The two words "meet" and "meat" are p ________ in the same way.

Jimmy is a Grade 7 student. Today is his t ________ birthday.

The little boy was happy to s ________ his food with the hungry man.

The students are very h________. They clean houses for the old people every weekend.

People used to build houses of stone and wood, but now many other m ________ are used to build houses as well.

The e ________ on her face shows that she is not happy now.

You'd better enter the room q ________ because everyone else is sleeping.

I r ________ the bell many times, but no one opened the door.

Bob is much t ________ now. The jeans he wore last year are too short.

In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are 1. (see) as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so 2. (health)people don't need to wear then. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus (新冠) outbreak, overseas Chinese 3. (student) said that they would be"stared at like a virus spreader" if they go out 4. a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some 5. (Europe) and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel "worried", "shy", and "afraid of being looked at 6. (different)."

But as 7. number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are 8. (change) their attitudes (態(tài)度) . In the US, for example, the need for masks 9. (be) very high now. The US surgeon general (衛(wèi)生局局長) has been asking people 10. (avoid) hoarding (囤積) masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public.