When we are born, we are given names that stay with us for our whole lives. Some names include good wishes and hopes from parents, while others may be unique（独一无二的）and easy to remember. But do you know how the new coronavirus（冠状病毒）got its name?
According to International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses（国际病毒分类委员会）, an organization that names new viruses, the task of naming a virus is no less important than naming a person.
When a disease breaks out, people focus on the public health response and the official naming of a new virus is often put off. But naming a virus is never easy. Over the past ten years, some improper names have caused problems. In 2009, the “swine flu（猪流感）” was widely used before the official name, H1N1 virus, was announced. This led Egypt to kill all of its pigs even though it appeared and spread among people who hadn’t been near pigs. In 2015, MERS(Midle Eat Respiratory Syndrome（中东呼吸综合征）) caused a backlash（强烈抵制）against the nations and people of this area.
So in 2015, the World Health Organization（WHO）announced that the names of viruses should be easy to remember but avoid being named after geographic place, people, classes of animals and foods.
Following these rules, the new coronavirus we are suffering from（遭受痛苦）was named “COVID-19” by the WHO on Feb 11. In this name, “CO” means “corona”, “VT” stands for “virus” and “D” means “disease”.
Next time you read about a virus you don’t know（线索）, you may get some clues about it from its name.
1. According to the first paragraph, what are the features（特点）of people’s names?2. Is the task of naming a virus less important than naming a person?
3. What problem did the virus named “swine flu” cause?
4. When was the new coronavirus named “COVID-19”?
5. According to the passage, how can we know about a virus that we don’t know?
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【推荐1】Do you know the boy in the picture? His name is Ma Ziyue. The little boy is famous for his sound of nature（天籁之音）.
Ma Ziyue was born in a small village of Chengwu, Shandong Province, in August, 2000. He loves singing very much. His favorite thing is to watch all kinds of singing competitions（比赛）on TV after school
Gao Xiaosong, one of the judges was so excited that he stood up and said, "I' m going to make him sing for my next movie! "Ma Ziyue’s parents ran to the stage and hugged(拥抱) their son tightly with tears in their eyes. They were really proud of the boy.
Ma Minghang, the father is a little worried about his future. He doesn’t know what to do with his son’s talent. Should he find a professional music teacher for him or let it be?
根据短文内容，完成下面各题。
1. He was from Chengwu, Shandong Province.（改为同义句）
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2. From the third paragraph, we can infer that .
| A．Gao Xiaosong wanted to teach Ma Ziyue to learn music |
| B．Ma Ziyue wanted to become an actor |
| C．Ma Ziyue's success made his parents very excited |
| D．it is difficult to sing at the stage of Chinas Got Talent |
| A．Famous singers |
| B．Ma Ziyue's unusual voice |
| C．Chances and Ma Ziyue’s teachers |
| D．Parents help and Ma Ziyue s practice |
5. Ma Ziyue's father was a little worried about his future,
【推荐2】We all mess up (把事情搞砸). We’re humans and it’s not always easy to get along well with everyone all the time. Sometimes we hurt people’s feelings, so we apologize.
Apologies are one of the tools we use to build good relationships. When you say “I’m sorry”, it’s because you probably feel bad that something you did or said hurt another person. Saying you are sorry is more than just words. You’re also saying that you respect the other person and you care about his or her feelings. After apologizing, you might feel a little better. The other person probably will, too. When you apologize in a caring way, you can feel good because you are trying to make things right again.
When we find ourselves in any of the following situations, an apology can probably make a big difference.
●If you hurt or teased (嘲弄) someone, even you didn’t mean it.
●If you lost or broke something that belonged to someone else.
●If you did something you knew was wrong－like telling a tie or breaking a rule on purpose.
●If you didn’t do something you should do－like keeping a promise.
When someone apologizes to you, you may welcome it and be ready to forgive (原谅) and moved on. Or you might not feel like being friendly right away. You don’t have to be friends just because someone apologizes. It’s polite to accept and acknowledge (承认) the apology, but anything more is up to you!
1. 完成句子。We’re all humans and
2. 完成句子。
The writer mentioned
3. 简略回答问题 。
Must you be friends just because someone apologizes?
4. 找出并写下第二段的中心句。
5. 翻译划线句子。
【推荐3】We might often say “I don’t have time”. Every time we say “I don’t have time”, it makes us feel weak and out of control. In fact, how to make use of our time is up to us.
| Step 1 Find out what matters to you |
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| Step 2 Know what stops you |
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| Step 4 Change your language |
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Ask yourself: What activities really matter to me? Cooking, reading, and playing sports are all important things — if they make you happy! No matter how busy you are, there’s still enough time as long as you save a little time every day.
Be honest: How long do you spend on the screens every day? Are you doing what you don’t really like? After knowing what stops you, you can think about useful things that satisfy you.To make use of your time, dealing with the jobs in order of importance is important. However, clearly planning is more important when you must do each job. This way, you are in control of your hours and your life. Every day, we have little pockets of time that can be used, for example, you can review your notes on the subway. All these things can add up over time more than you believe! Yes, it might feel strange at first. But you’re holding your power. It’s your life and your hours. They’re all you’ve got!
1. How might people feel when they say “I don’t have time”?2. According to Step 2, why do you have to know what stops you first?
3. What’s the best subtitle (小标题) of Step 3?
4. “I don’t have time to do homework.” is an excuse for not wanting to do homework. How could you change it into powerful words?
5. Which is more important if you want to make use of your time, “dealing with the jobs” or “planning when to do each job”? Why?
6. Are you good at making use of your time? What will you do to manage your time better?
Born in 1948 in Los Angeles, California, in the United States, Mark Levine is now a singer, song-writer and English teacher. After working as a volunteer in low-income (收入) communities in the US for nearly 30 years, Levine came to China and worked as an English teacher 16 years ago. Levine didn’t realize at the time that he would soon come to fall in love with the country and end up staying here.
Levine likes to write songs and sing along to them with his guitar. So far, Levine has written more than seventy songs about China, with a wide variety of themes such as traveling, workers, Chinese culture and so on.
In 2020, the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 changed him a lot. During the time, he said, “I was mostly stuck inside my apartment teaching online classes for three months. At the same time, I spent lots of time talking with my close friends I knew across China and abroad on line to learn the information about the outside.” He learned how the government and the Chinese people worked together to fight the virus (病毒), he was moved and he really wanted to write it down. Levine said that Chinese people had a collective sense that “we are all in this together”. A song about it was added to his large collection of musical stories about his life in China, the song’s name is “Together we must take a stand -fight the novel coronavirus.”
“I’ve never felt unsafe in China about anything, including COVID-19. I’m glad I am here,” he said.
Levine hopes that the world can work together to defeat COVID-19, just like the lyric he wrote in his song: “Coronavirus, we will defeat. So here and there in every land, together we will take a stand.”
1. What was Levine’s job before he came to China?2. How many songs about China has Levine written so far?
3. What did Levine do during the time of the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19?
4. Why did Levine write the song “Together we must take a stand -fight the novel coronavirus”?
5. Why did Lvine say he was glad to stay in China?
The Chinese mainland reported 1,337 ________ (local）transmitted COVID-19 cases in 31 provinces on Mar. 13, 2022, the National Health Commission said on Mar. 14. Shenzhen stopped its bus and subway ________ (serve). Residents in Shenzhen, Shanghai and some other cities are not allowed to leave their cities except in cases of special needs. A negative nucleic acid result (核酸阴性结果) within 24 hours ________ (require) upon departure (离开). Rules are dynamically adjusted (动态调整) ________ (base) on the epidemic situation. People in Zhuhai are also nervous due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Students need to obey the following rules to protect themselves.
First, wear masks. Wearing masks is still one of ________ (effect) ways to stop the virus from spreading. Students need ________ (wear) masks while in crowded places, such as in the lift, on the bus, in the supermarket and so on. ________ students should take some masks to school.
Second, wash hands. Wash hands with soap under running water for at least 20 seconds, especially before eating or after using the restroom, ________ (touch) something dirty, etc.
Third, keep a distance from each other. Try to keep yourselves at a distance from others in and after class. Try not to go to ________ (crowd) places such as hospitals, railway stations and airports. Keep at least 1 meter away from others all the time.
Fourth, take the temperature often. Each student must take the temperature at least twice a day. If someone has a fever, the teacher should ask the doctor ________ help at once.
March 20, 2022
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11. People in Shenzhen can leave Shenzhen with a negative nucleic acid result within
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Over the past few weeks, Shanghai has been battling with a COVID-19 outbreak. My community, located in northern Pudong, has been among the worst affected. In order to stop the spread of the virus, it has carried out rounds of all-inclusive nucleic acid（核酸）testing. As a result, volunteers have been in high demand. I have called this community home for nearly twelve years. With a deep love for it, I decided to help out.
My shift began at 6 a.m. on March 16. I was assigned to serve at one of the neighborhoods in the area. There were altogether about 2,500 residents. Neighborhood committee（居委会）workers guided then down group by group to the testing site. Some of the residents had never used the Healthcare Cloud system before. The elderly, in particular, needed help with the registration process. We volunteers showed them how to use the system or registered them for their test using our own smartphones.
Everything went smoothly until about 8:30. A few residents told me that the Healthcare Cloud system was not working. I tried to log onto the system myself and found the service was indeed unstable. The line became longer and longer as more and more people ran into the same problem. It was a hot day. Some people quickly lost their patience and tried to cut in line. Some took off their masks in order to chat with one another. I told them to put their masks back on and to maintain a safe distance apart from one another while continuing to help the residents register for their test.
Some elderly residents with mobility（活动能力）issues were unable to come themselves to the testing site. For these residents, the medical workers provided home service. It was difficult for them to climb the stairs as they were wearing thick protective clothing.
We worked until 3 p.m. When the medical workers took off their protective clothing, I noticed that their fingers were soaked in sweat（汗水）and had become wrinkled. It broke my heart to know that __________ because of the high demand for nucleic acid testing throughout the city. On some days, they were only able to get two to three hours of sleep.
It was a tiring day, but I felt happy that I was able to help out. I sincerely hope that these hard times will soon be behind us.
1. Is it a difficult time for Shanghai to fight with a COVID-19 outbreak?2. What does “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?
3. Where did the writer work as a volunteer?
4. Why did some residents quickly lose their patience and tried to cut in line?
5. What can be filled in the blanks in paragraph 5?
6. Besides the things the writer did in the passage, list at least three things you can do to help your community in this COVID-19 outbreak.
