Compléter fill in the gaps exercise Version en ligne The idea of this exercise is using a newspaper article and fill in the gaps with the most suitable words. It is honestly a bit challenging. The article is named: Most States That Are Reopening Fail to Meet White House Guidelines By Keith Collins and Lauren https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/07/us/coronavirus-states-reopen-criteria.html par Jireth Rocio Garay Cuellar 1 nonbinding rates governors decrease ultimately experts threshold lower experts states average reopening share recommendations reopen increase concerns prior metrics upward results criteria criticism restrictions adhere tests The White House's guidelines are and leave states' fates to . The suggest that states should have a " downward trajectory " of either documented coronavirus cases or of the percentage of positive . Public health expressed because " downward trajectory " was not defined and the do not specify a for case numbers or positive . Still , most states that are reopening fail to to even those : In more than half of states easing , case counts are trending , positive test are rising , or both , raising among public health . The White House said states should have a " downward trajectory " of cases over a 14 - day period before reopening . But most of the states have actually had an of daily cases in the past two weeks . If a state has not had a in cases , the White House said it could still if its share of positive coronavirus tests was than it was 14 days before . These have a higher average of positive test results than two weeks .