Starting a new school term is always exciting.It is a chance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) your friends again.But most exciting of all,the new term lets you take up all hobbies.In Britain it is common for students to take up new hobbies after the Christmas holidays.Promising to learn something new is a common New Year's resolution.

    Most schools offer different kinds {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hobby classes.Students  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (usual)take  them in their free periods or after school.Some classes you have to pay for but some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) free.For example,I once took a free Wednesday evening gymnastics class {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is offered by my school.But when I learnt how to play the drum,my parents had to pay for the lessons.

    The most popular extra classes at my school were piano lessons and drama lessons.Both classes offered exams students could take.Students with many hobbies sometimes felt {#blank#}6{#/blank#} stressed than those without any.But the students with hobbies left school with many extra {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (skill).

    I haven't continued any of the hobbies I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (begin) at school.But I have never regretted taking  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} . My {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (good) friend today is someone I met in my gymnastics class.

    A university professor and his elderly mother have become social media stars in China. Prof Hu has been bringing his 80-year-old mother. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} has Alzheimer's, to his classes. Freshmen at the university at first assumed that she was a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (retire) professor sitting in on classes, before {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (realise) it was Prof Hu's mother. She is very quiet during his classes and the students have come to accept her with {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (warm).

    It is reported that Prof Hu's father died in 2011, and although he has {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (young) sisters, he has taken on the responsibility of looking after his mother, because her brain disease means that he is the only one she recognises. He said that her symptoms were now so severe {#blank#}6{#/blank#} “she cannot tell the difference between when she is holding a soft drink, sugar, salt, or washing powder”.

    Weibo users have praised Prof Hu {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a filial son (孝子), as well as a good educator - not just in economics, but in life.

    Respect towards parents, elders and ancestors {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (consider) a key value in Chinese society and culture. The concept {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (go) back to 400BC and is a core virtue of Confucianism (儒家), described in the early {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (work) of China's best-known scholar.

    On May 18, it was announced that China had achieved success in drilling fire ice, a frozen {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mix) of water and natural gas, from the South China Sea. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(official) known as methane hydrates(甲烷水合物), fire ice produces a high amount of energy when {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(burn) and its chemical reaction produces nothing but dioxide and water.

    Fire ice, both clean and energy-intensive, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(consider) the fuel of the future. Many countries, including the United States and Japan, have long been conducting research on fire ice, but extracting（提取）it from the bottom of the sea has been a common problem {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(trouble) all of them. But, the Chinese team succeeded in drilling fire ice for nearly eight successive days, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}is a big breakthrough.

    However, it is too early {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(say) a new energy source has been found. The world's total fire ice reserve is about 21,000 trillion cubic meters, which, if extracted, could meet the world's energy need

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}1,000 years. But the successful test drilling of fire ice does not mean it can be extracted for {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(industry) use. China has to solve many problems before it can use fire ice as a source of energy.

    It's thought that only by 2025 at{#blank#}10{#/blank#} earliest might people be able to look at realistic commercial options.

    Once upon a time, there was a small town. There {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) a man by himself who couldn't see. He was blind. Yet, he carried a lighted lamp with him whenever he went out at night.

    One night as he was coming home after having a dinner outside, he came across a group of young {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (travel). They saw that he was blind, yet carrying a lighted lamp. They started passing comments on him and made fun {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him. One of them asked him, "Hey Man! You are blind and can't see anything! Why do you carry the lamp?" The blind man replied, "Yes, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(unfortunate), I am blind and I can't see anything {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a lighted lamp which I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (carry) is for the people like you who can see. You may not see the blind man {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (come) and end up pushing me. That is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I carry a lighted lamp". The group of travelers felt ashamed and apologized for their{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(behave). We should think before judging others. Always be polite and learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (see) things from others point of view.

What should we do when everything{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(feel) so out of control？

Living with so much uncertainty is hard. Human beings long for information about the future in the same way we long for food, water and other primary{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(reward). Our brain sperceive uncertainty as a threat, and they try to protect us by{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(remind) us to focus on creating certainty.  

But sometimes—maybe always—it's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(effective) for us not to attempt to create certainty. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}evolution might have commanded our brains to resist uncertainty,  we can never{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(real) know what the future will bring.  And during improbable situations like the pandemic(疫情) , {#blank#}7{#/blank#}has greatly disturbed our routines and totally destroyed our plans, we need to learn to live with uncertainty.  

"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is," wrote mathematician John Allen Paulos. "Knowing how{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(live) with insecurity is the only security." What have you always wanted to do？What outcome are you hoping for？How can you make{#blank#}9{#/blank#}real life during this time？Live that life. When we take{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(responsible) for our lives, we will have the real power that comes from creating the life we want.