1 . Fear, anxiety, panic — those are the words Elaine Peng used to describe the state of her service’s recipients (接受者) who are fighting mental health problems through lectures and support groups on WeChat. President Donald Trump’s transaction (交易) ban on the social networking app has worsened their emotional state.

Since Peng founded the organization in 2013 with the mission of raising mental health awareness within the Chinese community, she has gradually built up her network. Now she has two WeChat groups of more than 500 people, including service recipients and volunteers.

Peng said, “WeChat is the organization’s primary communications tool because it is much friendlier than other US-developed apps. We also respond to emergency situations through WeChat. For instance, we recently rescued a patient from a parking lot, using the app’s real-time location feature, where his condition suddenly worsened and he didn’t know where he was,” she said.

Seeing that her group’s mission and operation will be affected in a significant way, Peng joined a legal challenge filed by the nonprofit US WeChat Users Alliance, seeking to block the ban. The presidential executive order does not define the word “transaction”, and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has not defined which particular transactions would be illegal. Ross may issue the definitions by Sunday, or he may not say anything for a long time, but the situation is already harming people who depend on WeChat. If the judge does not prevent the order from taking effect, then the law goes into effect Sunday, and no one knows exactly what it means.

We Chat has roughly 19 million daily active users in the US, most of them of Chinese descent, according to the complaint filed by the plaintiffs (原告) last month. The lawsuit argues that the order is illegal because it violates (侵犯) users’ free speech rights. It also argues that the ban targeted Chinese Americans, who rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China.

1. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Entertainment.

B．Science.

C．Education.

D．News brief.

2. What is the purpose of the organization founded by Peng?

A．To arouse mental health awareness.

B．To build up her network.

C．To provide service for recipients.

D．To keep in touch with relatives.

3. What was author’s attitude towards WeChat according to the article?

A．Subjective.

B．Objective.

C．Indifferent.

D．Doubtful.

4. What is the best title of this passage?

A．Wechat ban-users’ expectation

B．Wechat ban-users’ demand

C．Wechat ban-users’ concern

D．Wechat ban-users’ disaster

2 . The Superme Court is the highest court in the United States. Let’s meet some of the great women who have left their mark one in the country’s highest court. Margaret Brent

In the early years women were prevented from practicing law. However, Margaret Brent, a wealthy landlord living in Maryland, was an exception. She appeared before courts several times to file lawsuits（诉讼）against people who owed her money.

Lucy Prince

Lucy was well-known for her skills as a public speaker, and in 1976 she became the first black woman in America to argue before a Supreme Court justice. The case arose from a land conflict, and Lucy argued against two leading lawyers. Chief Justice Samuel Chase, said that Lucy “ made a better argument than he had ever heard from a lawyer in Vermont.”

Ruth Ginsburg

Born in Brooklyn, Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University and Columbia Law School. Between 1972 and 1978, Ginsburg argued six cases before the Supreme Court concerning laws that kept women out of certain occupations. She won five of them. Later she was appointed to hold an important post in the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton.

Myra Bradwell

In 1872, the Illinois Supreme Court denied Myra Bradwell’s admission to the Illinois Bar despite the fact that she had passed the state bar exam. Bradwell then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Illinois court’s decision. Unfortunately for Bradwell, the tables weren’t turned.The Supreme Court claimed that there was nothing illegal about   denying   a woman the chance to practice as a lawyer.

1. What was Samuel Chase’s attitude to Lucy’s argument?

A．Uncaring.	B．Approving
C．Doubtful.	D．Grateful.

2. Who is concerned about equal rights for women according to the text?

A．Margaret Brent	B．Lucy Prince
C．Ruth Ginsburg	D．Myra Bradwell

3. What does the underlined sentence mean in the text?

A．Bradwell’s request was illegal.

B．Bradwell failed the state bar exam.

C．The Supreme Court broke the law.

D．The Supreme Court ruled against Bradwell.