2020年高中英语时文新闻拓展阅读理解五篇.docxVIP

2020年高中英语时文新闻拓展阅读理解 Passage 1 美国正积极研发新冠疫苗 The Un ited States is neck-and-neck with Chi na in the race to develop an effective coro navirus（新冠病 毒）vaccine, Johns Hopkins University health policy and management professor Dr. Marty Makary told Special Report Wedn esday. There are 70 vacc ines in differe nt stages of developme nt, said Makary, a Fox News contributor. There are seven that are being given in patients right now. We re sort of n eck-a nd-n eck with Chi na -- weve got three, theyve got three. Makary added that the Chinese vaccines are actually in further stages of development. Their drugs are in phase two or three, and its a real race ...The country that gets there first will have a sig nifica nt adva ntage becausethey will control the supply for the rest of the world and the risk is if we arent there first, we could get locked out. The professor con cluded that the search for a vacci ne was moving alon g, but added that it will probably take a year before such a treatme nt becomes widely available. Earlier Wedn esday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the gover nmen ts top in fectious-disease expert and a member of Preside nt Trumps coro navirus task force, touted the drug remdesivi瑞 德西韦）for its clear-cut sig ni fica nt positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery, as reflected in new data. Makary said that while the National Institutes of Health study shows only a 31 percent reduction rate in recovery time, it could prove to be significant. One thing to remember, Makary cautioned about remdesivir, its not a silver bullet. It reduces the severity and probably in creases recovery but also, this is an IV（静脉注射）medicati on, its not something you can go to the pharmacy tonight and pick up. In the U.S., remdesivir is still awaiting regulatory approval as a coronavirus treatment, but Makary said it is likely to receive emergency authorizati on from the Food and Drug Admi nistrati on as early as this eve ning ”. What does the underlined word heck-and-neck mean ? A work toge