Question

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中, 选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项。

"China is always well _______ by the bravest of them, " former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger once wrote. Indeed. in the fight against the novel coronavirus, it is medical workers who are risking their lives on the front lines of the epidemic.

As of Feb 17, more than 32000 medical workers from all over China have been sent to Hubei, the center of the viral（病毒的)outbreak. They are working under unusual conditions, unimaginable _______ and lots of work.

In Wuhan mobile cabin hospitals, medical workers take turns to treat patients. They usually have to work consecutively(连续地)for six hours, as well as take one hour to put on and _______ their protective clothing.

To help them _______ each other, they write their names on their clothing. To save time, When they go to the bathroom, they choose to wear diapers, The Paper reported.

Many doctors and nurses were infected(感染)during the _______ period of the outbreak because of a lack of knowledge about the virus, as well as a shortage of medical supplies. Some of them were treated, _______ and went back to work. Some of them, _______ lost their lives. According to China's National Health Commission, a total of 1, 716 medical workers in China were infected with the new coronavirus as of Feb 11, while six _______.

_______ the support of the central government, the working conditions for medical staff in heavily-impacted（受影响大的）cities like Wuhan have been improved. They confident that they will win the battle against the virus.

These medical workers are just ordinary people. To fight the epidemic, parents leave their children and couples get separated. They are mothers and fathers, wives and husbands, sons and daughters, and also ________.

1.A.prevented B.permitted C.protected

2.A.stress B.shame C.advantage

3.A.put off B.turn off C.take off

4.A.require B.recycle C.recognize

5.A.early B.earlier C.earliest

6.A.repaired B.recovered C.recorded

7.A.exactly B.actually C.unluckily

8.A.gave away B.kept off C.passed away

9.A.With B.Without C.Under

10.A.musicians B.warriors C.reporters

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

短文讲述了今年在中国爆发新型冠状病毒时，全国各地的医生和护士前往病毒爆发区——武汉，帮助抗击新冠状病毒，挽救了很多病人的故事。

1.

句意：中国总是被一些勇敢的人保护着。

prevent阻止；permitted允许；protect保护；根据“the bravest of them”及“in the fight against the novel coronavirus, it is medical workers who are risking their lives on the front lines of the epidemic.” 在抗击新型冠状病毒的斗争中，医护人员冒着生命危险奋斗在一线，结合选项可知，中国总是被勇敢的人们保护着，故选C。

2.

句意：他们在不寻常的条件下工作，承受着难以想象的压力和大量的工作。

stress压力；shame羞耻；advantage优势；根据“the center of the viral（病毒的)outbreak. They are working under unusual conditions”以及空格后的“and lots of work”可知，他们承受着难以想象的工作压力，故选A。

3.

句意：他们通常要连续工作六个小时，还要花一个小时穿上和脱下防护服。

put off推迟；turn off关掉；take off脱下；根据空格前的“put on”可知，后面的动词要与之呼应，所以用take off“脱下”，故选C。

4.

句意：为了帮助他们认出对方，他们把自己的名字写在衣服上。

require要求；recycle回收利用；recognize认识；根据“they write their names on their clothing”他们把自己的名字写在衣服上,可知是为了让其他人认出自己，故选C。

5.

句意：由于缺乏对病毒的了解，以及医疗用品的短缺，许多医生和护士在疫情爆发的最早时期受到感染。

early早的；earlier更早的；earliest最早的；根据句意理解及空格前的定冠词the可知，这里应该用最高级的形式，故选C。

6.

句意：他们中的一些人接受了治疗、康复并回到工作中。

repaired修理；recovered恢复；recorded记录；根据“treated”和“went back to work”可知，治疗后康复了才回去工作，故选B。

7.

句意：他们中的一些人不幸牺牲。

exactly准确地；actually实际上；unluckily不幸地；根据空格后“lost their lives”可知，这是很不幸的事情，故选C。

8.

句意：根据中国国家卫生健康委员会的数据，截至2月11日，中国共有1716名医护人员感染新型冠状病毒，其中6人死亡。

gave away捐赠；kept off远离；passed away过世；根据上文“Some of them, ___7___ lost their lives.”可知，这里指的是“六人死亡”，故选C。

9.

句意：在中央政府的支持下，武汉等受灾严重的城市的医务人员的工作条件得到了改善。

With有；Without没有；Under在……下方；根据空格后的“the support of”可知，这里是构成一个固定短语with the support of…“在……的支持下”，与英语中“with the help of…”等是同一类词，故选A。

10.

句意：他们是母亲，是父亲，是妻子，是丈夫，是儿子是女儿，也是战士。

musicians音乐家；warriors战士；reporters记者；根据前文“To fight the epidemic”抗击疫情，可知与病魔作斗争，应该是“战士”，故选B。