If medical workers are at the center of the fight against COVID-19, media professionals are the ones right behind them.
“For the first time in my career, I felt it could cost my life,” said Liao Jun, a reporter of Xinhua News Agency, at a media brie^ng （简报）in Wuhan on March 8, according to China Daily. Liao has been reporting the disease by visiting hospitals and local communities for months. “My colleagues call me ‘the iron lady',” she said. “For reporters, regardless of gender, it's our responsibility and duty to go to the core infection zones and listen to people's stories.”
That sense of mission can't be stopped. Zhan Song, a Changjiang Daily reporter, has been reporting in Wuhan. “If I do get infected someday, I think I'll start livestreaming （直播） interviews at whichever hospital I may land in and report about patients' lives there,” he said.
Reporters outside Wuhan may not face the same level of risk, but they are also doing whatever they can to get to the center of the news. Li Xueqing, for example, is a China Daily reporter, based in New York. She wrote a story about a group of Wuhan University schoolmates in New York who volunteered to donate medical equipment to hospitals in Wuhan. She thought about doing the interview over the phone, but she changed her mind.
“Anyone from inside China can do a phone interview,” said Li. “That's not why I'm here.” So she started to tag along with the volunteers, watching them do everything - from staying up late contacting the suppliers to dealing with piles of shipping paperwork. “After the story was published online, I saw a comment below that said, ‘Thank you for letting me see all the details behind the scenes.' I knew it was all worth it,” said Li.
As medical workers continue to fight on the front line, we must remember the ones who also risk their lives to deliver our daily news: the media.
24. What can we learn about Liao Jun as a journalist from the passage?
A. She started to work in Wuhan on March 8.
B. She attends media briefings in Wuhan every day.
C. She has been reporting first-hand on the disease.
D. She volunteers to help in hospitals and communities.
25. What did Li Xueqing write about in her story?
A. The spread of COVID-19 in New York.
B. The latest news on the outbreak in China.
C. The efforts some volunteers made to help Wuhan.
D. The challenges faced by medical workers in Wuhan.
26. The underlined part “tag along” in Paragraph 5 probably means " ”
A. go along B. have fun C. make donations D. search around
27. What do the three reporters mentioned have in common?
A. They went to Wuhan to report the outbreak.
B. They have fulfilled their professional responsibilities.
C. They got infected while they were reporting on the disease.
D. They risked their lives to interview the COVID-19 patients.
24.C 25.C 26.A 27.B
“For the first time in my career, I felt it could cost my life,” said Liao Jun, a reporter of Xinhua News Agency, at a media brie^ng （简报）in Wuhan on March 8, according to China Daily. Liao has been reporting the disease by visiting hospitals and local communities for months. “My colleagues call me ‘the iron lady',” she said. “For reporters, regardless of gender, it's our responsibility and duty to go to the core infection zones and listen to people's stories.”
That sense of mission can't be stopped. Zhan Song, a Changjiang Daily reporter, has been reporting in Wuhan. “If I do get infected someday, I think I'll start livestreaming （直播） interviews at whichever hospital I may land in and report about patients' lives there,” he said.
Reporters outside Wuhan may not face the same level of risk, but they are also doing whatever they can to get to the center of the news. Li Xueqing, for example, is a China Daily reporter, based in New York. She wrote a story about a group of Wuhan University schoolmates in New York who volunteered to donate medical equipment to hospitals in Wuhan. She thought about doing the interview over the phone, but she changed her mind.
“Anyone from inside China can do a phone interview,” said Li. “That's not why I'm here.” So she started to tag along with the volunteers, watching them do everything - from staying up late contacting the suppliers to dealing with piles of shipping paperwork. “After the story was published online, I saw a comment below that said, ‘Thank you for letting me see all the details behind the scenes.' I knew it was all worth it,” said Li.
As medical workers continue to fight on the front line, we must remember the ones who also risk their lives to deliver our daily news: the media.
24. What can we learn about Liao Jun as a journalist from the passage?
A. She started to work in Wuhan on March 8.
B. She attends media briefings in Wuhan every day.
C. She has been reporting first-hand on the disease.
D. She volunteers to help in hospitals and communities.
25. What did Li Xueqing write about in her story?
A. The spread of COVID-19 in New York.
B. The latest news on the outbreak in China.
C. The efforts some volunteers made to help Wuhan.
D. The challenges faced by medical workers in Wuhan.
26. The underlined part “tag along” in Paragraph 5 probably means " ”
A. go along B. have fun C. make donations D. search around
27. What do the three reporters mentioned have in common?
A. They went to Wuhan to report the outbreak.
B. They have fulfilled their professional responsibilities.
C. They got infected while they were reporting on the disease.
D. They risked their lives to interview the COVID-19 patients.
24.C 25.C 26.A 27.B
