A
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[BMGF] said this week it will provide up to $100 million to support action against the 2019 novel coronavirus. It says the money will help strengthen efforts to test people for the virus, separate healthy individuals from the sick and find treatment for them.
Controlling the epidemic: The donation will help speed development of the “tools to bring this epidemic under control,”the chief executive officer of the Gates Foundation; Mark Suzman said.
Worldwide emergency:The Gates Foundation is giving money and working with other donors to help the World Health Organization (WHO), Chinese medical workers and others worldwide.It noted the need for an organized international effort to fight the virus.
Increased efforts to find and treat the coronavirus:The foundation promised $20 million right away to hurry the process of identifying those who are sick, keeping them separate, and helping them get better. The goal is to stop the disease from spreading to more people and places. Money is also going to public health officials in China and other countries with coronavirus patients to help them pay the start-up cost of medical workers and supplies.
Protecting at-risk groups in Africa and South Asia:Recent epidemics, such as the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009, have had a big effect on people living in extreme poverty. Most of those people live in African countries south of the Sahara Desert or parts of South Asia. Another $20 million is going to public health officials in these areas to improve their emergency operations and to treat confirmed cases. One partner is the African Field Epidemiology Network, a non-profit service that currently operates in more than 30 African countries.
Developing Vaccines:Of the total donation, $60 million will go to speed the process of making vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus. One organization working on developing the anti-coronavirus vaccines is the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations with Chinese public- and private-sector researchers; trying to find ways to stop the spread of the virus.
21. The money donated by the BMGF will be used in the following aspects except
A. to test people for the virus B. to separate the healthy from the sick
C. to build a new hospital in China D. to find treatment for the virus -infected
22. How many main targets will the large sum of donated money serve for?
A. One B. Five C. Two D. Countless
23. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The money is specially donated to China’s public health department.
B. Another $20 million will be used to help African people suffering from starvation.
C. The African Field Epidemiology Network is a non- profit medical service organization only in western Africa.
D. Most of the donated money will be put into the developing and innovating vaccines.
24. The passage is most probably digested from .
A. a news report B. a magazine C. a text book D. a poster
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A
【解析】
这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会(BMGF)表示，它将提供高达1亿美元的资金来支持对抗2019年新型冠状病毒的行动。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段中“it says the money will help strengthen efforts to test people for the virus, separate healthy individuals from the sick and find treatment for them.”（ 这笔资金将有助于加强对人们进行病毒检测的努力，将健康的人和患病的人分开，并为他们找到治疗方法。）由此可推断出，由BMGF捐赠的钱将被用于为人们进行检测；将将健康的人和患病的人分开以及找到治疗病毒的方法，并不包括在中国建立一所新医院。结合选项，故选C。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“The donation will help speed development of the “tools to bring this epidemic under control,”（ 这笔捐款将有助于加速开发“控制疫情的工具”）；文章第三段中“The Gates Foundation is giving money and working with other donors to help the World Health Organization (WHO), Chinese medical workers and others worldwide”（盖茨基金会正在捐款，并与其他捐助者合作，帮助世界卫生组织(世卫组织)、中国医务工作者和世界各地的其他人）；文章第四段中“The foundation promised $20 million right away to hurry the process of identifying those who are sick, keeping them separate, and helping them get better.”（ 该基金会承诺立即投入2000万美元，以加快识别患者、隔离患者并帮助他们康复的进程。）文章第五段中“Another $20 million is going to public health officials in these areas to improve their emergency operations and to treat confirmed cases.”（ 另外2000万美元将用于改善这些地区的公共卫生官员的紧急行动和治疗确诊病例。）；以及文章第六段中“the total donation, $60 million will go to speed the process of making vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus.”（ 在全部捐款中，6000万美元将用于加快研制疫苗以预防新型冠状病毒的进程）。由此可知，这批巨额捐款的主要用途主要有五个。结合选项，故选B。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[BMGF] said this week it will provide up to $100 million to support action against the 2019 novel coronavirus.”(比尔和梅琳达•盖茨基金会(BMGF)表示，它将提供高达1亿美元的资金来支持对抗2019年新型冠状病毒的行动)以及最后一段中“Of the total donation, $60 million will go to speed the process of making vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus.”（ 在全部捐款中，6000万美元将用于加快研制疫苗以预防新型冠状病毒的进程）由此可知，大部分的捐款将被用于疫苗的研发。结合选项，故选D。
【24题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第一段“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[BMGF] said this week it will provide up to $100 million to support action against the 2019 novel coronavirus. It says the money will help strengthen efforts to test people for the virus, separate healthy individuals from the sick and find treatment for them.”（ 比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会(BMGF)本周表示，它将提供高达1亿美元的资金来支持对抗2019年新型冠状病毒的行动。该组织说，这笔资金将有助于加强对人们进行病毒检测的努力，将健康的人和患病的人分开，并为他们找到治疗方法。）以及通读全文可知，这是一则新闻报道。主要讲述了The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation所捐赠资金的主要用途。结合选项，故选A。
