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/)
The (36) _______ of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.
The (36) _______ of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: A
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
Question 36: Đáp án A (theo đáp án chính thức của đề, trang 4; giải thích nguồn trang 8).
Giải thích nguồn: the number of sth: số lượng cái gì.
Giải thích chi tiết: 'Deaths' là danh từ đếm được số nhiều, nên dùng 'the number of deaths' (số lượng người chết). 'Amount' chỉ dùng cho danh từ không đếm được; 'deal' phải là 'a great deal of'; 'plenty' là 'plenty of' và không đứng sau 'the' theo cấu trúc này.
Tạm dịch: Số người chết được ước tính ít nhất là 50 triệu trên toàn thế giới, với khoảng 675.000 người xảy ra ở Hoa Kỳ.
Giải thích nguồn: the number of sth: số lượng cái gì.
Giải thích chi tiết: 'Deaths' là danh từ đếm được số nhiều, nên dùng 'the number of deaths' (số lượng người chết). 'Amount' chỉ dùng cho danh từ không đếm được; 'deal' phải là 'a great deal of'; 'plenty' là 'plenty of' và không đứng sau 'the' theo cấu trúc này.
Tạm dịch: Số người chết được ước tính ít nhất là 50 triệu trên toàn thế giới, với khoảng 675.000 người xảy ra ở Hoa Kỳ.