Tens of thousands of ______ returned to school in Shanghai and Beijing on Monday (April 27) after months of closures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as China’s major cities ______ return to normality.
Shanghai students in their final year of middle and high school returned to classrooms, while only high-school seniors in Beijing were allowed back ______ campus to prepare for the “gaokao” (university entrance exam).
China has largely curbed the spread of the deadly disease, but is still on ______ alert (警戒), with growing fears of imported cases and a ______ wave of domestic infections in the northeast. Teenager Meng Xianghao said he was taking extra precautions on his first day back at Beijing’s Chenjinglun High School. “I haven’t been out since the outbreak of the epidemic. I brought masks, garbage bags and disinfectant,” Meng, who had just taken the subway for the first time in ______.
Students are eager to go back to school. “I’m glad. It’s been too long since I’ve seen my classmates,” said 18-year-old student Hang Huan. “I’ve missed them ______.”
“At school, there’s a certain atmosphere for learning ______ at home, there is not,” said Wang Yuchen, a 17-year-old student.
Students in the capital will have their temperatures measured at school gates and ______ show a “green” health code on a special app that calculates (评估) a infection risk, according to China’s Ministry of Education. And in some cafeterias, students are assigned fixed seating spots spaced at least 1m apart.
Beijing student Xiao Shuhan said he thought some form of social distancing would ______ even as classmates and friends reunite. “We’ll no longer put our arms around each other’s shoulders,” he said.
1.A.teachers B.students C.workers D.doctors
2.A.gradually B.suddenly C.quietly D.hardly
3.A.in B.at C.on D.for
4.A.highly B.high C.higher D.highest
5.A.first B.one C.second D.two
6.A.hours B.days C.months D.years
7.A.a bit of B.a bit C.a lot of D.a lot
8.A.or B.but C.for D.so
9.A.should B.may C.ought D.must
10.A.continue B.stop C.develop D.change
— Let’s meet at my home at six. We can eat out.
— ______.
A.See you then B.Good luck C.Have a good time D.You’re welcome
— Why do you call him Mr. Know?
— ______ he knows almost everything that we want to know.
A.So B.Or C.But D.Because
— ______ is it from your home to the bookstore?
— About 15 kilometers.
A.How far B.How much C.How long D.How many
Li Lei often takes a walk early ______ the morning.
A.at B.on C.in D.for
Let’s ______ TV, Tom.
A.watching B.watches C.watch D.to watch