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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.
Scientists do not yet know how (37) ______the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause. But there is growing consensus that the pathogen is readily transmitted between humans. Many scientists have found that the Wuhan coronavirus is spreading more like influenza, which is highly (38) ______than its slow-moving viral cousins, SARS and MERS. "It's very, very transmissible, and it almost certainly is going to be a pandemic," said Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (37) is...
A. unhealthy
B. lethal
C. dead
D. wonderful
Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts Say
Rapidly rising caseloads alarm researchers, who fear the virus may make its way across the globe. (34) ______, scientists cannot yet predict how many deaths may result. The Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic (35) ______circles the globe, according to many of the world's leading infectious disease experts. The prospect is daunting. A pandemic - an ongoing epidemic on two or more continents- may well have global consequences, despite the extraordinary travel restrictions and quarantines now imposed by China and (36) ______countries, including the United States.Scientists do not yet know how (37) ______the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause. But there is growing consensus that the pathogen is readily transmitted between humans. Many scientists have found that the Wuhan coronavirus is spreading more like influenza, which is highly (38) ______than its slow-moving viral cousins, SARS and MERS. "It's very, very transmissible, and it almost certainly is going to be a pandemic," said Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (37) is...
A. unhealthy
B. lethal
C. dead
D. wonderful
Kiến thức từ vựng
A. unhealthy (adj): không lành mạnh
B. lethal (adj): làm chết người, gây chết người
C. dead (adj): chết
D. wonderful (adj): tuyệt vời
Scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause.
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, các nhà khoa học vẫn chưa biết mức độ gây chết người của loại coronavirus mới này, do đó, vẫn chưa chắc chắn về mức độ thiệt hại mà một đại dịch có thể gây ra.
A. unhealthy (adj): không lành mạnh
B. lethal (adj): làm chết người, gây chết người
C. dead (adj): chết
D. wonderful (adj): tuyệt vời
Scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause.
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, các nhà khoa học vẫn chưa biết mức độ gây chết người của loại coronavirus mới này, do đó, vẫn chưa chắc chắn về mức độ thiệt hại mà một đại dịch có thể gây ra.
Đáp án B.