Multiple choice- reading and comprehension - Coronavirus

The Coronavirus

• first appeared in China.

• was created in Wuhan.

• produces the flu.

Covid-19 is

• not as dangerous as the flu

• caused by sneezing and coughing.

• very similar to the flu.

The Coronavirus can be very dangerous

• for people who are already weak and sick.

• for healthy people.

• for 80% of infected individuals.

The Coronavirus

• spreads slowly.

• is very contagious.

• is caused by Covid-19.

President Trump was

• very worried about the Coronavirus.

• more optimistic than prime minister Morrison.

• more pessimistic than prime minister Morrison.

Many countries are taking measures

• to stop the virus.

• to build more hospitals.

• to slow down the spread of the virus.

The UK government is inviting people to

• hoard medicines and surgical masks.

• act rationally.

• listen to the World Health Organization.

The fear of the Coronavirus is having a negative impact on

• international relations.

• the World Health Organization.

• China alone.

The Coronavirus epidemic is dangerous also because

• it’s making many people fearful, irrational and racist.

• it has produced a new financial crisis.

• many people are cancelling their trips to China.

Problems such as pollution and climate change

• produce fewer casualties than the Coronavirus.

• are far less important than the Coronavirus epidemic.

• are more dangerous than the Coronavirus.