1) Put these words into the
spaces in the paragraph below.
caught
emergency
suspended
already
season
possible
spread
ahead
emergency
suspended
already
season
possible
spread
ahead
Nations
around the world are preparing for a (1) ____________ major outbreak of a new
deadly virus. The coronavirus, which started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has
(2) ____________ killed 17 people. It has (3) ____________ to the USA, Japan,
Korea and Thailand. More than 540 people have (4) ____________ the virus and
are in hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting to decide
whether the outbreak is a global health (5) ____________. China is urging
people not to panic (6) ____________ of the Chinese New Year next week.
Millions of Chinese will be travelling across the country to spend the holiday
(7) ____________ with their families. Meanwhile, the city of Wuhan has (8)
____________ its public transport systems to help stop the spread of the virus.
2) Put these words into the
spaces in the paragraph below.
contagious
breathing
mutated
further
virologist
cure
illegally
symptoms
breathing
mutated
further
virologist
cure
illegally
symptoms
The new
coronavirus is suspected to have come from (9) ____________ traded animals in a
Wuhan market. The virus (10) ____________ and spread from an animal to a human.
There are fears it could mutate and spread (11) ____________. Scientists say
the virus is (12) ____________ and can be passed from person to person through
the air. Dr Linfa Wang, a (13) ____________ at the Duke-National University of
Singapore, said the new coronavirus is in the same family as SARS, but it's
different from SARS. He said people needed to look for pneumonia-like (14)
____________, such as fever, cough and difficulty (15) ____________. Fu Ning, a
36-year-old woman from Beijing, said: "I feel fearful because there's no
(16) ____________ for the virus."
3)
Answer these questions according to the text and to
what we know nowadays:
a)
Where did the
coronavirus start?
b)
What did the
World Health Organization declare?
c)
What are the
countries with the biggest number of dead people?
d)
What are the
symptoms of this virus?
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