2020年高考热点“新冠”疫情 —— 语法填空练习（四）
Three Chinese Vaccines against COVID-19 are on the Way
According to the latest news from Science and Technology Daily(April 14th), two COVID-19 inactivated vaccines were just approved for a phaseI & II ___1___ (combine) clinical trial by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China, making them the first batch in this category.___2___ two vaccines were developed respectively by Wuhan Institute of BiologicalProducts Co. Ltd of Sinopharm and Sinovac Research & Development Co. Ltdtoge ther with research institutes. This is another piece of good news since the team of Chen Wei, academician at China Academy of Engineering and researcher at Academy of Military Medical Sciences, managed to get clinical trial ____3____(approve) for the recombinant COVID-19 vaccine they developed on March 17th.
Vaccine is not a distant solution for a current emergency, ___4___rather the most powerful weapon to defeat COVID-19. China made the decision toaccelerate the pace ____5____ (base) on rational judge ment and organization withthe premise of safety assurance. As early on January 21st, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) announced the ____6____ (establish) of an expert groupof joint epidemic
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prevention and control against COVID-19. The expert group wasled by Zhong Nanshan, academician at China Academy of Engineering, and consisted of 14 experts. On 22nd, the first eight emergency programs of Scientific Response to COVID-19 were initiated ____7____ (swift). Since the start of the program, Chen Wei's team ___8_____ (conduct) research onrecombinant COVID-19 vaccine (adenovirus vector vaccine) based on the successful experience in Ebola vaccine development with great speed. On March 17th, the team's recombinant
COVID-19
vaccine
was
approved
for
clinical
trial,____9____ took place one month in advance than expected. By April 2nd, all 108 subjects of phase I clinical trial in Wuhan had been inoculated. On 9th, phaseII clinical trial, which has a ____10____ (large) scale and introduces placebocontrol groups, started recruitment for volunteers.
重点词汇：
1.clinical trial临床试验
2.respectively [r??spekt?vli] adv. 各自地，独自地 3. preclinical research 临床前研究 4.animal test动物试验 5. toxicology test 毒性试验
6.safety and efficacy research有效性和安全性研究 7.immune system免疫系统
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Urban bicycle lane expansion in Germany
Local authorities in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin trialled a temporary widening of two cycle lanes on 27 March, arguing it would help cyclists keep the ___1___(require) 1.5-metre distance apart ____2____ car traffic was down owing to Germany’s coronavirus restrictions.
On Friday, the council declared the pilot scheme a success because it ____3____ (improve) cycling safety while not hindering traffic. An expansion of the scheme on further roads in Kreuzberg, as well as in the Sch?neberg and Tempelhof districts, is planned for the coming weeks.
The council said it had used ___4____ (remove) tape and mobile signs to mark out the expanded lanes, which can be removed when the curren trestrictions on movement are lifted.
Residents in 133 other German cities have formally submitted applications for similar pop-up bike lanes to their local authorities ____5____the back of a campaign by Environmental Action Germany (DUH), an environmentalNGO.The campaign group cites new research
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高中英语 2020年高考热点“新冠”疫情 —— 语法填空练习(四)
