With a 30-year career under her belt as an accomplished head nurse and a veteran (老兵) of the 2003 SARS outbreak, Wang Yuying once again found herself wearing protective clothes for a mission to fight COVID-19 in Wuhan.
Wang Yuying arrived in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on the night of February 1, which was only seven hours after she received the call that she had been assigned to help at the center of the novel coronavirus.
Wang was one of the 135 medical workers dispatched by Peking University First Hospital to help treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients in Wuhan during the height of the outbreak. The day after arriving, Wang started to take care of the patients. Four days later, she was assigned as the head nurse of the medical team from Peking University First Hospital, and their team was asked to start taking care of patients independently within two days.
Despite the heavy work, Wang still paid attention to the psychological condition of both the nurses and patients. She could remember the birthdays of all 100 nurses and she would surprise them with a cake or a letter from family. She noticed the signs of worry in the patients. She would talk to them gently and comfort them to create a bond with them. Wang thinks attentive care and psychological nursing also played an important role in treating the COVID-19 patients.
Because of her devotion and focus on both the patients and nurses, her team finished their work with success on April 4. Wang Yuying has been a head nurse for three decades and is one year away from retirement. For her, the experience in Wuhan was also a chance to find and train those who will follow in her footsteps — the future head nurses.
1. What did Wang Yuying do in 2003?| A．She served as a head nurse and a veteran. |
| B．She participated in the fight against SARS. |
| C．She reported the event of SARS. |
| D．She protected the nurses from being infected. |
| A．Command. | B．Treat. | C．Send. | D．Receive. |
| A．About 10 months. | B．About 6 months. |
| C．About 4 months. | D．About 2 months. |
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【推荐1】When you talk to doctors in the hospitals, it often happens that most of them are very serious and speak in a range of terms that may be difficult to understand. But Zhang Wenhong, the leader of the Shanghai team of experts in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia, is one of the exceptions. He caught the public's attention for his recent frank and funny speech.
Zhang's words first went viral on the Internet after he said in late January that he had sent doctors and nurses who are members of the Communist Party of China(CPC) to frontline hospitals to treat coronavirus cases. "When becoming CPC members, we vowed that we would always put people's interests first in the face of difficulties," Zhang said. “This is the moment we live up to the vow. All CPC members must rush to the frontline. No bargaining." Such a hardcore declaration of his attitude won widespread applause among Internet users. “A person's morals are witnessed most in a critical situation. Nothing could win more recognition from the people than the down-to-earth behavior of the CPC members, said Yang Haiyan, a 32-year-old Shanghai resident.
One month later, when Zhang advised local residents to reduce the risk of spreading the virus by staying at home, he said in Shanghai dialect: "If you don't stop seeing friends, you will see them again in the ICU.”
Though chased by the media, Zhang described himself as a medical worker who must speak out now, but will return to keeping a low profile after the outbreak ends. "I spoke because of the fear among the public, owing to limited knowledge of the contagion," said Zhang on Feb 26. “However, once the curtain of this coronavirus incident falls, it may be hard to find me. I’ll just hide myself in a comer, studying complicated patient cases and doing some reading, silently.”
1. What has made Zhang Wenhong so popular online?| A．His attitude towards his patients. | B．His honest and humorous speech. |
| C．His vow to fight against the virus. | D．His broad knowledge of the virus. |
| A．They would not bargain. |
| B．They should do as they had vowed. |
| C．They would be calmer in a critical situation. |
| D．They could win recognition from the people. |
| A．He doesn't like to speak in public. |
| B．He is looking forward to taking a break. |
| C．He is not a person who is after fame and attention. |
| D．He mainly treats people with complicated diseases. |
| A．Figure | B．Life | C．Entertainment | D．Medicine |
【推荐2】Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr Petrels gives his patients good medical advices. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television. Dr Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrel, produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs，and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment (娱乐) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”
1. Dr Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _________.| A．gives his patients medical advices | B．sings on television |
| C．takes care of 159 patients a week | D．has his own TV show |
| A．Because he also sings to his patients on TV. | B．Because he always loves singing. |
| C．Because he is popular with his patients. | D．Because he has been a doctor for ten years. |
| A．sings about different diseases | B．sings and gives medical advices |
| C．starts to explain diseases with a song | D．sings love songs he wrote |
| A．with people who like his singing | B．at medical school |
| C．in Las Vegas | D．with patients in Montreal |
【推荐3】Despite becoming disabled at a very young age, Li Juhong somehow managed to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor. The 37-year-old has been treating patients for the past 15 years in her hometown of Wadian Village, in China’s Chongqing.
Li was only four years old when she was involved in a tragic accident----- a truck ran over her and her legs were crushed (压碎) under its tires. The only way to save her life was to amputate them. But Li didn’t lose hope. She was determined to stay mobile and by age eight, she taught herself to move using her hands and two wooden benches for support.
It was undoubtedly difficult, but Li never let her condition hold back her dreams of studying medicine. She left the village to earn a medical degree from a special vocational school, returning in the year 2000 to work at the village clinic. Since then, she’s treated nearly all the 1,000 residents of the village, even managing to make house calls on her trusty old benches.
Li eventually married a local man, Liu Xingyan. He quit his job to take care of housework, and sometimes also carries her on his back to visit patients in neighboring villages. It is said that with Liu’s help Li has so far handled a total of 6,000 medical cases from various villages in the mountainous regions of Hechuan district. She has worn out 24 benches in the process.
“I just did what I felt I had to do,” She told the local media. “Even if I’m not honored for my work, I would still continue to do my job as a rural doctor. Compared with most others, I’ve come against more difficulties. But, I always whisper to myself that’ God helps those who help themselves’ in order to keep moving.”
1. What does the underlined word “amputate” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Hold up. | B．Fight for. | C．Cut off. | D．Put away. |
| A．felt hesitating | B．felt upset | C．was strong-willed | D．felt grateful |
| A．favorable | B．Uncaring | C．Doubtful | D．Disappointed |
| A．She was once looked down upon. |
| B．She lacked support of the public. |
| C．She didn’t feel regret at her job. |
| D．She made a fortune by her job. |
【推荐1】The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 9, 2020. The Nobel Committee (委员会) is recognizing the group for its efforts to fight hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by wars. The World Food Program has long been offering help to some of the world’s most troubled places. For example, the WFP created a special service that successfully kept providing help all over the world after the outbreak of COVID-19 stopped nearly all international flights.
Berit, chairwoman of the Nobel Committee, said on Friday, “With this year’s award, the committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the problem of hunger.” In announcing the award, the Nobel committee said “At present, food is the best vaccine (疫苗) against COVID-19.” And it added, “There will be 265 million people going hungry within a year, so of course this is also a call to the international community to offer enough fund to the World Food Program.”
Dan Smith, a director, said the Nobel committee had wanted to send a message of both hope and support for worldwide group work among countries “Hunger, just like climate change and the present COVID-19, is a world problem that can only be properly addressed by all countries working together,” he told Reuters, a British news agency.
The award comes with a gold medal and $1.1 million——a small amount compared to the money the WFP needs for its work. So far in 2020, the WFP has received almost $6. 4 billion in money or goods from all over the world.
1. Why does the committee decide to award the prize to the WFP?a. To encourage giving money to the WFP.
b. To attract worldwide attention to global hunger.
c. To honor the WFP’s hard work to cure COVID-19.
d. To recognize the WFP’s efforts to fight global hunger.
| A．abc | B．abd | C．acd | D．bcd |
| A．Viewed. | B．Worked. | C．Solved. | D．Encouraged. |
| A．The problem of climate change will soon end. |
| B．The worldwide food problem is still very serious. |
| C．People have lost hope in face of the food problem. |
| D．Worldwide group work has always focused on the food problem. |
| A．It’s still too little for the WFP’s programs. |
| B．It will all be given to each WFP member. |
| C．It can help solve many of the WFP’s problems. |
| D．It’s enough to support the WFP’s work for a long time. |
| A．The WFP’s Great Efforts Are Made. |
| B．The WFP Provides International Medical Help. |
| C．The WFP Wins the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020. |
| D．The Nobel Peace Prize Comes with a Gold Medal and $1. 1 Million. |
【推荐2】A 69-year-old grandmother with no teeth of her own has eventually won a long legal battle to stop a Scottish regional council (政务委员会) adding fluoride (氟化物) chemical to the public water supply.
In a case which has already cost the taxpayer £1,000,000 the judge ruled that it was beyond the powers of the local authority to add the chemical to the water in order to reduce tooth decay.
At her home last night Mrs Catherine McColl said “I did what I thought was right and I would do it again too." She claimed that adding fluoride to public drinking water made it into some kind of dirty soup . “Where would it stop?” she asked. “They might come up with the idea of putting drugs into the water to keep the unemployed quiet.” It was a horrible poison she said that could have caused all kinds of diseases including cancer.
The judge however concluded that there was no evidence to suggest that the inclusion of fluoride in the water supply would have had a negative effect on public health. Although the chemical might serve as an efficient and convenient means of achieving a beneficial effect on the dental health of consumers generally, he said, and its use was greatly favoured by the dental profession, he could also understand why some members of the public, Mrs. McColl in particular, might be passionately opposed to the action of the Water Authority in assuming the right to improve public well-being without consulting the public in the first case. The Authority's legal duty to provide “wholesome” water for public consumption which was both safe and pleasant to drink did not he said extend to their right to safeguard public health by chemical means.
1. Mrs. McColl felt so strongly about the fluoride issue that she eventually ________.| A．took the local council to court | B．had a physical fight with the judge |
| C．urged the authority to apologize | D．spent much money removing the chemical |
| A．was not proved to be harmful | B．was the duty of the local authority |
| C．was strongly opposed by dentists | D．was surely beneficial to the public |
| A．clear | B．non-poisonous | C．healthy | D．recycled |
| A．the improvement of their personal health |
| B．the problem of unemployment in their community |
| C．the chemicals to be used for the improvement of water quality |
| D．their right to be informed of the authorities' decisions |
【推荐3】Good Morning Britain (GMB) launches special “listening benches” in order to solve loneliness. EastEnders star Maisie Smith joined Susanna and Martin in the studio to talk about her involvement in a special part of the 1 Million Minutes campaign — GMB’s special “listening benches” across the country.
Six special “listening benches” have been designed by six celebrities, and can be found in six cities across the UK — and they’re in place to encourage people to strike up a conversation. Maisie joined the show to share why the campaign is important to her.
“I’m always very open about mental health,” Maisie explained. “It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from, what you have — everyone is going through something and I just think the world would be a kinder place if everyone understood that.”
“I think especially growing up in the limelight (引人注目) as a teenager, you’re very judgemental of yourself when you do see comments of other people judging you. It can add to the stress of the things you re already going through. I think people do think I’m confident because I cover my nerves with a big smile and that’s what I’ve been doing in my whole life.”
Susanna asked Maisie if she had a technique for dealing with her nerves. “It depends on what it is,” said Maisie. “A lot of the time — and it’s going to sound really stupid — but I write a script. I write down all of the questions that I could be asked and try to come up with something so that my brain won’t go blank when I’m under pressure.
1. What is the theme of “listening benches”?| A．Caring for oneself. | B．Changing the world. |
| C．Dealing with loneliness. | D．Protecting the environment. |
| A．To let people know about her life. | B．To share her feelings of the campaign. |
| C．To set up a model for other celebrities. | D．To ask more people to express their mind. |
| A．Protective. | B．Private. |
| C．Serious. | D．Outspoken. |
| A．A programme on mental health. | B．GMB interviewing celebrities. |
| C．Techniques for responding to nerves. | D．Preparations before being interviewed. |
【推荐1】Last September, British artist Sacha Jafri set the record for creating the world's largest painting. Last week, the painting was sold for $62 million, which will go to charity.
Last year, as the COVID-19 spread and many countries went into lockdown, Mr. Jafri was in Dubai. Rather than feeling stuck, Mr. Jafri decided to take on a huge project that could“make a really big difference”.
He decided to create the world's largest painting. And he wanted to do it in a way that would include people from around the world. He asked children to send him pictures showing how they were feeling during the pandemic(疫情). He got artwork from kids in 140 different countries.
Using the children's ideas as a starting point, Mr. Jafri began to paint in a huge dancing room in a fancy hotel. It took Mr. Jafri seven months to create the painting. He worked long hours every day—often up to 20 hours a day. He hurt his back by bending over so much while he painted. It took over 1,000 paintbrushes and 6,300 liters of paint to create the painting. The painting, which was over 1,600 square meters, was around the size of four basketball courts.
Mr. Jafri hoped that his painting, called “The Journey of Humanity”, would help bring the world together during a difficult time. Since Mr. Jafri’s goal was to raise money to help children suffering from the pandemic, the painting was split up into 70 large parts. Mr. Jafri hoped that by selling the parts separately, he could raise $30 million.
But when the auction(拍卖) ended on March 22, Mr. Jafri did much better than that. A French businessman bought all the pieces. Knowing that the money would go to charity also motivated him to decide to pay more. He says he was poor when he grew up, so he's glad to be helping children around the world by buying the painting.
1. How did Sacha Jafri create the large painting?| A．He finished the painting with kids in his room. |
| B．He got painting inspiration from kids' pictures. |
| C．He made the painting under 140 kids' guidance. |
| D．He filled his whole artwork with kids5 drawings. |
| A．It remained complete all the time. |
| B．It took the artist a lot of efforts. |
| C．It earned the artist a better living. |
| D．It was made to set a world record. |
| A．To help fight the pandemic. |
| B．To develop kid’s love for art. |
| C．To show pandemic sufferings. |
| D．To kill time and seek pleasure. |
| A．Modest and honest. |
| B．Brave and determined. |
| C．Sympathetic and generous. |
| D．Creative and hardworking, |
【推荐2】Students in the class of 2021 have faced unusual challenges. The global COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and students to make big changes. In 2020, the pandemic led to the cancellation (取消) of many special events like prom and graduation.
Students of the class of 2021 at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, think this spring can be different. They are working to keep students connected and traditions alive. Kevin Wu, the class president, and other student leaders have hosted events like a kickball match and a free movie night. In other years, the student union puts on events to raise money. Now, though, the events are about keeping the senior class connected.
Newton North is planning an in-person prom for the class of 2021. As part of the COVID-19 safety rules, the prom is taking place outdoors in a field. Students said they have gotten used to the idea that it won’t be what they once expected. They are thankful for the experience.
“I think to some extent we all didn’t think we were going to have a prom. It was a pleasant surprise,” said Sara Sales, a senior. “I think everyone’s pretty happy just to have the opportunity to be able to participate in an event like that, and bring everyone together.”
Ellie Solomon is a senior at Newton North. She said she was excited to dress up and connect with friends. Sanders said the class of 2021 has done well adjusting to the changes. He said, “We look forward to celebrating what we can celebrate at the end of the year and enjoying every minute of it.”
Graduation and prom symbolize an end for seniors. Sales thinks her class is ready, though. “I feel like everyone’s just ready to graduate,” she said. “We’ve gone through a crazy year, and I think we’re all sort of ready to just move on and go to college.”
1. How is the student union helping Newton North High School students stay connected?| A．They have hosted money-raising events. |
| B．They have cancelled many special events. |
| C．They have organized students to tour colleges. |
| D．They have hosted sports and movie-watching events. |
| A．This year’s prom is taking place outdoors in a field. |
| B．There will be a prom for the class of 2021. |
| C．The class of 2021 won’t get what they once expected. |
| D．The class of 2021 will be thankful for this year’s prom. |
| A．They have spent too much time together. |
| B．They think their teachers have not given them enough responsibilities. |
| C．They have been through a lot of changes this year and want to move on. |
| D．They have learned more this year than in previous years to prepare for college. |
| A．They serve on the student union together. |
| B．They are going to attend the school’s prom together. |
| C．They are both students at Newton North High School. |
| D．They are the teaching staff of Newton North High School. |
【推荐3】Nowadays, we are very worried about such COVID-19 variants as Delta and Omicron. To relieve our anxieties, we should have a look at our own cell and the original COVID-19 virus.
First of all, our cell isn’t stupid. If any virus wants to enter our cell, it must figure out a way for its spike (触手) to hold tightly to the spike on the cell’s surface. You can imagine this connecting as a secret handshake.
At the early stage, the COVID-19 virus figured out a way to connect to a specific spike on the surface of human cell, called ACE2. But the connecting wasn’t perfect. However, it was good enough to trick the ACE2 to let it in.
Once the virus was inside the cell, it kept copying itself in order to find more cells to infect. During this time, the immune (免疫) system started making antibodies to fight back. Some of those antibodies acted like little caps that stick to the ends of the virus’s spike. Once “capped”, the infection couldn’t move forward, and the body won!
But every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, it has the chance of changing its spikes slightly. Most of the variations are actually harmful to the virus. So these variants disappear. However, once the virus hits upon a set of variations that actually help the virus to connect more tightly to the cell or more quickly, a person’s cell gets infected more easily.
Then what about the antibodies? Aren’t they coming to save us again? Well, yes... and no.
Scientists found that a person who was infected with the earlier version of the virus may not be protected as well against these new variants. He still can be infected, again. However, the antibodies’ spikes come in different shapes, too. So even though some antibodies become less useful, others will get the job done—or at least, hold back the infection long enough so the body can make new antibodies that fit perfectly on the changed spike.
1. What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The virus. | B．The cell. |
| C．The spike. | D．The connection. |
| A．How a virus enters the human cell. |
| B．How a virus copies itself inside a cell. |
| C．Why the immune system can fight back. |
| D．Why virus variants have different infection rates. |
| A．COVID-19 variants will become more and more infectious. |
| B．It is unlikely for COVID-19 patients to get infected again. |
| C．Old antibodies might be less effective against new variants. |
| D．It is hopeless to get rid of the COVID-19 in the near future. |
| A．Worries About the COVID-19 Variants |
| B．A Simple Guide to COVID-19 Variants |
| C．The Danger of the Deadly COVID-19 Virus |
| D．Ways to Protect Ourselves From COVID-19 Virus |
