A. Listening to the audio and answer the following questions.

1) How many countries have closed schools?

a) two c) four

b) three d) five

2) Until when will schools in Japan stay closed?

a) April the 18th c) April the 8th

b) April the 20th d) April the 28th

3) What did the article say parents are now worried about?

a) children being lazy c) getting to work

b) exam grades d) school closures

4) Who do many children not have living nearby besides grandparents?

a) teachers c) people with the virus

b) extended family d) friends

5) What might parents have to pay?

a) childcare fees c) a fee for lunches

b) a heavy price d) a high cost

6) What task force met in Japan?

a) a school task force c) a study task force

b) a home tuition task force d) an anti-virus task force

7) What are the next two weeks critical to control?

a) children studying c) the spread of COVID-19

b) school closures d) university exams

8) Who should make things easier for workers besides private companies?

a) the government c) hospitals

b) public services d) doctors

9) What action did a mother question the point of?

a) face masks c) closing schools

b) the government d) the virus

10) What did the mother say people were packed into?

a) schools c) cities

b) trains d) offices

B. Listen to the audio again and Fill in the Gaps

Japan and Hong Kong (1) closed their elementary ,

junior-high and high schools. Governments (2) want to protect children
from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Schools in Japan will stay closed until April
the 8th; children in Hong Kong (3) will return to school on April the 20th at the
earliest. Parents are worried about (4) the school closures .
Parents have to think about how to care for children. Grandparents will (5) look
after some children while their parents go to work.
Many children have no grandparents or extended family who live nearby. Parents
may have to pay (6) for childcare fees .

Japan's Prime Minister (7) shut the schools after meeting Japan's anti-(8)
Task force . The next two weeks are important to (9)
Control the spread of COVID-19. He wants to lower the risk of children and
(10) teachers getting infected through gathering
together. The government will ask companies to make it easier for parents to (11)
take time of work to look after
children. An angry mother said: "I wonder if the government thinks it is OK to
leave children at home alone." She asked: "What's the point of closing schools if
parents are still (12) commuting trains?"