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  3. 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

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

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问题 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?
(1)reality, of course, it was naive to(2)that everyone would let(3)of  such a potent potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have(4)vials.(5)the last "official" stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia,(6)no obvious gain.
Now American researchers have(7)an animal model of the human disease, opening the(8)for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again there’s a good reason to(9)the virus — just in(10)the disease puts in a reappearance.
How do we(11)with the mistrust of the US and Russia?(12). Keep the virus(13)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(14)the idea is wrong. If the virus(15)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
选项 A、looked for
B、sought
C、found
D、talked about
答案C
解析 借助选项的特点判断A和C有关系：前者是“寻找”，后者是“找到”。借助该句子主干结构大意：“现在美国研究者已经……，开启了……”，这样判断C合适。
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