Passage3(1)LuckinCoffeehasbecomeaphenomenoninChina—andwithWallStreetinvestors—duetostunninggrowth.Butitturnsoutsomeofitssalesmayhavebeenfake.(2)SharesofLuckinCoffee(LK)plunged80%inearlytradingThursdayafterthecompanydisclosedinaregulatoryfilingwiththeSecuritiesandExchangeCommissionthatitsboardhadformedacommitteetolookintoaccountingirregularities.(3)Luckinsaidinthefilingthatbeginninginthesecondquarterof2019,chiefoperatingofficerJianLiuandseveralofhisdirectreports“hadengagedincertainmisconduct,includingfabricatingcertaintransactions.”LuckinsaidLiuhassincebeensuspended.(4)Thecompanyaddedthatthefabricatedtransactionsamountedtoabout2.2billionyuan(approximately$310millionUS)fromthesecondquartertothefourthquarteroflastyear.(5)“Certaincostsandexpenseswerealsosubstantiallyinflatedbyfabricatedtransactionsduringthisperiod,”LuckinaddedintheSECfiling.(6)LuckinwentpublicontheNasdaqlastMay,whichiswhythecompanyneedstofileregularupdateswiththeSEC.(7)SharesofLuckinweredownsharplythisyear—evenbeforeThursday’saccountingbombshell—duetoconcernsthatCovid-19wereaffectingitssales.51.LuckinCoffeehasbecomeaphenomenoninChinabecauseof_____.

52.SharesofLuckinCoffee(LK)____80%inearlytradingThursday.

53.Howmuchdidthefabricatedtransactionsamountto?

54.WhendidLuckingopublicontheNasdaq?

55.Whatisthetoneofthepassage?

III.Reading.(2x3=6)GileadSciencesisreportingsomepreliminaryresultsfromtheuseofitsantiviraldrugremdesivirintreatingpatientswithCOVID-19.Thestudy,publishedFridaybytheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine,evaluatedtheresponseof53patientsgivenremdesivironacompassionateusebasis.Thirty-sixshowedclinicalimprovement,whileeightgotworse.Patientswhowerenotonaventilatortendedtodobetterthanthosewhowere.Sevenofthe53died.Allwereinseriousconditionandneededsomekindofoxygensupport,includingmechanicalventilation.ThepatientsreceivedthedrugbetweenJan.25andMarch7ofthisyear.Halfthepatientswerefollowedfor18daysorless.Thepatientswerestudiedinhospitalsaroundtheworld:22intheUnitedStates,22inEuropeorCanadaand9inJapan.Morethanhalfthepatientsinthestudyexperiencedsideeffectfromthedrug,rangingfromarashanddiarrheatoacutekidneyinjury.Astheauthorsnote,severalfactorsmakeithardtointerprettheresultsonthestudy.Thesmallnumberofpatients,therelativelyshortdurationofthefollow-upandthelackofacontrolgroup—peoplewhoreceivedaplaceboinsteadoftheactivedrug.Severallargecontrolledstudiesareunderwaythatcouldprovidemoredefinitiveevidenceofwhetherthedrugisusefulornot,andunderwhatcircumstances.11.Whatisremdesivir?

7.Whatisthemeaningofthephrase“inthewakeof?”

8.Accordingtothejointstatement,whenanalyzingwhenbesttoreopentheeconomy,thenumberonepriorityis____.

9.Whichofthefollowingfactorsdoesnotdeterminetheidealtimetoreopenthosesevenstates’economies?

7.AsofSaturday,therehavebeen____casesofinfectioninCanada.

8.AtthePeaceBridgebetweenBuffaloandFortErie,bustraffichasfallenby____.

9.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

Thepurposethatthewriterwrotethearticleforis______.

Inthewriter'sopinion,______,ortheforestsslowlydisappear.

Accordingtothearticle,weknowitis_____topreventtheforestsfromslowlydisappearing.