Cloze passage (Questions 34-38) – 1918 Influenza Pandemic (partial, continuation only)
originated, it (35) _______ worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918.
It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus. The (36) _______ of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40-year age group, was a unique (37) _______ of this pandemic.
While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been synthesized and evaluated, the properties that made it so devastating are not well understood. With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, (38) _______ were applied unevenly.
(Source: https://www.cdc.gov/)
It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus. The (36) _______ of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40-year age group, was a unique (37) _______ of this pandemic.
While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been synthesized and evaluated, the properties that made it so devastating are not well understood. With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, (38) _______ were applied unevenly.
(Source: https://www.cdc.gov/)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Question 38: ...control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, (38) _______ were applied unevenly.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Question 38: ...control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, (38) _______ were applied unevenly.
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: C
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
(Nguồn: KEY CHI TIẾT, trang 8) Question 38: Đáp án C. Giải thích: Sau chỗ trống là động từ ở thể bị động nên cần điền đại từ quan hệ đứng làm chủ ngữ, “that” không đứng sau dấu phẩy nên phương án C phù hợp nhất. (Bổ sung AI: Đây là mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định (có dấu phẩy phía trước), thay thế cho cụm danh từ chỉ các biện pháp can thiệp (interventions) và làm chủ ngữ của 'were applied'. Trong mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định không thể dùng 'that', và 'when'/'where' chỉ dùng cho thời gian/địa điểm. Đáp án bảng đáp án: 38.C.)