The World Health Organization (WHO) has made an appeal to scientists, drug manufacturers and governments.The WHO wants them to work together ___1__ (develop) drugs to fight 12 bacteria.These bacteria ___2__ (be) able to resist ___3__ (power) antibiotic (抗生素) drugs.The resistance is so unusually strong that all the 12 bacteria have been given a special name “superbug”.
The United Nations agency reported this week the 12 superbugs are a threat to human ___4__ (healthy).It said they have ___5__ ability to easily turn treatable infections into killers.The WHO says superbugs can also pass along genetic material ___6__ helps other bacteria become resistant to drug treatment.
MariePaule Kieny is the Assistant DirectorGeneral at the WHO.She said, “Antibiotic resistance is growing and we are fast running out ___7__ treatment options.” She urged governments to give drug companies reasons to develop new treatments.“If we leave it to market forces alone, the new antibiotics we most ___8__ (urgent) need are not going to be developed in time,” she said.
Antibiotic drugs can lose their effectiveness when people take more or less than the amount ___9__ (require) by doctors.When this happens, infections that ___10__ (treat) at one time easily become resistant.
语篇解读:本文主要讲述了世界卫生组织呼吁开发新的药物,以应对超级病菌对人类健康的威胁。
1.to develop 此处是不定式作目的状语,故填to develop。
2.are 此处表示客观的陈述,故用一般现在时;根据设空前的“These bacteria”可知,应填are。
3.powerful 此处应用形容词作定语修饰名词短语,故填形容词powerful。
4.health 介词后跟名词、代词或动词ing形式作宾语。human health意为“人类健康”,是固定搭配,作介词to的宾语。
5.the ability被不定式短语“to easily turn treatable infections into killers”所修饰,表示特指,故用定冠词the修饰。
6.that/which that/which引导定语从句,在从句中作主语,修饰先行词genetic material。
7.of 固定搭配run out of,意为“用完”,故填介词of。
8.urgently 副词修饰动词、形容词、副词或句子。故此处应用副词urgently修饰动词need。
9.required 分析句子结构可知,require和amount之间为逻辑上的动宾关系,故用过去分词作后置定语。
10.were treated 根据时间状语“at one time”可知,treat所表示的动作发生在过去,且动词treat和infections是被动关系,故用一般过去时的被动语态。
Ⅱ.短文改错
It snowed last night, when was quite rare here in Western Washington State.School canceled for the day and the neighborhood kids were so exciting! A couple of my young neighbors knocked polite on my door and asked if they could all play in their courtyard.I was happy to having them and soon they were making snowmen and having snowball fights.I invite them in to have hot cocoa and homemade cookie.The snow didn’t last long — it started raining in this afternoon — so I enjoyed seeing the kids have so much fun while it was here!
答案:第一句:when→which
第二句:canceled前加was; exciting→excited
第三句:polite→politely; their→my
第四句:having→have
第五句:invite→invited; cookie→cookies
第六句:去掉in; 第一个so→but