .
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A.Gates should devote more time to Microsoft |
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B.polio eradication is a very important cause |
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C.vaccine side-effects should not be ignored |
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D.polio has been brought under control |
4.According to the passage, which of the following about Bill Gates is TRUE?
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A.He is the founder of the Global polio Eradication program. |
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B.He persuades some of the world leaders to support the eradication plan. |
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C.His foundation contributes $302, 000 to eradicate polio every year. |
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D.He works harder on preventing polio than founding Microsoft. |
5.The underlined part “We’re still not out of the woods” means “ ”.
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A.We get lost in the woods |
B.We’re not free from trouble |
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C.we have no idea where to go |
D.We’re unable to eradicate polio |
假设你是一名中学生, 叫李晓华, 请根据下表内容用英语写一封信给报告Just ask栏目的主持人Ralph, 请他帮助你解决一个长期困扰你的问题。
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你的情况 |
①学习成绩很好;②爱母亲;③有点害怕母亲。 |
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你母亲的情况 |
①大学教授, 工作勤奋;②很少有时间和你说话; ③对你很严格, 易发脾气。 |
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你的问题 |
①很少与母亲交流;②希望互相理解;③不知如何沟通。 |
注意:(1)词数100左右;
(2)可以适当增加细节使内容更连贯;
(3)参考词汇:发脾气:lose one’s temper
Dear Ralph,
Your sincerely
Li Xiaohua
—Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?
— . Ours is much stronger than theirs.
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A.Of course |
B.Don’t mention it |
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C.By no means |
D.It depends |
Lina didn’t get there on time because of the bad weather, what’s more, her car was in poor .
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A.situation |
B.condition |
C.position |
D.Direction |
We should consider the students’ request the school library provide more books on popular science.
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A.that |
B.when |
C.which |
D.what |
Nearly all the people believe confidence is the key to success.
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A.interviewing |
B.having interviewed |
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C.to interview |
D.interviewed |
Many memories of old times were by the conversation we had together that evening.
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A.brought up |
B.called up |
C.kept up |
D.set up |
Your advice was a great help to us, without which all our efforts .
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A.wouldn’t pay off |
B.hadn’t paid off |
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C.wouldn’t have paid off |
D.didn’t pay off |
Rock-climbing is a breathtaking activity, very popular nationwide among young people,
cooperation as well as courage plays an important role.
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A.who |
B.which |
C.that |
D.where |