PAGE-13-集宁一中2019—2020学年第二学期第二次月考高二年级英语试题本试卷满分为150（120×1.25）分,考试时间为100分钟第一卷（选择题共70分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节,满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）一、阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AThesuddenriseofthenewcoronavirushasshockedChina.AlthoughChinahasbeendoingeverythingpossibletostopthevirus,ithasspreadoutsideofitsbordersandintootherregions.TherearenowconfirmedcasesofCOVID-19incountriesincludingtheUK,Japan,Germany,Vietnam,RussiaandtheUnitedStates.Thereisagrowingfearthattheeffectsoftheoutbreakwillworsenifitisnotcontained.ThishasledtocountriesclosingborderswithChinaandputtingtravelbansinplace,hopingtoprotecttheirowncitizens.However,fearandmisinformationhavealsocausedthespreadofsomethingelse–racism.RestaurantsandbusinessesinmanytouristareasacrosstheworldhavepostedsignsbanningChinesepeople.SocialmediausersrecentlysharedapictureofasignoutsideahotelinRome,Italy.Thesignsaidthat“allpeoplecomingfromChina”were“notallowed”inthehotel.Similarsignswithanti-Chinesesentiment(情绪)werealsoreportedlyseeninSouthKorea,theUK,MalaysiaandCanada.Thesesignswereloudandclear–“NoChinese”.Racistactionssuchasthesedoalotmoreharmthangood.“Myethnicity(种族渊源)hasmademefeellikeIwaspartofathreateninganddiseasedmass,”SamPhan,amaster’sstudentattheUniversityofManchester,wrotetotheGuardian.EdithBracho-Sanchez,anassistantprofessoratColumbiaUniversityIrvingMedicalCenter,hasexperienceworkingonhealthissuesthatinvolveinternationalborders.“Ashumanbeings,weareafraidofthethingswedon’tknow,butourresponseshouldbetoeducateourselves,nottofurtherspreadfearsandmisunderstandings,”shesaid.Bracho-Sanchezsuggestedthatthemediashould“sticktothefacts”.Phansharedasimilarview:“It’simportanttoseeusinallourdiversity,asindividualhumanbeings,andtochallengestereotypes(刻板印象).Thecoronavirusisahumantragedy,solet’snotallowfeartobreed(引发)hatred,intoleranceandracism.”Insteadofspreadingmisinformationandfuelingfearfulthoughts,weshoulddoeverythingwecantosupportthosewhoareaffectedbyeventssuchastheCOVID-19outbreak.Afterall,therealenemy