Half a century after the March of Dimes (a US charity organization that collects money for children) put the 20th century’s most feared childhood disease on the road to eradication (根除), Bill Gates declared polio (小儿麻痹症) his important job and challenged world leaders to finish the job.

India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan now have active transmission (传播) of the disease. Gates says the biggest problem with the success of the Global Polio Eradication program in those countries and elsewhere is lack of money.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to increase its $200 million annual contribution (每年的捐款) by $102 million this year, Gates says. Gates recently met privately with Pakistan’s President in Washington, D.C., to try to persuade him to provide full support for Pakistan’s eradication plan.

Children in the USA also are at risk, experts say. Parents who don’t vaccinate (给某人接种疫苗) their children because they are fearful of vaccine side-effects create a large number of children who are likely to be harmed by the virus.

“If you increase the number of unvaccinated children, you increase the chance that this virus will find new subjects,” says David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prized-winning author of Polio: An American Story.

“We’ve got to get this vaccine into the mouths of children,” says Bruce Aylward, head of the World Health Organization’s eradication program.

In 1988, when the World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication program, the disease killed 350,000 children a year worldwide. By last year, the total dropped to fewer than 1,500 worldwide, Aylward says.

If Gates provides the final push for polio eradication, he may be remembered as much for helping prevent polio as for founding Microsoft, Oshinsky says.

“As long as there’s polio anywhere, people everywhere are at risk,” Aylawrd says. “We’re still not out of the woods.”

1.According to the text, the success of the Global Polio Eradication program mainly depends on          .

2.What do we know about polio according to the text?

3.According to Oshinsky,           .

4.According to the passage, which of the following about Bill Gates is TRUE?

5.The underlined part “We’re still not out of the woods” means “       ”.

第一部分：英汉互译，请将答案写在答题卡上。（每个1.5分，满分30分）

1. see sb off         2. owe sth to sb         3. think highly of   

4. in one’s opinion    5. stay in touch with     6. take measures to do sth  

7.happen to do sth    8. come to terms with    9. be made up of     

10. take possession of

11. 另一方面            12. 充分利用          13. 因某事向某人道歉

14. 把某人介绍给某人    15. 在某人的帮助下    16. 给某人做某事的机会   

17. 在某人回家的路上    18. 即将来临          19. 换句话说    

20. 同甘共苦      

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或中文，写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】Their _________ (举止) towards me shows that they do not like me.
【小题2】There are no trees or bushes to give s_____ in this area, so it is very hot here.
【小题3】As a teacher, he is r________  for his good teaching.
【小题4】She’s s________ to bring up a family alone.
【小题5】Our products are ________ (出口) to Southeast Asia to gain more benefits.
【小题6】In ten years the city’s population e_______ by 12%, which has made the city more crowded.
【小题7】A ________ (表演者) should care for his / her audience.
【小题8】The book describes the way of life of the ________ (普通的) people.
【小题9】As the saying goes, f_____ is the mother of success.
【小题10】The d________ problem has been making him hard to sleep every night.

Half a century after the March of Dimes (a US charity organization that collects money for children) put the 20th century’s most feared childhood disease on the road to eradication (根除), Bill Gates declared polio (小儿麻痹症) his important job and challenged world leaders to finish the job.
India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan now have active transmission (传播) of the disease. Gates says the biggest problem with the success of the Global Polio Eradication program in those countries and elsewhere is lack of money.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to increase its $200 million annual contribution (每年的捐款) by $102 million this year, Gates says. Gates recently met privately with Pakistan’s President in Washington, D.C., to try to persuade him to provide full support for Pakistan’s eradication plan.
Children in the USA also are at risk, experts say. Parents who don’t vaccinate (给某人接种疫苗) their children because they are fearful of vaccine side-effects create a large number of children who are likely to be harmed by the virus.
“If you increase the number of unvaccinated children, you increase the chance that this virus will find new subjects,” says David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prized-winning author of Polio: An American Story.
“We’ve got to get this vaccine into the mouths of children,” says Bruce Aylward, head of the World Health Organization’s eradication program.
In 1988, when the World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication program, the disease killed 350,000 children a year worldwide. By last year, the total dropped to fewer than 1,500 worldwide, Aylward says.
If Gates provides the final push for polio eradication, he may be remembered as much for helping prevent polio as for founding Microsoft, Oshinsky says.
“As long as there’s polio anywhere, people everywhere are at risk,” Aylawrd says. “We’re still not out of the woods.”
【小题1】According to the text, the success of the Global Polio Eradication program mainly depends on          .