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Progress Test Higher Levels 13:
The Covid-19 Pandemic
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1.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
There's no _____ in pretending to yourself that you are safe from the coronavirus. No one is. Take the necessary precautions. It's a pandemic.
a) point
b) motive
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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2.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
The authorities are looking to _____ the infection rate and keep it as low as possible for as long as possible.
a) ease off
b) slow
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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3.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
A slower infection rate would not only allow the authorities to better trace infections and control their _____, but would also make sure the health-care system was not overwhelmed.
a) spread
b) growth
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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4.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
The government must have stringent _____ in place, including social distancing and mandatory quarantines, to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
a) issues
b) measures
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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5.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
With the return of students from overseas, patients in their twenties now form the largest group of people infected with Covid-19, _____ those above the age of 60.
a) overwhelming
b) catching up with
c) overtaking
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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6.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
Self-isolation and physical distancing may not prevent one from becoming infected or infecting others, but the alternative does not _____ thinking about.
a) put up with
b) bear
c) deserve
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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7.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
When I asked my friend to maintain a distance of two meters between himself and me, he _____. I tried to explain the purpose of social distancing during the pandemic, but he thought it did not apply to friends.
a) was upset
b) took offense
c) became angry
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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8.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
If you have just returned from a trip abroad, you must self-isolate for fourteen days. Those who do not _____ the new restrictions could face fines of up to five thousand dollars for a first offense.
a) agree with
b) accomodate
c) comply with
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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9.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
Just a couple of months ago, had you asked me what an epidemiologist does, I would have had no idea. Now I really _____ what someone in that profession does, and realize it's crucial to our future.
a) understand
b) get
c)
Both of the above
d)
None of the above
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10.
Choose the correct response. In some cases there is more than one, or none at all:
To end on a more optimistic note, I do, at times, _____ a future where, after so much social distancing, people turn outward, to friends, to neighbors, even to total strangers, inspired by a new communal spirit that has been lacking for so long.
a) plan
b) envisage
c) heed
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
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