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 (流行病) 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, companies producing drugs across the globe are now able to work at the same time to develop a vaccine (疫苗). “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 flexible we’ll be when fighting 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 important 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 cooperative approach. But I do think that the world has a greater sense of readiness this time to develop knowledge, drugs, and treatment 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 in Africa.

B.Some scientific knowledge 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.The positive effect of what the research team from Fudan University did is that ________.

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 paragraph 4?

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

A.Epidemics will be less frequent thanks to climate change.

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 bring about more epidemics.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要描述了在新型冠状病毒爆发期间，城市被封锁，边境被关闭。相反，科学正变得越来越开放。为了研究出疫苗，各国通力合作，在网络平台分享信息。随着全球化的发展，流行病也变得越来越频繁，所以各国应该注重医药科学上的合作和信息的公开，一起打赢人类的保卫战。

1.

主旨大意题。根据文章第一段Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open（相反，科学正变得越来越开放），第三段“Due to this openness, pharmaceutical companies across the globe arc now able to work at the same time to develop a vaccine ”（由于这种开放，全球的制药公司现在能够在同一时间开发疫苗），第四段Major drug companies around the world arc also sharing their study results（世界各地的大型制药公司也在分享他们的研究结果）可知，在面对疫情时，各国通力合作研究疫苗，并分享研究成果。这篇文章主要讲了科学知识开放和共享的重要性。故选 C项。

2.

细节理解题。根据文章第二段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），由此可知，复旦大学研究团队所做的积极影响是邀请全世界共同努力开发疫苗。故选D 项。

3.

推理判断题。根据文章第四段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. （世界各地的大型制药公司也在分享他们的研究结果。美国吉利德科学公司最初开发的治疗埃博拉病毒的药物Remdesivir被发现在对抗新型冠状病毒方面很有前景。）可知，全球很多大的制药公司也分享了他们的研究成果，而Remdesivir 也是其中之一。由此推知，作者在第四段提到remdesivir的目的是证明许多制药公司乐意分享他们的发现。故选C项。

4.

推理判断题。根据文章第五段中的“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），可推断出丹•巴鲁克可能不同意“由于气候变化，流行病的发生频率将会降低”这一观点。故选A 项。