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阅读理解 In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don't need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas. Chinese students said that they would be "stared at like a virus spreader" if they go out with a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some Furopean and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel "worried", "shy", and "afraid of being looked at differently. " But as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are changing their attitudes. In the US, for example, the need for masks is very high now. The US surgeon general (卫生局局长) has been asking people to avoid hoarding too many masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public. However, in Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask-wearing. In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague（肺鼠疫）in 1910， the mask became a symbol of China's position as a modern, scientific nation, according to Scottish medical anthropologist (人类学家) Christos Lynteris. The 2003 SARS epidemic led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral（抗病毒的）protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia. In Japan， wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure（使安心）others when one catches a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories (配饰), with different colors and patterns to "match their clothes. Wearing masks is also a way to "hide" for young women when they don't have their makeup (化妆) on. In more collectivist (集体主义的) cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity (团结) during the outbreak, according to Lynteris. People wear masks "to show that they want to stick together" in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote. （1） Why don't healthy people in the West wear masks? A . They don't think masks can prevent disease. B . Only medical workers need to wear masks. C . They think masks are for sick people to wear. D . Wearing a mask looks funny. （2） What does the underlined word "hoarding" in paragraph 2 mean? A . wearing B . making C . throwing D . keeping （3） Masks have been widely used in China since      . A . the outbreak of SARS in 2003 B . the pneumonic plague in 1910 C . Christos Lynteris wore one publicly D . the invention of the modern medical mask （4） The main idea of the passage is        . A . proving the importance of wearing masks during an epidemic B . showing opinions about masks between different countries C . explaining why Westerners don't wear masks D . introducing the history of wearing masks 答案： C D A B

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