2020高考英语外刊精读美国成为新冠肺炎震中语法填空精选试题及答案(2页)

2020高考英语外刊精读美国成为新冠肺炎震中语法填空精选试题考纲词汇短语精练：
1.___________________领先世界
2.__________ UK /wɔːn/ US /wɔːrn/vt.警告（to tell sb. that sth. bad or dangerous may happen, sothat they can avoid it or prevent it）
3.__________ UK /mɪkst/ US /mɪkst/adj.混杂的，掺杂的
4.__________ UK /skeɪl/ US /skeɪl/n.程度，范围
No one foresaw the __________ of the disaster.
没人预见这场灾难的影响范围。

5.__________ UK /ɪnˈʃɔː/ US /ɪnˈʃʊr/vt.（本文指）必定发生某事；确保（to make certain that sthwill happen properly）
6.__________ UK /kəʊˈhɪərənt/ US /koʊˈhɪrənt/adj.连贯的，前后一致的
They were never a __________ group.
他们从来都不是一个协调的团队。

7.__________ UK /ɡreɪv/ US /ɡreɪv/adj.严重的，重大的（serious）
____________________处于极大的危险中
express __________ concern over sth.对某事表达重大关切
8.__________一系列…… __________n.一系列（单复数形式一致）
9.__________UK/mɪsˈstep/US/mɪsˈstep/n.（强调因失误而犯的）错误，失策（amistake,especially one that is caused by not understanding a situation correctly）
A __________ here could cost millions of dollars.
这里的一个失策可能会造成数百万美元的损失。

10.__________ UK /dɒɡ/ US /dɑːɡ/vt.长期困扰（if a problem or bad luck dogsyou, it causestrouble for a long time）；跟踪，跟随
He ____________________ by injury all season.
他整个赛季备受伤病困扰。

11.____________________没能做成某事__________n.失败
12.____________________认真对待某事
13.____________________两眼一抹黑
14.__________ UK /ɪkˈstent/ US /ɪkˈstent/n.范围，程度（__________;
__________）
15.____________________防护服（protectivesuit,hazmatsuit）
__________UK/ɡɪə/US/ɡɪr/n.衣服，设备（the equipment or clothing needed for a particular activity）__________adj.危险的__________n.材料
16.__________ UK /ˈventɪleɪtə/ US /ˈventəleɪtər/n.呼吸机；通风机
____________________ =____________________
给某人上呼吸机
17.__________让某人活着
18.__________ UK /ˌʌnsəˈpɑːst/ US /ˌʌnsərˈpæst/ adj.未被超越的，无人能及的__________vt.超越（to be even better or greater than sb./sth. else）
19.__________ UK /ɪnˈʃɔːrə/ US /ɪnˈʃʊrər/n.保险公司
20. __________ UK /aʊt'mætʃ/ US /aʊt'mætʃ/vt.超过，胜过
21. __________ US /ˈepəsentə/ UK /ˈepɪsentər/
n.焦点，重点地区（the place where the most important things happen and important decisions aremade）；（地震的）震中
答案：
1.lead the world
2.warn
3.mixed
4.scale ; scale
5.ensure
6.coherent ; coherent
7.grave; in grave danger;grave
8.aseriesof9.misstep;misstep10.dog;hasbeendogged11.afailuretodosth.failure
12.take sth. seriously13.(be) blind to sth.14.extent（scale; degree）
15.protective gear（protective suit, hazmat suit）gear;
hazardous;material16.ventilator; putsb. on a ventilator =sb. is on a
ventilator17.keepsb.alive18.unsurpassed;surpass
19.insurer
20. outmatch21. epicenter
语法填空：
阅读下面短文，在空白处填上一个适当的单词或用所给词的适当形式填空。

The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus CasesScientists warned that the United States someday would become the country hardest hit by thecoronavirus pandemic. That moment arrived ___1___ Thursday.
It is a spreading, cacophonous democracy, ___2___ states set their own policies and PresidentTrump ___3___ mixed messages about the scale of the danger and how to fight it, ___4___ (ensure)there was no coherent, unified response to a grave public health threat.
A series of missteps and lost opport unities dogged the nation’s response.
Amongthem:afailuretotakethepandemic___5___(serious)evenasitengulfedChina ,adeeply flawed effort to provide broad testing for the virus that ___6___(leave) the country blind tothe extent of the crisis, and a dire shortage of masks and
___7___(protect) gear to protect doctorsand nurses on the front lines, as well as ventilators to keep the critically ill alive.
The United States has an unsurpassed medical system ___8___(support) by trillions of dollarsfrom insurers, Medicare and Medicaid. It has been outmatched by the pandemic.
TherewaseventuallyaWhiteHouseCoronavirusTaskForce,___9___ithasbeenledby politicians, not medical experts.
“Wearethenewglobalepicenterofthedisease,”saidDr.SaraKeller,aninfectiousdisea se___10___(special) at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
答案：
1.on
2. where
3. has sent
4. ensuring
5. seriously
6.left
7. protective
8. supported
9. but10. specialist。