题目内容：

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."