Haji Muhammad Mohsin Government High School (Since 1874)
S r e e r u m p u r , R a j p a r a , R a j s h a h i 6 0 0 0
Class 10
April 16, 2020Class/Activity - 19
1. Fill in the blanks with the verbs given below using their right forms. 1/2x10=5
transmit identify race be confirm
move surround know mean come
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronaviruses ____ (a) a family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). These viruses were originally _____ (b) from animals to people. SARS, for instance, was transmitted from civet cats to humans while MERS _____ (c) to humans from a type of camel. Several ____ (d) coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans. The name coronavirus ____ (e) from the Latin word corona, ____ (f) crown or halo. Under an electron microscope, the virus looks like it ____ (g) by a solar corona. The novel coronavirus, ____ (h) by Chinese authorities on January 7 and since named SARS-CoV-2, is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans. Little is known about it, although human-to human transmission ____ (i) . Scientists around the globe ____ (j) to develop a vaccine but have warned it is not likely one will be available for mass distribution before 2021.
2. Fill in the blanks with the verbs given below using their right forms. 1/2x10=5
inspire continue share believe draw
be sit provide strike announce
“Nowhere have I found anyone in power who dares to tell it like it is,” says Greta Thunberg. Thunberg is now 17 years old, but she _____ (a) global attention when she was just 15. Frustrated by the lack of action on climate change, she _____ (b) in front of the Swedish parliament, every school day for three weeks, _____ (c) her personal protest on social media. In September 2018, she _____ (d) that she would continue _____ (e) every Friday until Swedish policies _____ (f) a plan for keeping the global temperatures within 2°C of pre-industrial levels. In doing so, Thunberg _____ (g) young people all over the world, who continue to strike as part of the Fridays for
Future movement. Explains one supporter, “It is our future at risk and the politicians who will probably not be alive when we _____ (h) adults are the same politicians who aren’t doing anything.” Fridays for Future _____ (i) to have inspired some of the largest climate strikes in world history and _____ (j) to motivate activists of all ages:
“People ask me what I am going to be when I grow up. And I ask them, why do I have to grow up to be somebody?”
Wise saying:
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only wake them think.
- Socrates
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