Question

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, almost everyone in China wears a face mask to protect themselves and other people 1. the virus. However, many people in the West feel reluctant to wear masks 2. there is an increasing number of their compatriots(同胞）being infected.

According to the Global Times, different attitudes toward 3. (wear) masks largely lie in the cultures. In the West, 4. people generally believe is that unless one is already ill, wearing a mask is simply unnecessary.

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 filter (过滤) out microbes (微生物), "Kumar told China Daily. “wearing a mask when you're healthy 5.(cause) tension for others."

US infection prevention specialist Eli Perencevich told Forbes, "The average healthy person 6. not wear masks." She added, “If they wear them incorrectly 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 engrained (根深蒂固的) in their culture. 7. (Value) collectivism (集体主义), people in Asia always want to make contributions to the groups 8.they belong to. In such uncertain and potentially dangerous time, many people have taken the responsibility 9.(wear) face masks to ensure the safety of their communities.

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

10.(Influence) by social cultures, the attitudes toward wearing a mask can be different in the East and West. But as US essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."

Answer

1.against

2.Even if /though

3.wearing

4.what

5.will cause

6.should

7.Valuing

8.that /which

9.to wear

10.Influenced

【解析】

本文是说明文。本文说明了由于文化差异，在疫情期间，西方人不愿意像亚洲人一样戴口罩的现象。

1.考查介词。句意：几乎每个中国人都带口罩，保护自己和他人不感染细菌。protect somebody against保护某人免受……。故填against。

2.考查状语从句连接词。句意：即使被感染的同胞数量增长，西方人仍然不愿意戴口罩。前后表示让步关系。故填Even if /though。

3.考查非谓语动词。句意：据《环球时报》报道，对戴口罩的不同态度很大程度上在于文化。 attitudes toward doing表示“对……的态度”。故填wearing。

4.考查主语从句。句意：在西方，人们普遍认为除非一个人已经病了，戴口罩是没必要的。is前是主语从句，从句中believe缺少宾语，且指物，所以用what。故填what。.

5.考查动词时态。句意：在你健康时戴口罩会导致其他人紧张。前面戴口罩的事情“将会”给别人带来紧张感，所以使用一般将来时。故填will cause。

6.考查情态动词。句意：一般健康的人不应该戴口罩。根据下文美国感染防御专家的话得知，他认为不“应该”戴口罩，should在这里表示劝告或者建议。故填should。

7.考查非谓语动词。句意：在亚洲，珍视集体主义的人们总想为自己的集体做贡献。前后主语一致，主语people与动词value之间为主动关系，所以用现在分词作状语。故填Valuing。

8.考查定语从句。句意：在亚洲，珍视集体主义的人们总想为自己的集体做贡献。先行词是group，在定语从句中做介词to的宾语，指物用that或which，故填that/which。

9.考查非谓语动词。句意：在这样一个充满不确定性和潜在危险的时期，很多人负责的戴上口罩确保社区的安全。名词responsibility后阐述的是一个以后要做的事情，用不定式作定语，故填to wear。

10.考查非谓语动词。句意：受社会文化影响，东方和西方人们对戴口罩的态度不同。根据后面的介词by，得知是“被影响”，用过去分词表示被动，故填Influenced。