1 . Directions: After reading the passage and the sentences below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

A. generally       B. unnecessary       C. attitudes       D. reluctant       E. respect       F. cause G. incorrectly       H. sparkly       I. communities       J. protect       K. contributions

During the outbreak of COVID-19, almost everyone in China wears a mask to     1     themselves against the virus.However, many people in the West feel     2     to wear masks, even if there is an increasing number of their compatriots being infected.

According to the Global Times, different attitudes toward wearing masks largely lie in the cultures. In the West, what people     3     believe that unless one is already ill, wearing а mask is simply     4    .

Siva Kumar from the US is one of them. “Masks can only protect you from particulate matter in the air you breathe, but they can' t hold up microbes," Kumar told China Daily. “Wearing a mask when you’re healthy will     5     tension for others.”

US infection prevention specialist Eli Perencevich told Forbes, The average healthy person shouldn' t be wearing masks." She added, “If they wear them     6     it can increase the risk of infection because they’re touching their faces more often.”

However, for people in Asian countries like China, wearing a mask is deep- rooted in their culture.Valuing collectivism(集体主义), people in Asia always want to make     7     to the groups that they belong to. In such uncertain and potentially dangerous time, many people have taken their responsibility to wear masks to ensure the safety of their     8    .

Chen Xinjie, a media worker in Beijing, said, Wearing the mask for a long time is hot, stuffy (闷热的) and uncomfortable...But as a member of the group, it’s our duty to do so.

Influenced by social cultures, the     9     toward wearing а mask can be different in the East and West. But as US essayist Ralph Emerson once said, “We must each     10     others even as we respect ourselves.”