Question

Eric Chen, a 17-year-old student from California, U.S.A., was the big1. of this year’s Google Science Fair(谷歌科学挑战赛). He introduced a new medicine to fight against the spread of flu viruses.Flu viruses, such as H7N9 pose a great threat to the world and have already2. millions of people.“I felt like this was a3.urgent problem and I thought, Why can’t I find a new anti-flu medicine?’” Chen said. Then he started his research and wowed the judges of the Google Science Fair.As the winner, Chen got a $50,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands(加拉帕哥斯群岛). He4. to use part of the money to develop a more powerful flu medicine.“I really like doing research,” Chen said. “I’m doing work that will make the world a better place.”

Answer

1.B

2.E

3.C

4.D

【解析】短文介绍了一个17岁的来自加利福尼亚美国的学生，他叫埃里克，是今年谷谷歌科学挑战赛的大赢家。他介绍了一种新的药物来对抗流感病毒的传播，作为冠军得主，获得了50000美元的奖学金，他计划用一部分钱研发一种更有效的流感药物。

1.句意：成为今年科学挑战赛的大赢家。此处缺少名词，根据后面的句子“As the winner, Chen got a $50,000 scholarship”可知，Eric Chen是这次挑战赛的大赢家，答案为B。

2.句意：H7N9流感病毒对世界构成了巨大威胁，已经夺去了数百万人的生命。此句是现在完成时态，缺少动词的过去分词，结合句意可知，答案为E。

3.句意：我觉得这是一个非常紧急的问题。副词really修饰形容词urgent，答案为C。

4.句意：他计划用一部分钱研发一种更有效的流感药物。plan to do sth.计划做某事，结合句意可知，答案为D。