1 . During the first COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Kirby White struggled to get enough disposable gowns (一次性罩衣), so she and her colleague Dr. Nicole Lowe decided to act. In March2020, they developed a gown that could be laundered and reused, allowing them to keep seeing patients at their Bendigo’s clinic.
“The second COVID-19 wave made it impossible for anyone to purchase disposable gowns, says Kirby, who explains one reusable gown lasts as long as 130 single-use gowns. “It was important to have a reusable gown. We didn’t know how long the pandemic would last so we needed a sustainable solution.”
Two weeks later, Gowns for Doctors was created. Taking to social media, Kirby, 36, shared the initiative (新方案) in a local Facebook group. Overnight, hundreds of volunteers put up their hands to sew (缝), donate fabric and distribute the gowns. She was blown away by the unbelievable response. “We had400 emails overnight! “Kirby says. “It’s the spirit that allowed us to send out so many gowns to people in need. Months later, Gowns for Doctors still has a lot of gowns if medical staff are in need of them. We are continuing to help those who need them.”
The success of the initiative has now gone global, after a company contacted Kirby to create a Barbie doll (芭比娃娃) in her image, celebrating all the healthcare heroes globally. “Seeing my one-of-a-kind Barbie doll for the first time was a heart-skip moment. There were tears of joy. She looks just like me! ”
After hand-packing every order, Dr. White loves seeing happy healthcare workers wearing their donated gowns. “We’ve been sent photos of medical staff wearing their gowns with big smiles,” she says. “Everyone has been so appreciative; we are inundated with thank-you cards. It’s so nice to see them.”
1. Why did Kirby start to make reusable gowns?| A．There was a lack of gowns’ materials. |
| B．The number of the patients was large. |
| C．There weren’t enough disposable gowns. |
| D．The quality of the disposable gowns was poor. |
| A．They wrote a lot of emails. | B．They helped make the gowns. |
| C．They bought many new gowns. | D．They called some medical staff. |
| A．Annoyed. | B．Curious. | C．Upset. | D．Touched. |
| A．Flooded. | B．Competed. | C．Compared. | D．Equipped. |
2 . Research by the Policy Institute at King’s. College London and Ipsos MORI showed that around 54% of British people will miss some parts of lockdown (封城), including family time. 19% of the 2,442 adults said the last year had been better than they expected it to be when the first lockdown started. The research also found that 32% of people felt the past year had been similar to or better than usual for them personally. People have enjoyed being closer to their family, friends, and neighbours throughout to pandemic (流行病), with 28% feeling closer to their family, 19% to their neighbours, and 31% to their friends.
Professor Bobby Duffy, director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London, said: “There is no doubt that the public would rather the pandemic hadn’t happened at all — but that doesn’t mean it’s been all bad for everyone, or that people see it deeply influencing their future. What’s surprising about the findings is that for a group of people the last year turned out better than expected, or even better than a normal year.”
He added “Of course, many have been badly influenced. The findings draw attention to a key area of the pandemic, that while action to control the pandemic has been taken, its influence depends hugely on your own circumstances.”
Almost half of the public felt the last year had been worse than expected and 43% expected its mental health because of the pandemic.
The research found that some people plan to continue with some habits they formed in lockdown, with saying they will shop locally more and 38% saying they plan to walk more post-pandemic. Gideon Skinner, research director at Ipsos MORI, said British people expect the pandemic will lead to long-term changes but bold different opinions on what the changes could be.
1. What did the research mainly find?| A．About half of British people would like to keep some parts of lockdown life. |
| B．Most British people thought they were disconnected from their friends. |
| C．Life during lockdown was better than British people’s normal life. |
| D．Lockdown was much worse than British people had thought. |
| A．The pandemic deeply influenced people’s future. |
| B．The public would miss some parts of lockdown. |
| C．The public would prefer there had been no pandemic. |
| D．The pandemic seemed to be out of control last year. |
| A．The changes brought by the pandemic are still unclear. |
| B．People will pay more attention to their family life. |
| C．The pandemic is helping people form good habits. |
| D．People are losing their confidence in the future. |
| A．Ways to spend time during lockdown. |
| B．Bad influences of the pandemic on people’s life. |
| C．People’s social relationships during the pandemic. |
| D．A research result on people’s life during lockdown. |
3 . Marcelo Toledo usually creates sculptures and jewelry out of metal. Now the Argentine artist is working with a new material: waste from the COVID-19 pandemic (传染病), such as masks, to create an exhibition exploring the painful impact of the virus.
Toledo, who has made jewelry for the musical “Evita” on Broadway and unique pieces for many famous people, was among the first in Argentina to be infected with COVID-19, which left him hospitalized for eight days. The experience had a great effect on his life and led to a series of artworks, including a 14-meter mask with the Argentine flag that he placed on the famous obelisk (方尖纪念碑) in Buenos Aires to raise awareness about organ donation during the pandemic.
For his new exhibition, the “Museum of the After”, Toledo is collecting recycled waste from the COVID-19 sent by hospitals, laboratories and strangers, including old medical parts and newspapers about the pandemic.
“I am excited to be able to turn pain into beauty and this exhibition is just recording everything that is happening to us as a society,” said Toledo. The artworks, which will go on show from September in a public space in downtown Buenos Aires, will all be made from waste materials or garbage that people send him. “It is the first time that I have done an exhibition in which I do not have to buy any of the elements,” he said.
In the exhibition there will be a real ship that will symbolically cross a “storm” and recycling islands to raise awareness about the importance of caring for the environment. “The exhibition will tell the story of this ship that went sailing and was stranded (搁浅) by a storm, which is a great metaphor (比喻) for what is happening to us. This pandemic is a great global storm,” said Toledo.
As with the huge mask, which was replicated (复制) in countries such as the United States and Japan, the artist dreams of replicating the new exhibition in other cities around the world.
1. What inspired Toledo to make the 14-meter mask?| A．His fear of the pandemic. | B．His Broadway experiences. |
| C．His hospital stay. | D．His research on organ donation. |
| A．They will be exhibited in hospitals. | B．They are greatly praised by the public. |
| C．They are created by people from all walks of life. | D．They are made out of rubbish about the pandemic. |
| A．Our awareness of environmental protection is improving. |
| B．We should spare no effort to defeat the pandemic. |
| C．We suffer a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| D．Our irresponsible behavior leads to natural disasters. |
| A．Reproduce his exhibition in other places. | B．Host exhibitions on different themes. |
| C．Make more huge masks to be on display. | D．Collect exhibition elements from around the world. |
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Shanghai authorities will improve care for homeless people facing difficulties during the
Shanghai, with the majority of its neighborhoods still under lockdown, reported 23,072 new
According to Peng Chenlei, the city’s vice-mayor, the municipal government has bolstered management,
6 . Vaccines may soon make their first film(薄膜) appearance. Led by expert Maria A. Croyle, researchers have developed a thin sheet that preserves vaccines for long periods without refrigeration. This means the carefully cooled small bottles now used to ship vaccines could potentially be replaced by lightweight films that can be mailed in an envelope and stored on a shelf.
The film is tailored to suit each specific vaccine candidate and provide a protective coating. “We’ve learned over time that the key to really stabilizing whatever the film holds is to have it intermixed with all the components,” Croyle says, adding that the process is quick and uses affordable and standard equipment. “We really wanted to come up with something that would be transferable to developing countries.”
Immunization(免疫) programs depend heavily on keeping vaccines cold (2℃-8℃) as they are transported, sometimes over thousands of kilometers to faraway locations. Delivery can be difficult and costly, and transport disruptions can cause the vaccines to be ineffective.
But this new product can store live viruses, bacteria and antibodies for several months at 20℃. In a paper published in Science Advances, the scientists show that the live viruses in one vaccine were preserved in the film even after 36 months. They also find that a flu vaccine suspended in their film compares favourably with a traditional flu shot. “The study demonstrates early proof of concept for an exciting platform for vaccine product development,” says Lisa Rohan, a pharmacologist, who was not involved in the study. She also notes that each vaccine type would need a custom formulation(配方) for future stages of development.
Finding partners to mass-produce for clinical trials is the researchers’ most pressing problem, Croyle says. They are also exploring packaging methods to keep their films stable up to 40℃.
Size is a major advantage—a letter-sized sheet of the film can carry more than 500 doses of vaccine, about 1⁄900 the weight of the same amount of traditional doses. By making it easier and cheaper to ship and preserve vaccines efficiently, Croyle says, the technology could vastly improve immunization rates the world over, particularly in middle to low income countries.
1. What can we learn about the film?| A．It contains animal’s DNA. |
| B．It will replace vaccines. |
| C．It comes in different flavours. |
| D．It can hold bio-products. |
| A．Its transportation requirement. |
| B．Its development schedule. |
| C．Its possible advantages. |
| D．Its key components. |
| A．advise personalizing vaccines. |
| B．suggest the product is promising. |
| C．prove the study is supported widely. |
| D．stress the functions of a new platform. |
| A．Immune system will be improved a lot all over the world. |
| B．A new type of affordable vaccine will benefit low-income countries. |
| C．Vaccines would be transferable to developing countries. |
| D．A new type of film preserves vaccines for long periods without being cooled. |
7 . Darlene Leeson was in hotel isolation(隔离)after returning to Australia from a trip to Hawaii. She was calling a friend, joking about the idea of putting a(n)
The first
Then her hotel room phone rang. “I
The traveller said she was in
“Being in hotel isolation, I can’t
| A．sign | B．advertisement | C．warning | D．picture |
| A．delivery | B．coffee | C．hamburgers | D．chocolate |
| A．sound | B．message | C．response | D．effort |
| A．improve | B．satisfy | C．challenge | D．entertain |
| A．lightly | B．seriously | C．gradually | D．willingly |
| A．frequently | B．exactly | C．initially | D．eventually |
| A．put | B．tear | C．kick | D．cut |
| A．taken along | B．get through | C．checked in | D．worked out |
| A．stored | B．purchased | C．preferred | D．delivered |
| A．sadness | B．doubt | C．surprise | D．panic |
| A．order | B．expect | C．reserve | D．promise |
| A．sweet | B．cheap | C．urgent | D．latest |
| A．delayed | B．celebrated | C．cheered | D．contributed |
| A．leave | B．exchange | C．clear | D．decorate |
| A．strangers | B．neighbors | C．travellers | D．passengers |
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Yours,
Li Hua
9 . Spring is here in Tokyo with the cherry blossoms. Yesterday, I
We decided to
After my piano lesson, as I walked home from the train station, cutting through a park as I usually do, I saw kids playing soccer in the meadow; people
I realized what I had been experiencing the whole day of my outing: a heightened appreciation of our ordinary lives, as if they were something
| A．tried | B．wore | C．dressed | D．posted |
| A．before | B．while | C．since | D．until |
| A．Confirming | B．Applying | C．Responding | D．Following |
| A．piano | B．soccer | C．bowling | D．writing |
| A．nearly | B．hardly | C．totally | D．actually |
| A．go out | B．set out | C．cut out | D．take out |
| A．cases | B．deaths | C．patients | D．survivors |
| A．refer to | B．listen to | C．stick to | D．attend to |
| A．making | B．packing | C．shining | D．ringing |
| A．walking | B．seizing | C．feeding | D．training |
| A．absorbed | B．struck | C．drunk | D．lighted |
| A．decent | B．primitive | C．harmonious | D．extraordinary |
| A．disappear | B．emerge | C．restore | D．undergo |
| A．cared about | B．thought about | C．doubted about | D．brought about |
| A．frame | B．sustain | C．appreciate | D．tolerate |
My wife, Megan, and I went out to dinner with an old friend who we had not seen for a while. There had been some talk of COVID-19 on the news, but it was early in the outbreak and people were still going about their daily routines. Even though everyone in group felt perfectly, we took precautions (预防): we washed our hands with soap and used hand sanitizer (洗手液), did not share food, and had no significantly close contact.
A few days later, our friend called and told us that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. She had felt some mild symptoms for a day or so after that dinner and was able to be tested because she is a doctor. On the following day, I started to feel a little tired and my head was a bit cloudy. I decided to stay in the master bedroom away from the rest of my family. The next morning, I woke up with a 39-degree fever. That was when we realized that I might have caught the virus from our friend.
At once, Megan called our state’s coronavirus hotline, who then called in our primary care doctor and the head of our local hospital system’s coronavirus team. We explained that we had been in contact with someone who had been tested positive, and I was having symptoms. They quickly approved me to receive a test at an urgent care center located 5 kilometer’s drive from my house. The result made my heart sink-I was also tested positive, and the local hospital didn’t have the facilities for my disease. As a mild case, I was recommended to stay home and quarantine (隔离) myself.
Following the doctor’s advice, Megan and I quarantined ourselves and our kids. With my symptoms developing, I started isolation in the bedroom, and the only interaction I had with Megan was when she brought in food. She slept on a small couch in our home office away from the kids’ rooms. She also minimized her contact with our kids in case she was carrying the virus.
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We decided to call everyone we had contacted over the course of the past week.
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Though worried about the seriousness of the virus, I knew I had to be brave
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