高考英语题源外刊阅读之选词填空（含答案）

外刊阅读之选词填空PassagesixteenBillGatesoncereleasedaswarmofmosquitoesonacrowdtomakeapointaboutmalariaA.compellingB.devastatingC.afflictedD.infectiousE.progressF.impactG.spreadH.effectiveI.declinedJ.causeK.miracleMicrosoftco-founderBillGatesreleasedaswarmofmosquitoesonanunsuspectingaudienceataTEDconferencein

2009.“TheresnoreasononlypoorpeopleshouldhavetheexperienceJthebillionairesaidbeforeaddingthatthemosquitoeswerenot

31.Gateswasmakingthe32pointthatevenifanissuelikemalariadoesntdirectlyaffectyouyoushouldstillcare.Atthattimehenotedmoremoneyhadbeeninvestedintoresearchinghairlossdrugsbecausewhenitcomestobaldness“richmenare33Malariameanwhileispresentmostlyinpoortropicalareasoftheworldwhereitcanbe

34.WiththismemorabledemonstrationGateswonoverhislistenersbyusinganumberof35presentationtacticsincludingavisualaidadirectinteractionwiththeaudienceandevenhumor.Baldnessisaterriblething」hejoked.AyearlaterhegaveanotherpresentationatTEDonthefutureoftheworldsenergyandherecalledhowwellthe2009audiencehadresponded.Heevenreplicatedtheexperimentthistimewithfirefliestoserveasanexampleofa“gimmickysolution”totheenergycrisis.Theaudiencelaughedandlatergavehimastandingovation.HesnoSteveJobsbutespeciallymorerecentlyinhiscareerGateshaswonareputationasagreatpresenter.Since2009theBillMelindaGatesFoundationhasmadereal36initsfightagainstmalaria.Gateswroteablogpostin2016highlightingthe37oftheirphilanthropicefforts.CitingareportfromTheNewEnglandJournalofMedicinehesaid“Themalariadeathrateinsub-SaharanAfricahas38byastunning57percentsince

2000.”“Withalmost500000childrenstilldyingofmalariaeveryyearweobviouslyhavealongwaytogo.Butcuttingthedeathratebymorethanhalfisan

39.Itsoneofthegreatestsuccessstoriesinthehistoryofglobalhealth」hewrote.TheGatesnewmissionisfightingtheneurodegenerativediseaseAlzheimers.EarlierthismonthGatesannouncedthathewillinvest$100millioninresearchingits40anddevelopinganeffectivetreatment.377https://www.cnbc.com/bill-gates-released-swarming-mosquitoes-to-make-a-point-about-malaria.htmlDACBHEFIKJ【参考答案】【原文翻译】BillGatesoncereleasedaswarmofmosquitoesonacrowdtomakeapointaboutmalariaMicrosoftco-founderBillGatesreleasedaswarmofmosquitoesonanunsuspectingaudienceataTEDconferencein

2009.微软联合创始人比尔・盖茨在2009年的TED大会上向一群毫无怀疑的观众释放了一大批蚊子“Theresnoreasononlypoorpeopleshouldhavetheexperiencedthebillionairesaidbeforeaddingthatthemosquitoeswerenotinfectious.这位亿万富翁说“没有理由只让穷人有体验“他补充说，蚊子没有传染性Gateswasmakingthecompellingpointthatevenifanissuelikemalariadoesntdirectlyaffectyouyoushouldstillcare.Atthattimehenotedmoremoneyhadbeeninvestedintoresearchinghairlossdrugsbecausewhenitcomestobaldnessrichmenareafflicted.盖茨提出了一个令人信服的观点即使像疟疾这样的问题没有直接影响到您，您仍然应该关心他指出，当时\人们投入了更多的资金来研究脱发药物，因为在秃顶方面，“富人遭受了折磨”Malariameanwhileispresentmostlyinpoortropicalareasoftheworldwhereitcanbedevastating.同时、疟疾主要存在于世界上贫穷的热带地区，这可能是毁灭性的WiththismemorabledemonstrationGateswonoverhislistenersbyusinganumberofeffectivepresentationtacticsincludingavisualaidadirectinteractionwiththeaudienceandevenhumor.Baldnessisaterriblething“hejoked.通过这次令人难忘的演示，盖茨通过使用多种有效的演讲策略赢得了听众的好评，包括视觉辅助，与观众的直接互动甚至幽默“秃头是一件可怕的事情，”他开玩笑说AyearlaterhegaveanotherpresentationatTEDonthefutureoftheworldsenergyandherecalledhowwellthe2009audiencehadresponded.Heevenreplicatedtheexperimentthistimewithfirefliestoserveasanexampleofa“gimmickysolution^totheenergycrisis.Theaudiencelaughedandlatergavehimastandingovation.一年后，他在TED上做了另一个关于世界能源未来的演讲，他回忆了2009年听众的反应如何他甚至重复了实验，这次用萤火虫做为能源危机”花哨的解决方案的例子观众笑了起来，后来对他起立鼓掌HesnoSteveJobsbutespeciallymorerecentlyinhiscareerGateshaswonareputationasagreatpresenter.他不是史蒂夫・乔布斯，但尤其是在最近的职业生涯中，盖茨赢得了出色的主持人的声誉Since2009theBillMelindaGatesFoundationhasmaderealprogressinitsfightagainstmalaria.Gateswroteablogpostin2016highlightingtheimpactoftheirphilanthropicefforts.CitingareportfromTheNewEnglandJournalofMedicinehesaid“Themalariadeathrateinsub-SaharanAfricahasdeclinedbyastunning57percentsince

2000.”自2009年以来，比尔和梅琳达・盖茨基金会在抗击疟疾方面取得了真正的进展盖茨在2016年发表了一篇博客文章，重点介绍了慈善事业的影响他引用《新英格兰医学杂志》的报告说“自2000年以来，撒哈拉以南非洲的疟疾死亡率已下降了惊人的57%”“Withalmost500000childrenstilldyingofmalariaeveryyearweobviouslyhavealongwaytogo.Butcuttingthedeathratebymorethanhalfisamiracle.Itsoneofthegreatestsuccessstoriesinthehistoryofglobalhealth/9hewrote.“每年仍有近50万儿童死于疟疾，显然，我们还有很长的路要走但是将死亡率降低一半以上是一个奇迹这是全球卫生史上最伟大的成功案例之一「‘他写道TheGatesnewmissionisfightingtheneurodegenerativediseaseAlzheimers.EarlierthismonthGatesannouncedthathewillinvest$100millioninresearchingitscauseanddevelopinganeffectivetreatment.盖茨的新使命是与神经退行性疾病阿尔茨海默氏症作斗争本月初，盖茨宣布他将投资1亿美元用于研究其病因并开发有效的治疗方法。