第四周新闻测试 News Test for Week 4 Direction: Listen to a passage about COVID-19 and judge the following questions true or false. And mark T for True or F for False. ( ) 1. WHO says the new corona-virus could spread worldwide and cases have been confirmed in almost 16 countries. ( ) 2. China has the largest number of infections: more than 83000 cases and more than 2800 deaths from COVID-19. ( ) 3. Most of the new cases are reported mainly in South Korea , Japan , India and Iran . ( ) 4. Iraq has reported the most deaths outside of China – 34 from 388 reported cases. ( ) 5. The continuing health crisis also became an economic crisis. ( ) 6. Switzerland is the only country that banned major public events outside of China . ( ) 7. Saudi Arabia announced a temporary ban on foreigners from entering the country to visit Islam’s holiest places. ( ) 8. In Japan , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on schools to close until the end of April. ( ) 9. North Korea has more corona-virus cases than any other country outside of China . ( ) 10. In Italy , as the number of new cases is increasing, the number of visitors is shrinking.