Question

    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 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）well 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, s 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 crucial 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.The significance of openness and sharing of scientific knowledge.

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

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 invited collective efforts worldwide to develop a vaccine.

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

3.What does the underlined phrase“work simultaneously” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.work at the same time.

B.work effectively

C.work continuously

D.work happily

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

A.To introduce a possible cure for the epidemic.

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

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

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

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

A.The increase in globalization may worsen future epidemics.

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

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

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

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了，面对新冠病毒的爆发，为了研究疫苗，各国通力合作，在网络平台分享信息，以后流行病会越来越频繁，各国要重视医药学科的合作和信息公开，一起打赢人类保卫战。

1.

主旨大意题。由第一段中的“During the outbreak of novel coronavirus, cities are locked down and borders are closed. Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open.”（在新型冠状病毒爆发期间，城市被封锁，边界被关闭。相反，科学正变得更加开放），可知本文主讲我们从这场流行病中学到了一些积极的东西。故选C项。

2.

细节理解题。由第二段中的“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.”（但他们没有把信息保密。相反，他们把这些序列放在GenBank上，这是一个开放存取的数据平台，因此全世界的研究人员可以免费下载这些序列并开始研究病毒），可知他们邀请全世界共同努力开发疫苗。故选C项。

3.

词句猜测题。由第三段中的“Due to this openness, pharmaceutical（制药的）companies across the globe are now able to work simultaneously to develop a vaccine”（由于这种开放性，全球的制药公司现在可以同时开发疫苗），可知“把病毒信息公开”意味着大家能同时研发，work simultaneously在此处意为“同时工作”。故选A项。

4.

推理判断题。由第四段中的“Remdesivir, a drug originally developed by US company Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola, is found to be promising in fighting against the novel coronavirus”（雷德西韦，一种最初由美国Gilead Sciences公司开发的治疗埃博拉病毒的药物，被发现在对抗这种新型冠状病毒方面很有前途），可推断出作者在文中提到Remdesivir的目的是介绍一种可能的治疗这种流行病的方法。故选A项。

5.

推理判断题。由第五段中的“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.”（哈佛医学院教授丹·巴鲁克在接受《哈佛》杂志采访时说，随着气候变化、全球化的加剧和人口的转移，流行病不会消失，甚至可能变得更加频繁），可推断出他不会同意，由于科学发展，流行病将不会那么频繁这一观点。故选B项。