Finally, some good news about airplane travel. If you are on a plane with a sick passenger, you are unlikely to get sick. That is the 【A1】________ of a new study that looked at how respiratory (呼吸道) viruses 【A2】________ on airplanes. Researchers found that only people who were seated in the same row as a passenger with the flu, for example – or one row in front of or behind that individual – had a high risk of catching the illness. All other passengers had only a very 【A3】________ chance of getting sick, according to the findings. Media reports have not necessarily presented 【A4】________ information about the risk of getting infected on an airplane in the past. Therefore, these new findings should help airplane passengers to feel less 【A5】________ to catching respiratory infections while traveling by air.
Prior to the new study, little was known about the risks of getting 【A6】________ infected by common respiratory viruses, such as the flu or common cold, on an airplane, the researchers said. So, to 【A7】________ the risks of infection, the study team flew on 10 different 【A8】________ in the U.S. during the flu season. The researchers found that passengers sitting within two seats on 【A9】________ side of a person infected with the flu, as well as those sitting one row in front of or behind this individual, had about an 80 percent chance of getting sick. But other passengers were 【A10】________ safe from infection. They had a less than 3 percent chance of catching the flu.
A) accurate
B) conclusion
C) directly
D) either
E) evaluate
F) explorations
G) flights
H) largely
I) nearby
J) respond
K) slim
L) spread
M) summit
N) vividly
O) vulnerable
【A1】
本题考查的是名词。释义为这是一项探索呼吸道病毒如何在飞机上传播的新研究得出的结论。根据空格前的isthe和空格后的of判定,空格处缺单数名词。conclusion意为“结论”,与题意相符,故选B。
【A2】
本题考查的是动词。释义为这是一项探索呼吸道病毒如何在飞机上传播的新研究得出的结论。根据空格前的respiratoryviruses和空格后的onairplanes判定,空格处缺动词的一般现在时。spread意为“传播”,与题意相符,故选L。
【A3】
本题考查的是形容词。释义为调查结果显示,所有其他乘客生病的几率都很小。根据空格前的avery和空格后的chance判定,空格处缺形容词。slim意为“(数量或数字)微小的”,与题意相符,故选K。
【A4】
本题考查的是形容词。释义为过去,媒体报道并不一定能提供在飞机上感染风险的准确信息。根据空格前的presented和空格后的information判定,空格处缺形容词修饰后面的名词。accurate意为“准确的”,与题意相符,故选A。
【A5】
本题考查的是形容词。释义为因此,这些新发现应该有助于乘客在乘坐飞机旅行时不那么容易感染呼吸道病毒。根据空格前的feelless和空格后的to判定,空格处缺形容词。feellessvulnerableto意为“不那么容易”,与题意相符,故选O。
【A6】
本题考查的是副词。释义为研究人员说,在这项新研究之前,人们对于在飞机上直接感染常见的呼吸道病毒,如流感或普通感冒的风险知之甚少。本句是一个完整的句子,不缺主要成分,根据空格前的getting和空格后的infected判定,空格处缺副词。directly意为“直接地”,与题意相符,故选C。
【A7】
本题考查的是动词。释义为因此,为了评估感染的风险,研究小组于流感季节在美国乘坐了10次不同的航班。根据空格前的to和空格后的therisks判定,空格处缺及物动词原形。evaluate意为“评估”,与题意相符,故选E。
【A8】
本题考查的是名词。释义为因此,为了评估感染的风险,研究小组于流感季节在美国乘坐了10次不同的航班。根据空格前的10 different判定,空格处缺名词。flights意为“航班”,与题意相符,故选G。
【A9】
本题考查的是形容词。释义为研究人员发现,坐在紧挨着患者两侧座位的乘客,以及坐在患者前面或后面一排的乘客,患病的几率约为80%。根据空格前的on和空格后的side判定,空格处缺形容词。eitherside意为“两边”,与题意相符,故选D。
【A10】
本题考查的是副词。释义为但其他乘客基本上不会被感染。他们感染流感的几率不到3%。本句是一个完整的句子,不缺主要成分,根据空格前的were和空格后的safe判定,空格处缺副词。largely意为“主要地”,与题意相符,故选H。