that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5 pt)
Can Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus?
A new coronavirus outbreak, which (21)
in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has spread throughout
Asia and globally, has prompted people around the world to buy medical face masks in hopes of (22).
infection. Local (23)
out (24)
officials in Wuhan have required that people wear face masks when they go
public places to prevent the spread of infection. Health experts say that such a move is
probably (25)
in the city, where a person is more likely to come in contact with someone who is
infected than in other parts of the world. But in the U.S., (26)
just six cases of the coronavirus have
so far been detected, wearing face masks will not be that effective, experts say.
23. A. got
C. departed
D. made
D. recovering
D. government
24. A. protecting
25. A. to govern
26. A. in
D. for
D. effectively
27. A. effect
D. area
28. A. where
B. originated
B. protesting
B. governing
B. to
B. effecting
B. which
C. preventing
C. governed
C. from
C. effective
C. place
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