"My first memory related to China is my parents telling me not to waste food because many children in China were starving，" Levine recalled.
    Born in 1948 in Los Angeles，California，in the United States，Mark Levine is now a singer，song-writer and English teacher.After working as a volunteer in low-income communities in the US for nearly 30 years，Levine came to China and worked as an English teacher some 16 years ago.Levine didn't realize at the time that he would soon come to fall in love with the country and end up staying here.
    As a musician，Levine likes to write songs and sing along to them with his guitar.So far，Levine has written more than 70 songs about China，with different themes such as traveling，migrant workers，Chinese culture and natural scenery.
    Levine considers writing songs to be a natural way to express his thoughts and feelings about the world around him. "I saw things changing right before my eyes.And suddenly lyrics would come to me and I'd write them down."
    Having served as a first-hand witness（见证人） to China's development，Levine has also had the chance to put pen to paper and record some events in the country's history.
In 2020，the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 made him change his plans.During that time，he was mostly stuck inside his apartment teaching online classes for three months，which was a new kind of experience for him.
    Throughout the year，he kept in contact with close friends and acquaintances（熟人） he knew across China and abroad，having made an effort every day to pay attention to the news feeds from both inside and outside of China.He learned how the country fought against the virus and soon decided to compose a song about it to add to his large collection of musical stories about his life in China，a song named "Together we must take a stand-fight the novel corona virus."
    "Everybody worked together.It wasn't just the actions of the government；there was a collective response by the people，" said Levine.Levine said that Chinese people had a collective sense that "we are all in this together"，an advantage that some countries have lacked in their fight against the deadly virus.
    "I've never felt unsafe in China about anything，including COVID-9.I'm glad I was here，" he said.Levine hopes that the world can work together to beat COVID-19，just like the lyric he wrote in his song： "Corona virus，we will defeat，around the world it must be beaten.So here and there in every land，together we will take a stand."

（1）What was Levine before he came to China？

He worked as a volunteer in low-income communities in the US.

He worked as a volunteer in low-income communities in the US.

（2）完成句子。
He has written

more than 70

more than 70

songs about China so far.（不超过5个词）
（3）Why did he teach online for three months？ （不超过7个词）

Because of the outbreak of COVID-19.

Because of the outbreak of COVID-19.

（4）文中划线单词"it"指代的什么？

How the country fought against the virus.

How the country fought against the virus.

（5）文中划线单词collective的中文翻译是什么？

集体的

集体的

（6）What advantage do Chinese people have in their fight against the virus？（不超过 15个词）

Chinese people had a collective sense that "we are all in this together".

Chinese people had a collective sense that "we are all in this together".