Half a century after the March of Dimes (a US charity organization that collects money for children) put the 20th century’s most feared childhood disease on the road to eradication (根除), Bill Gates declared polio (小兒麻痹癥) his important job and challenged world leaders to finish the job.
India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan now have active transmission (傳播) of the disease. Gates says the biggest problem with the success of the Global Polio Eradication program in those countries and elsewhere is lack of money.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to increase its $200 million annual contribution (每年的捐款) by $102 million this year, Gates says. Gates recently met privately with Pakistan’s President in Washington, D.C., to try to persuade him to provide full support for Pakistan’s eradication plan.
Children in the USA also are at risk, experts say. Parents who don’t vaccinate (給某人接種疫苗) their children because they are fearful of vaccine side-effects create a large number of children who are likely to be harmed by the virus.
“If you increase the number of unvaccinated children, you increase the chance that this virus will find new subjects,” says David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prized-winning author of Polio: An American Story.
“We’ve got to get this vaccine into the mouths of children,” says Bruce Aylward, head of the World Health Organization’s eradication program.
In 1988, when the World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication program, the disease killed 350,000 children a year worldwide. By last year, the total dropped to fewer than 1,500 worldwide, Aylward says.
If Gates provides the final push for polio eradication, he may be remembered as much for helping prevent polio as for founding Microsoft, Oshinsky says.
“As long as there’s polio anywhere, people everywhere are at risk,” Aylawrd says. “We’re still not out of the woods.”
小題1:According to the text, the success of the Global Polio Eradication program mainly depends on          .
A．the World Health Organization’s policy
B．the development of a new vaccine
C．the local governments’ support
D．the collection of funds.
小題2:What do we know about polio according to the text?
A．People in Nigeria don’t take it seriously.
B．It’s now the most serious childhood disease.
C．Great progress has been made in preventing it.
D．There are few organizations helping to prevent it.
小題3:According to Oshinsky,           .
A．Gates should devote more time to Microsoft
B．polio eradication is a very important cause
C．vaccine side-effects should not be ignored
D．polio has been brought under control
小題4:According to the passage, which of the following about Bill Gates is TRUE?
A．He is the founder of the Global polio Eradication program.
B．He persuades some of the world leaders to support the eradication plan.
C．His foundation contributes $302, 000 to eradicate polio every year.
D．He works harder on preventing polio than founding Microsoft.
小題5:The underlined part “We’re still not out of the woods” means “       ”.
A．We get lost in the woodsB．We’re not free from trouble
C．we have no idea where to goD．We’re unable to eradicate polio

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:B
文章講述的是比爾蓋茨為了消除小兒麻痹癥所作出的努力。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段Gates says the biggest problem with the success of the Global Polio Eradication program in those countries and elsewhere is lack of money.可知D正確。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容可知在預(yù)防小兒麻痹癥，已經(jīng)取得了進(jìn)步。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第2段。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段2,3行Gates recently met privately with Pakistan’s President in Washington, D.C., to try to persuade him to provide full support for Pakistan’s eradication plan.
小題5:猜測(cè)句意題。根據(jù)上文As long as there’s polio anywhere, people everywhere are at risk可知只要這個(gè)世界上存在小兒麻痹癥，我們就出于危險(xiǎn)中，我們就沒(méi)有擺脫這樣的麻煩。故B正確。
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A．Someone offered to take her back home.
B．A red-haired man came to see her.
C．She heard someone call her name
D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.
小題5:From the text, we can infer that the writer _________.
A．would stop working at night
B．would stay on in San Francisco
C．would make friends with cleaners
D．would give up her job at the bank.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Pulled from the rubble （碎磚）of the big earthquake after eight days of unimaginable suffering, 8- year-old Kiki Joachin caught the world’s attention. Today he and his 21  struggle to rebuild their home, their lives and their hopes.
When the terrible earthquake broke out, Kiki’s mother 22  from the porch （門(mén)廊）of their apartment building  23  her five –year-old-son, David, who was outside fetching water. 24  injured by falling concrete （水泥），she tried to dig through it and  25 toward her five other kids who were 26  in the ruins of their home.  27 , she could make little progress.
For eight days Kiki and his  28  were buried beneath. They curled  (蜷縮)  their bodies in a (n)  29  space, with no food or water, hardly able to move; nearby lay the  30  of their three other siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Kiki 31  as his sister covered them with her T-shirt.
On the eighth day, a neighbour  32  her possessions heard Kiki’s  33  cries for water. Two  34 spent the next four hours 35 drilling through the rubble and finally  36  Kiki and his sister. As Kiki was  37  by the firefighters from the hole, he made a victory gesture.
Now Kiki hopes to be an engineer when he grows up, so he can help 38  his country. His father wants to start a  39  for his family, maybe selling rice and beans, to be able to put another room on the house so his kids can sleep better. Meanwhile, his father and mother are   40 for what they have and the survival of the three children.
小題1:
A．friendsB．classmatesC．familyD．team
小題2:
A．walkedB．ranC．jumpedD．wandered
小題3:
A．in search ofB．in honour ofC．in face ofD．in charge of
小題4:
A．BecauseB．IfC．UnlessD．Though
小題5:
A．faceB．turnC．rushD．move
小題6:
A．buriedB．killedC．controlledD．hidden
小題7:
A．OtherwiseB．ThereforeC．HoweverD．Meanwhile
小題8:
A．brotherB．sisterC．fatherD．mother
小題9:
A．wideB．tinyC．openD．public
小題10:
A．bodiesB．clothesC．shadowsD．toys
小題11:
A．noddedB．smiled C．weptD．slept
小題12:
A．sorting outB．showing offC．looking forD．giving away
小題13:
A．weak B．goodC．longD．clear
小題14:
A．neighboursB．relativesC．passers-byD．firefighters
小題15:
A．skillfullyB．carefullyC．impatientlyD．rapidly
小題16:
A．fastenedB．a(chǎn)doptedC．curedD．reached
小題17:
A．raisedB．fixedC．grabbedD．touched
小題18:
A．rebuildB．protectC．leadD．visit
小題19:
A．companyB．businessC．movementD．club
小題20:
A．suitableB．readyC．excitedD．grateful

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