1. (2022高一上·泊头月考) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

WHO chief optimistic disease will be beaten in 2022

世卫：人类将在2022年战胜新冠疫情

The head of the World Health Organization has said he is optimistic the coronavirus pandemic will (defeat) in 2022, provided countries work together (contain) its spread.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu (warn) against "narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding"(狭隘的民族主义和疫苗囤积) in a new year's statement.

Global COVID-19 cases now stand at 287 million, while nearly 5.5 million (die).

Coronavirus remains part of (day) life: a disease has shut borders, split families and in some places made it unthinkable to leave the house without (carry) a mask.

Despite all this Tedros sounded a positive note in his speech, (note) there are now many more tools to treat the disease.

But he warned continuing (equity) in vaccine (distribute) was increasing the risk of the virus evolving.