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【題目】 In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don’t need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas Chinese students said that they would be “stared at like a virus spreader” if they go out with a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some European and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel “worried”, “shy”, and “afraid of being looked at differently.”

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

However, in Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask-wearing. In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague (肺鼠疫) in 1910, the mask became a symbol of China’s position as a modern, scientific nation, according to Scottish medical anthropologist (人類學(xué)家) Christos Lynteris. The 2003 SARS epidemic led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral (抗病毒的) protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia.

In Japan, wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure (使安心) others when one catches a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories (配飾), with different colors and patterns to match their clothes. Wearing masks is also a way to “hide” for young women when they don’t have their makeup (化妝) on.

In more collectivist (集體主義的) cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity (團(tuán)結(jié)) during the outbreak, according to Lynteris. People wear masks “to show that they want to stick together” in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote.

【1】Why don’t healthy people in the West wear masks?

A.They don’t think masks can prevent disease.

B.Only medical workers need to wear masks.

C.They think masks are for sick people to wear.

D.Wearing a mask looks funny.

【2】What does the underlined word “hoarding” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.wearingB.makingC.throwingD.keeping

【3】Masks have been widely used in China since _____.

A.the outbreak of SARS in 2003

B.the pneumonic plague in 1910

C.Christos Lynteris wore one publicly

D.the invention of the modern medical mask

【4】The main idea of the passage is_________.

A.proving the importance of wearing masks during an epidemic

B.showing opinions about masks between different countries

C.explaining why Westerners don’t wear masks

D.introducing the history of wearing masks

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文是說明文。介紹了西方國家和亞洲國家對口罩的不同看法和做法。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段開頭In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don’t need to wear them.可知在西方，人們被教導(dǎo)只有在生病時(shí)才戴口罩�？谡直灰暈橐环N保護(hù)病人和防止疾病傳播的工具，所以健康的人不需要戴口罩。健康人認(rèn)為口罩是給病人戴的，故選C。

【2】

猜測詞義題。根據(jù)上下句the need for masks is very high now.和as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public.可知由于疫情，現(xiàn)在口罩的需求量很大，尤其是醫(yī)院的需求更大。根據(jù)The US surgeon general (衛(wèi)生局局長) has been asking people to avoid hoarding too many masks,中has been asking, avoid和 too many masks等詞語可推測美國衛(wèi)生局局長是要求民眾避免囤積口罩，畫線詞語hoarding和keeping同義，故選D。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段The 2003 SARS epidemic led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral (抗病毒的) protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia.可知2003年的非典導(dǎo)致口罩在中國和東亞其它地區(qū)成為了一種廣泛使用的抗病毒保護(hù)，即從此口罩在中國廣泛使用。故選A。

【4】

主旨大意題。第一段介紹在西方國家，人們只有在生病時(shí)才戴口罩，他們認(rèn)為健康的人不需要戴口罩。第二段介紹由于新冠病毒，西方人對口罩的觀點(diǎn)開始改變，人們開始戴口罩防御病毒。后面幾段介紹了在亞洲，尤其是中國和日本不同的情況，人們對戴口罩不同的看法和做法。所以本文是在展示不同國家對口罩的看法，故選B。