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During the outbreak of novel coronavirus...

    During the outbreak of novel coronavirus, cities are locked down and borders are closed. Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open. And this “open science” is already making a difference.

Soon after the epidemic started in China, a research team from Fudan University in Shanghai successfully sequenced (测定序列)the DNA of the virus. But they didn’t keep the information to themselves. Instead, they placed the sequences on GenBank, an open-access data platform, so researchers around the world could download them for free and start studying the virus.

Due to this openness, pharmaceutical (制药的) companies across the globe are now able to work simultaneously (同时地)to develop a vaccine. “There may be room for multiple different vaccines for different purposes and different age groups,” Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security in the US, told Al Jazeera. “The            bigger menu we have of vaccines, the more resilient (有适应力的) we’ll be against coronavirus outbreaks in the future.”

Major drug companies around the world are also sharing their study results. Remdesivir, a drug originally developed by US company Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola, is found to be promising in fighting against the novel coronavirus. Currently, two trials of the drug are already underway in China, and the results might be available as soon as April, according to The Verge.

This openness in science is going to be even more critical in the future. “With climate change, increasing globalization, and population shifts, epidemics will not go away, and might even become more frequent,” Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor, told Harvard Magazine.

He said, “No one group can do everything. It has to be a coordinated (合作的) approach. But I do think that the world has a greater sense of readiness this time to develop knowledge, drugs, and therapeutics (疗法) very rapidly.”

Every epidemic is indeed a crisis, but it can also be a learning opportunity. One redeeming (补偿的) factor of the COVID-19 outbreak is that it is helping science adapt for the better.

1.What does the article mainly talk about?

A.Coordinated efforts to fight the epidemic.

B.Something positive we’ve learned from the epidemic.

C.The significance of openness and sharing of scientific knowledge.

D.What needs to be done to prevent future epidemics.

2.What is the positive effect of the research team from Fudan University placing the genetic sequence of the virus onto GenBank?

A.They alerted the world to the danger of the virus.

B.They helped remove people’s fear of the virus.

C.They showed the world how to produce a vaccine.

D.They invited collective efforts worldwide to develop a vaccine.

3.What is the author’s purpose of mentioning remdesivir in the text?

A.To introduce a possible cure for the epidemic.

B.To compare the treatment of Ebola and the novel coronavirus.

C.To prove that many drug companies readily share their discoveries.

D.To show that the novel coronavirus will soon be contained.

4.What does the underlined word “critical” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A.expressing disapproval.

B.extremely important.

C.serious, uncertain and possibly dangerous.

D.making fair, careful judgments.

5.Which of the following would Dan Barouch probably disagree with?

A.Epidemics will be less frequent thanks to scientific development.

B.The world is becoming better prepared to deal with epidemics.

C.No single group can fight against the epidemics independently.

D.The increase in globalization may worsen future epidemics.

 

1.C 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 【解析】 这是一篇议论文。文章讲述了在疫情笼罩下城市封禁,边界封锁,但与此同时也为全世界科学界、医学界进行积极的交流和互通创造了机会。 1.主旨大意题。根据第一段“During the outbreak of novel coronavirus, cities are locked down and borders are closed. Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open. And this “open science” is already making a difference.”可知,文章从一开始指出新冠疫情下科学界正在变得开放,这种开放性也显现出了作用,接下来就围绕着这一点展开讲解,C选项“开放和分享科学知识的重要性”符合文章主旨。故选C项。 2.推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Instead, they placed the sequences on GenBank, an open-access data platform, so researchers around the world could download them for free and start studying the virus.”可知,复旦大学向全世界公开病毒的基因序列,这样研究人员就可以直接进行研究,此举就相当于号召全世界共同努力来研究疫苗,与D选项描述相符。故选D项。 3.推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“Major drug companies around the world are also sharing their study results.”可知,本段的主题就是世界范围内,许多制药公司也在分享各自的研究成果,而其后列举药品remdesivir为例就是这一点的佐证。C选项“为了证明许多制药公司乐于分享它们的发现”符合段落主旨。故选C项。 4.词义猜测题。根据第五段引述Dan Barouch的原话“With climate change, increasing globalization, and population shifts, epidemics will not go away, and might even become more frequent”可知,他认为随着气候变化、全球化进程加剧和人口迁移,疫情可能会来得更加频繁,因此这种科学、医学方面的交流在未来也将显得更加关键,B选项“极其重要”符合划线词在此语境下表达的含义。故选B项。 5.推理判断题。根据第五段引述Dan Barouch的原话“With climate change, increasing globalization, and population shifts, epidemics will not go away, and might even become more frequent”可知,在Dan看来,受种种因素的影响,未来疫情也许会更加频繁地出现,A选项“因为科学发展,流行病会出现得少一些”并不符合Dan的观点。故选A项。
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