单选题
One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live
It''s now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980, when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have it—one in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet, what point was there in keeping these reserves?
【51】 reality, of course, it was naive to 【52】 that everyone would let 【53】 of such a potent potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have 【54】 vials. 【55】 the last" official" stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia, 【56】 no obvious gain.
Now American researchers have 【57】 an animal model of the human disease, opening the 【58】 for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again there''s a good reason to 【59】 the virus—just in 【60】 the disease puts in a reappearance.
How do we 【61】 with the mistrust of the US and Russia? 【62】 . Keep the virus 【63】 international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory that''s open to all countries. The US will object, of course, just as it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesn''t 【64】 the idea is wrong. If the virus 【65】 useful, then let''s make it the servant of all humanity——not just a part of it.
smallpox n. 天花
vial n. 小瓶
auspices n.赞助;支持
cap vt. 结束;覆盖
potent adj. 有效力的;强有力的
mistrust n. 不信任,怀疑
【答案解析】分析:借助被选项的特点:method的习惯搭配介词是of,因此排除A;B和C都是具体指代“街道”,而way可以抽象和具体的指代“道路”,判断D合适。Open the way v.为…创造条件;Clear the way v.扫清道路,让路;On the way to在…途中;Find one's way out找到某人出去的路;寻找解决方法。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】分析:该句的结构与标题的结构一致,因此借助标题内容直接判断A(保留/保存)是答案。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】分析:借助搭配结构“in…判断A,B和D是答案”,再根据空格后是一个句子的特点判断B(in case conj.万一)是答案。