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高考词汇语法完型综合练习第（1）期(含答案) I.Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. WHO: XBB.1.5 Threatens to Increase COVID-19 Infections Globally a associated B.comprehensive C.detected D.characteristics E.toll F.estimates G.responding H.drive I.surge J.extent K.real-world The highly transmissible omicron subvariant(亚变异)? \t /news/national-news/articles/2023-01-11/_blank XBB.1.5?is threatening to __1__ a global increase in coronavirus cases, the World Health Organization said in a new rapid risk assessment of the strain. “Based on its genetic __2__and early growth rate estimates, XBB.1.5 may contribute to increases in case incidence globally,” the organization said in its? \t /news/national-news/articles/2023-01-11/_blank assessment. But it noted that growth advantage __3__ are only from the U.S., so it rated its confidence in the assessment as “low.” WHO noted that there is no data available on XBB.1.5’s severity, but it said that it “does not carry any mutation known to be __4__ with potential change in severity.” Similarly, there is no __5__ data on how COVID-19 vaccines hold up against the strain, which is shown to be just as immune evasive as XBB.1, the omicron subvariant with the “highest immune escape to date,” WHO stated. XBB.1.5’s spread in the U.S. is paired with increasing COVID-19 cases. The strain was responsible for nearly? \t /news/national-news/articles/2023-01-11/_blank 28% of coronavirus cases?last week. That’s up from 18% of cases the week before. It’s the only omicron subvariant showing growth in the U.S. “It is the most transmissible subvariant that has been __6__ yet,” WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove said about XBB.1.5 at a press briefing last week. Notably, global COVID-19 cases and deaths decreased last week, according to WHO’s weekly COVID-19 report. But WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesda