Downtown Baltimore is home to an unusual experiment that seems strange—cooling buildings with ice. It’s a service provided by Veolia Energy. Veolia doesn’t run big coal or nuclear power plants—instead, it tries to deliver “efficiency”—basically getting more out of the electricity network.
Veolia does this with a concept called “district cooling,” which sends water chilled by ice at a central plant out to several nearby buildings. A nearly 10-mile circuit of cooling pipes connects the downtown buildings, including the convention center, government buildings and hotels, to a brick building with two domes(穹顶)about 30-feet high next to it.
Inside the domes are tanks filled with water. A lot of tubes run through the water tank carrying chilled glycol, a fluid(液体)that freezes at a very low temperature. This process runs at night, and ice forms around the tubes.
“During the day, when we are using the ice to produce cooling for customers, we run water over the outside of the ice and malt it and actually provide cool water out to the distribution system,” says John Gibson, a vice president at Veolia Energy.
Why ice? The ice essentially stores the cheaper energy that’s available at night.
“ It allows you to make ice at night, when electrical demand is lower and costs are lower, and then melt that ice during the day to supplement your mechanical refrigeration,” Gibson says. The customers don’t need to buy their own refrigeration units, so they save about 10 percent on cooling costs by using Veolia’s district setup.
Using nighttime electricity also takes the heat off the electricity network. By using ice, Veolia doesn’t need to use as much electricity during the days.
Gibson also says it’s not cheap to build all of the pipes and pumps for a district cooling system, but it saves money in the long run, especially if existing underground infrastructure (基础设施)can be used.
1. What does the underlined word“chilled” in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Cooled down. | B．Boiled up. | C．Frozen. | D．Purified. |
| A．It is energy-saving and economical. | B．It reduces the burden of refrigeration units. |
| C．Buildings need less cooling. | D．Cheaper water is available. |
| A．Unusual findings. | B．An efficient network. |
| C．A unique cooling system. | D．Velia’s mechanical refrigeration. |
| A．A diary. | B．A magazine. |
| C．A novel. | D．A brochure. |
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【推荐1】A new product from Google may help people solve their sleep problems, but some privacy rights groups are concerned. Google showed off its newest Nest Hub home assistant device(设备)on Tuesday. In addition to recognizing your voice, showing pictures, videos, news and weather, it can also track your sleep.
The basic model costs about $100 and the sleep-tracking technology will be available for free for the rest of 2021. The sleep tracker makes Google’s product different from a similar home assistant from Amazon.
If you put the Nest Hub beside your bed, it can follow your sleep. That is because of a new computer chip called Soli, which can sense motion(运动). Some people may like the new technology because they would not have to wear another device to bed. Some companies make products people can only wear on their wrist to track their sleep.
Google says the new Nest Hub will create reports each week that show how long and how well a person sleeps. It will also show if they snore(打鼾), cough or wake up often. The company said it studies 15,000 people over the course of 110,000 nights to develop the technology.
For people who want to know more about their sleep, the device sounds like a good idea. But, people who pay attention to privacy are worried about what Google might do with the information it is gathering.
Google recently bought FitBit, a company that makes a health tracker people can wear on their wrist. Technology experts think Google may find a way for the Nest Hub to work with the FitBit. Google says the sleep tracker has a lot of privacy protections. For example, it will only work if the user turns it on. The company also said, “it will not use a person’s sleep information to try to sell advertising.”
1. What can be learned about the Nest Hub?| A．It is designed for users to wear on their wrist. |
| B．It cannot offer information about weather condition. |
| C．It is a sleep tracker developed by Amazon. |
| D．It can provide some data about users’ sleep. |
| A．Disturbing sleep. | B．Letting out personal privacy. |
| C．Lacking advanced technology. | D．Worsening personal physical problems. |
| A．The Nest Hub will be improved. | B．Google will give up its technology. |
| C．Sleep information will be made full use of. | D．Privacy protections will be strengthened. |
| A．Tech Companies Care About Privacy |
| B．Google’s Technology Makes Your Sleep Safer |
| C．A Device Has Been Made for Sleep Research |
| D．Google’s New Device May Track Your Sleep |
【推荐2】Two-thirds of the world population lives under conditions where the freshwater demand is more than twice the natural water availability for at least one month per year. According to official statistics, one billion of those live in India and 0.9 billion live in China. Other areas facing this problem for longer periods include Bangladesh (130 million people), the western and southern states of the USA (130 million), Pakistan (120 million), Nigeria (110 million), and Mexico (90 million).
Communities use a range of techniques to overcome this issue. In dry summers, those near the coast can desalinate (淡化) seawater, although the process requires a large amount of energy and expenditure. Some remote inland communities have alternative methods that suit their particular conditions. For example, many high-altitude Chilean communities in the Andes use fog collectors, specialized nets that can gather just a few liters a day.
Elsewhere, there’s another option available. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new device that passively harvests water from the air around the clock. The device is made up of a specially coated glass pane (玻璃板) that reflects solar radiation and also radiates away its own heat. In doing so, it cools down by as much as 15 degrees Celsius below the surrounding temperatures. This difference in temperature between the air and the pane causes water vapor to condense (凝结) on its underside, which can then be easily collected.
Tests so far have been conducted on a university building in Zurich and suggest that the device can produce twice as much water per day as other passive water-collection technologies. Under ideal conditions, researchers harvested 0.53 decilitres of water per square metre of the surface per hour. “That’s close to the theoretical maximum value of 0.6 decilitres per hour, which is physically impossible to exceed,” says Iwan Hachler, a doctoral student who is working on the technology.
The zero-energy input of the set-up could make it suitable for use in developing countries, particularly in remote communities where water shortage is often combined with power shortages. The scientists are hopeful that the device could be used with other water-collection methods, such as desalination, to increase productivity.
1. What does the author want to tell us by mentioning official statistics in Paragraph 1?| A．Fresh water insecurity is a global crisis. |
| B．Water resources are unevenly distributed globally. |
| C．Lack of water seriously restricts many countries’ growth. |
| D．Developed countries are better at handling water shortages. |
| A．By harvesting water from fog. |
| B．By bringing in seawater and purifying it. |
| C．By moving to water-rich areas in summer. |
| D．By cutting down on their water consumption. |
| A．To hold the condensed water. | B．To work as a cooling surface. |
| C．To get rid of harmful solar radiation. | D．To record the changes in temperature. |
| A．It produces satisfying outcomes. | B．It is limited to laboratory environments. |
| C．It has met with theoretical bottlenecks. | D．It needs further confirmation from experts. |
【推荐3】Meat cultivated (培植) from cells—with no need to raise and kill animals—is now a reality. The process of cultivating meat uses the basic elements needed to build muscle and fat and enables the same biological process that happens inside an animal. Cultivated meat is identical to conventional meat at the cellular level. But can it be made cheaply enough to replace animal agriculture?
More than 150 startups are pursuing an ambitious goal: meat that doesn’t require raising and killing animals and that is affordable and tastes and feels like the meat we eat now. They are part of a young industry aiming to use cell biology to reduce the environmental impact of the world’s ever-increasing demand for meat and change global protein production the way electric cars are shaking up the auto industry.
“We are addicted to meat as a species. It’s part of our culture,” said Believer founder Yaakov Nahmias. But “we thought about quantity rather than the environment, rather than sustainability.”
Although there are dozens of companies making this meat, none have yet reached commercial-level production in terms of scale or cost. From cell line development to bio-processor design, there are a number of scientific challenges to meet before cultivated meat is widely available at the market. Government policy is another challenge. Only Singapore and the U. S. allow sales of cultivated meat.
And while many people who have tried it say they like it, others find the idea distasteful. A recent survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that half of U. S. adults would be unlikely to try it. When they were asked why, about half said they didn’t think it would be safe. Even Nahmias’10-year-old son Oren said he would only eat traditional meat. “I feel bad” for the animals, he said, “but they are yummy!”
“Until this meat costs and tastes the same as traditional meat, it will remain a specialized product,” said Bruce Friedrich, president of the Good Food Institute.
1. Why does the writer ask a question in the first paragraph?| A．To indicate an opinion. | B．To present a worry. |
| C．To make an assumption. | D．To start a discussion. |
| A．Study cell biology. | B．Provide sustainable protein. |
| C．End world hunger. | D．Help the traditional food industry. |
| A．It is unripe for mass production. | B．It is as popular as traditional meat. |
| C．It is safer than traditional meat. | D．It is competitive in price and quantity. |
| A．Enthusiastic. | B．Dismissive. | C．Unclear. | D．Reserved. |
【推荐1】The Rise of the Grown-Up Gap Year
It was 2012,Tim Potter, who was in public relations, had just finished working on the London Olympics alongside his partner.A career break to go travelling — or a “grown-up gap year”— seemed like a natural thing to both of them.
The couple spent four months traveling around Asia. Next, they flew to Mexico via Canada, worked their way down through Central America, and spent a month in both Colombia and Brazil.
But is Potter’s experience common or did he get lucky? Some people assume taking a career break will automatically be off-putting to potential employers, but according to Emily Bain, managing director of secretarial recruitment agency Bain and Gray, it can actually be quite the opposite.
“As an employer, I see it as a positive,” she says.
Tim Fryer, U.K. manager at STA Travel, says grown-up gap years can have a positive effect on your career. “Taking a break gives travelers time to refocus on work as well as the space to reflect on what exactly it is they want to do,” he explains.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, though. Emily Bain admits that some employers’ instinct is to turn their noses up at someone who’s had a break. However, she says, the duty is on the traveler to sell their experience as something that will benefit their future employer. “You have to explain the whole picture,” she says. “Making your CV (简历) gap accountable actually brings your profile to life.” So, don’t hide it — make a big deal of it.
Bain holds that although gap years are acceptable, it is still important to learn some kind of skill regardless of whatever else you may be doing during this time.
| A．These people are often at a turning point in their careers or lives. |
| B．The desire to go travelling is by no means all work-related, though. |
| C．The most obvious skill to take from travel, of course, is a language. |
| D．Taking a gap year when you’re older means that you have different things to consider. |
| E．Not in any way did the lack of work affect his prospects. |
| F．Bain goes on to say that taking a grown-up gap year is more common than you’d think. |
【推荐2】Chewing a sugar-free gum daily reduced premature births in a large study in Malawi, Africa. The new findings were inspired by relevant past research on oral (口腔的) health. The gum contains xylitol (木糖醇)— a chemical that can boost oral health — in place of regular sugar.
Among women who chewed the xylitol gum, 549 out of 4, 349 pregnancies, or 12.6 percent, delivered babies early, researchers reported February 3 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting. That’s a 24 percent reduction compared with the group who didn’t receive the gum. Among those women, 878 out of 5, 321 pregnancies, or 16.5 percent, of the babies were born before 37 weeks. The oral health of gum users also improved. About 4,000 of the women had an initial tooth exam and a later checkup. The women who chewed the gum had less tooth disease, a condition in which the tissue surrounding the teeth becomes infected, compared with those who didn’t get the chewing gum.
“The findings are very encouraging,” says Kim Boggess, a medicine specialist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. “The researchers are approaching a very complex problem in a low-resource area by trying to use a low-tech, easily applied way. It would take more research to see if this could work in other settings,” she says.
Babies born early can have complications (并发症) that damage their lungs, nerve development and more, with long-term health risks, and they are more likely to die in their first year of life than average babies.
The team also wants to track the nerve development of the children born early and those born on time. “No matter how simple the method may be, we are still glad to make a difference in somebody’s life,” says the team leader Kjersti Aagaard, a medicine specialist at Texas Children’s Hospital, “and digging into the reason why chewing the xylitol gum has such benefits deserves our further commitment.”
1. What is the function of paragraph 2?| A．To offer statistics. | B．To give examples. |
| C．To refer to past research. | D．To analyze the causes. |
| A．It can stop teeth from bleeding. |
| B．It can help oral tissues against infection. |
| C．It can reduce women’s long-term health risks. |
| D．It can prevent early-born babies from complications. |
| A．They can be universally applied around the world. |
| B．They solve a complex problem in low-resource areas. |
| C．They employ modern technology to solve the problem. |
| D．They provide an easy-to-access way to tackle problems. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Disapproving. | C．Uninterested. | D．Positive. |
【推荐3】Teenagers need to eat healthy food while they’re still young so that they will grow up to be healthy adults. Therefore, it is necessary for school cafeterias(食堂) to provide healthy food. With this in mind, the government has introduced a new food safety regulation that will improve health levels in schools.
The new regulation took effect on April 1. It requires those who are in charge of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools to eat with students in their cafeterias. Schools will also be required to make information regarding food sources and suppliers public.
The regulation also suggests that parents should eat with students at school in order to provide advice on food safety. Schools must find food safety problems and solve them in a timely manner.
If a school is caught buying low-quality food or failing to report food safety events, the people in charge of the school will be warned, fired or handed over to law enforcement(执法机关), the regulation says.
Parents across China have become increasingly angry about food safety events in schools, according to The Beijing News.
The most recent example occurred in March at the Chengdu No.7 High School Development School. Parents posted videos and photos of bad food that was served in the school’s cafeteria, China Daily reported. The school’s headmaster was eventually fired. In October, the head of an international school in Shanghai was fired after law enforcement found bad tomatoes and onions in the schools kitchen.
1. What does the new regulation require schools to do?| A．Allow teachers and students to eat together. |
| B．Improve the conditions of their cafeterias. |
| C．Show the public where their food comes from. |
| D．Build more than one cafeteria. |
| A．Parents should play a part in improving food safety in schools. |
| B．Teenagers should go home to eat meals every day. |
| C．Food safety problems can be easily solved. |
| D．Parents are angry about food safety events in schools. |
| A．School cafeterias often offer bad food to cut their costs. |
| B．School headmasters nationwide are not doing their jobs well. |
| C．Food can get bad more easily in the south than in the north. |
| D．The punishment for offering bad food is serious. |
| A．Students’ eating habits. |
| B．Food safety in schools. |
| C．School headmasters. |
| D．Parent-teacher relationships. |
【推荐1】Knock knock. Starting from Nov. 1, people will be knocking on doors across the country to collect personal information. But don't panic. This is for the seventh national population(人口普查).
The Chinese population census takes place every 10 years. It gathers data including name, age, ID number, gender, education, job, marital status and housing situation.
Tracking down more than 1 billion Chinese citizens is by no means easy. This year, about 7 million staff will be needed to visit homes for registration work, according to Xinhua. New methods will also be used during this census, including online information registration, application of electronic devices and big data.
Compared with previous surveys, new methods will be convenient for people who are not living where they are officially registered, as well as those who do not want to be bothered by census takers' door-to-door surveys. The new methods also reduce census takers' workload.
The data is expected to give a full picture of the population, including its size, structure and distribution and recent changes. It provides support for making national development policies.
The census has a large impact on our lives. For instance, areas with a high number of children may receive more funding for public schools. Researchers can use the results to investigate population trends in different cities. The census will help to find out the number of foreigners living in China. It can also tell how many Chinese people have moved to other countries.
However, citizens' privacy concerns could be one of the biggest challenges. Some may not be willing to give their personal information to census takers because they are worried about what the data would be used for.
There are also worries about privacy leakage among the public.
In response to such concerns, Jiangsu's pilot work zone allowed residents to upload personal data on their own through WeChat, which avoids information leakage. The data will be delivered directly to the National Bureau of Statistics through a WeChat program, the Global Times reported.
1. Who can benefit from new methods during this census?| A．People whose work as census takers. |
| B．People who are living where they are officially registered. |
| C．People who prefer to be bothered by census takers' door-to-door surveys. |
| D．People who are worried about personal data. |
| A．The number. | B．The census. |
| C．A large impact. | D．China. |
| A．The National Bureau of Statistics requires residents to make their information secure. |
| B．Residents' personal information will be protected safely by census takers. |
| C．Residents can use WeChat to deliver their personal data to the National Bureau of Statistics . |
| D．Residents can refuse to provide their information as they like. |
| A．To tell us people will be knocking on doors across the country. |
| B．To clarify the importance of privacy. |
| C．To report the results of the census. |
| D．To inform us national survey trials new methods. |
【推荐2】Jason Detzel was bored with his work as a psychologist, and he was tired of spending all day in an office. Dr. Detzel felt that in the city he was losing touch with something important, so he quit his job and started a farm.
He and his business partner found 80 acres of land in a small town and signed a 10-year lease. While some farms used a lot of machinery, they decided they wanted to do as much as possible with their own hands. They built a corral for the cows, pig shelters and a house for the chickens.
“I’m definitely happier being out in the fields with my animals. Even if there are bad days, I’m still happy,” Dr. Detzel said. “When you’re inside all day, you don’t get to see nature working.”
“The job is different every day on the farm. It’s amazing,” he said. “You’re a farmer. You’re an animal doctor. You’re a pipefitter. You’re definitely a carpenter a lot. You’re a jack-of-all-trades(万事通), master of none. That’s what I like about it.”
Learning how to manage the animals had been one of the biggest challenges of starting the farm, Dr. Detzel said. He learned that it was important to stick to a routine. That’s why he rang the same bell and called to the cows in the same way each day. The routine helped keep the cows calm and cooperative.
It wasn’t easy for Dr. Detzel to be accepted by the other farmers in his community. With all his tattoos, he looked very different. When he started the farm he was in his early 30s, while most other farmers were older. There weren’t many young people starting farms, because it had become harder and harder for small family farms to make much income.
Dr. Detzel said that began to change when more people became locavores. A locavore is someone who tries to eat food grown and raised nearby. By shopping at their local farmers’ market, many locavores hope to reduce the amount of energy used to ship food long distances. Many locavores like knowing where their food comes from and being able to talk to the farmers about what chemicals were used and how the animals were treated.
1. What was the main purpose of Dr. Detzel starting a farm?| A．To keep in touch with his friends. | B．To make more money. |
| C．To study agricultural machinery. | D．To get back to nature. |
| A．He could do many types of work | B．He was good at many things. |
| C．He often traded at a profit. | D．He could get to know many farmers. |
| A．followed a routine | B．used different bells |
| C．learned from other farmers | D．called professionals for help |
| A．self-produced food | B．healthy organic food |
| C．food grown by local farmers | D．food grown by local farmers |
Goodbye! You have been a long year. I have felt your effect in many ways. I can say that I’ve learned quite a few things somewhere within the eternity of your 12 months.
One of the things I’ve learned is to cherish the time I spend with others. I often think of our lives before quarantine (隔离), the simple pleasures, such as going to grab a coffee with a friend or settling in for a movie night. I realize now that I took this time for granted. Looking back, these simple pleasures are the times I cherish the most.
I’ve also learned to appreciate the people around me. I now cherish my parents and appreciate their love and support more than ever before. I cherish my friends and their ability to make me laugh no matter the circumstances. And I’ve learned how to cherish myself. Spending months and months stuck in my home, I’ve had ample time to work on the person I am and gain a little more appreciation for my body and my mind.
Within the long months of quarantine, I have also found things to be grateful for. Personally, I’m thankful for the shows, movies and music that I’ve discovered, the creativity I’ve found in the world now that our doors are closed and our minds are open. Overall, most importantly, 2020, you have taught me how to look for the good hidden among the bad.
However, I won’t miss the goodbyes you have forced us to say or the losses that others have gone through. I won’t miss the darkness of you, 2020, and the great pain you have caused.
We have felt the lows and the highs and everything in between. We will feel the impact of you long after you end, but we will learn to live beyond it and grow into something better.
Goodbye, 2020. It is your time to end.
Sincerely,
A writer from the Clog
1. What was the most important thing did 2020 teach the author?| A．Cherish the time spent with others. |
| B．Realize the simple pleasures. |
| C．Appreciate the people around her. |
| D．Look for the good hidden in the evil. |
| A．Annual. | B．Enough. | C．Awesome. | D．Optional. |
| A．She enjoyed it all the time. |
| B．She was sick of the stuck time. |
| C．She felt ups and downs. |
| D．She missed all the past in 2020. |
| A．The sufferings of 2020. |
| B．A farewell to 2020. |
| C．A regret in 2020. |
| D．The expectations for 2021. |
Attractions in York |
York Minster Deangate, York YO1 7HH Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the largest Medieval Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, a place for worship for over 1,000 years and a treasure house of 800 years of stained glass. Open daily subject to services. Please check in advance to avoid disappointment. Tel: 01904 557216 www.yorkminster.org E-mail: visitors@yorkminster.org |
National Railway Museum Leeman Road, York YO26 4XJ Enjoy a fantastic free day out for the whole family at the National Railway Museum in York. Explore our three huge halls full of trains and railway legends including Mallard the world's fastest train and the Japanese Bullet Train. Open daily between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tel: 08448 153139 www.nrm.org.uk E-mail: nrm@nrm.org.uk |
York Castle Museum Eye of York, York YO1 9RY Get ready to take a trip to the world-famous recreated Victorian Street, Kirkgate. The first street of its kind, visited by 30 million people, is alive with the sights, sounds and colourful characters of York more than 100 years ago. Step inside the shops and meet the interesting folk who work there. Opening hours: Mon-Sun 09:30 to 17:00 Tel: 01904 687687 www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk E-mail: castle.museum@ymt.org.uk |
Clifford's Tower Tower Street, York YO1 9SA Built by William the Conqueror, it was twice burned to the ground, before being rebuilt by Henry III in the 13th century. With sweeping views of York and the surrounding countryside, it isn't hard to see why Clifford's Tower played such a key role in the control of northern England. Opening hours: Mon-Sun 10:00 to 16:00 Tel: 01904 646940 www.english-heritage.org.uk/cliffordstower E-mail: customers@english-heritage.org.uk |
1. The ad most probably comes from the“____________”part of the newspaper.
| A．Education. | B．History. | C．Culture. | D．Tourism |
| A．York Castle Museum. | B．National Railway Museum. |
| C．York Minster. | D．Clifford's Tower. |
| A．have sweeping views of York and countryside |
| B．go inside the shops and meet the folk working there |
| C．enjoy a treasure house of 800 years of stained glass |
| D．see the world's fastest train and the Japanese Bullet Train |
| A．phone 01904 557216 |
| B．visit the website www.nrm.org.uk |
| C．email to castle.museum@ymt.org.uk |
| D．write a letter to Tower Street, York YO1 9SA |
【推荐2】When you are travelling in Thailand, which means of transport is the best choice?
You can rent a variety of motorbikes or bikes in Thailand. It seems to be very popular in most of the beaches and islands along the places in the north. The most popular bikes are the little 125 cc Honda Dream which you can get for about 150 baht (铢)a day or as little as 3,000 baht per month, making it the cheapest way to tour Thailand for the people from other countries.
Sometimes you will have to go somewhere by taxi. When you are in cities in Thailand, especially in Bangkok, always remember to get a taxi that is traveling on the roads. Some drivers outside hotels refuse to use the meter (计程表). They will ask a price which is several times the price when they use the meter!
The quality of the roads in Thailand is generally pretty good, so renting cars is another way to get around. The big car rental companies may offer you slightly older cars at a very reasonable price. It is a little surprising considering that the cost of buying a car in Thailand is more than that in the West. Petrol is also reasonably priced in Thailand, more expensive than American prices, but much cheaper than what is paid in Europe. In the past, Bangkok could be a difficult place to drive in—signs were generally in Thai (泰语)only, making it a hard job to find exactly where you were by looking around. But now, the situation is improved. In a lot of places, even the farthest corners of the country, street signs are in both Thai and English.
1. To a foreigner, the cheapest way to get around Thailand is renting a ______.| A．car | B．taxi | C．bike | D．motorbike |
| A．To take a taxi going on the road. | B．To take a taxi parked outside hotels. |
| C．To make sure there is a meter in it. | D．To bargain with the driver over the price. |
| A．Because there were too many traffic jams on the roads. |
| B．Because there were no signs showing directions. |
| C．Because the signs were written only in their own language. |
| D．Because the quality of the roads was not good. |
| A．Entertainment | B．Tourism | C．Market | D．Advertisement |
【推荐3】People have raised more than $40,000 to support a Starbucks employee who was shown in a Facebook post refusing to serve a customer who didn’t have a mask on.
It all started when Facebook user Amber Gilles posted a photo of a Starbucks employee, later identified as Lenin Smith: and said that “he didn’t serve me because I was not wearing a mask. Next time I will wait for the police and bring a medical certificate.”
“We want everyone to feel welcome in our stores. We respectfully request that customers should follow social distancing and safety rules recommended by public health officials, including wearing a facial mask when visiting our stores , ” a Starbucks spokesperson said Shortly after Gilles’ post went up, a GoFundMe was founded for Lenin. “We are raising money for Lenin for his honorable effort standing his ground when faced with trouble; ” Matt Cowan, who started the raising wrote. When the fundraiser hit $10, 000: Lenin sent in a video to the post thanking donors for their support.
“I just wanted to say thank you for all the love and support and what everyone is doing: it’s an honor to see all this happen,” he said while fittingly wearing a mask. “ But I just wanted to remind everyone to be kind to one another and to love each other: and always remember to wear a mask.”
Gilles told NBC, the local media, that she never threatened Lenin: but that she “called him out on his actions.” She said she does not believe masks are effective. What annoyed her was that she has even received death threats for such an incident. She is threatening to charge the GoFundMe creator for his deeds.
1. What did Gilles want to show through her post?| A．The demand of social distance. | B．Starbucks’ special request. |
| C．The need of medical certificates. | D．Lenin’s unfriendly service. |
| A．He gained support from GoFindMe. |
| B．He received death threats from Gilles. |
| C．He didn’t follow safety rules of public health. |
| D．He didn’t receive money for standing his ground. |
| A．Business. | B．Life. | C．Politics. | D．Entertainment |
