Recently a really strange thing happened in a middle school in China's Hubei Province. Over 600 students there took part in a “caring for an egg like a baby”{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (active) in which they were asked to keep an egg close at hand for a month{#blank#}2{#/blank#}breaking it.

    "It's hard for parents to bring up their children{#blank#}3{#/blank#}many students just ignore it,” said Liu Kang, the school's director. "They should{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(teach) to be grateful to their parents, who have given them life but ask for nothing in return.”

    Li Ming is one of the students. His egg didn't break during the month, but he felt{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(exhaust). "I now realize that my parents have had great difficulty{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(bring) me up. I'll do all I can to make their life easier and more{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(comfort) when I grow up.” promised the 13-year-old boy.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (luck), about 10 students broke their eggs. Yan Yueming broke his egg after just five days, which made him frustrated. He said, "I can't imagine{#blank#}9{#/blank#}sad my parents would be if there was something wrong with me, their 'egg'!" It is time I{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(do) something in return for their love.” said Yan.

    Famous British physicist Stephen Hawking，{#blank#}1{#/blank#} mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76.

    Propelled(推动) to superstar by his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which became {#blank#}2{#/blank#}unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking devoted{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(he) to unlocking the secrets of the Universe. His genius and wit{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(win) over fans from far beyond the world of astrophysics, earning comparisons with Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.

    Hawking died {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(peaceful) at his home in the British university city of Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

    “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,” professor Hawking's children said in a statement{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (carry) by Britain's Press Association news agency. “He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live{#blank#}7{#/blank#} for many years.”

    Hawking refused to accept the predictions that he would only live for a few years after developing a form of motor neurone disease in his early {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(twenty). The illness gradually robbed him of mobility{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(leave) him confined to a wheelchair, almost completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his voice synthesiser(合成器).

    “His courage and persistence with his brilliance and{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (humorous) inspired people across the world,” his family said.

    Almost all the ice covering the Bering Sea has melted(融化), scientists have confirmed, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (throw) communities living around {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) shores into disorder. The region's ice cover {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (normal) lasts for at least another month, and this year it has disappeared earlier than any other year except 2017.

    Living in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} northern Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Russia, the Bering Sea is experiencing the climate change and has drawn attention this year for record-breaking levels of winter melting. In February, rising Arctic temperatures {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (lead) to around half the region's disappearing in the space of two weeks.

    A report {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (send) by the International Arctic Research Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has outlined the real-world effects of these surprising environmental {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (change) on the many communities {#blank#}8{#/blank#} live in the Bering Sea region.

    In their report, the International Arctic Research Centre scientists wrote that while not every year will be as bad as this one, ice {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (form) is likely to remain low if the Bering Sea's waters remain warm. They also warn that communities will need to "prepare for more winters {#blank#}10{#/blank#} low sea ice and stormy conditions".

    We were studying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the class. Each of us {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (require) to play a scene from the play, and I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (joke) asked to play the nurse. How the classmates responded aroused my interest. They thought I, a guy, couldn't play the nurse. But I decided I was going to be the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) nurse to explode on the stage of the class. That fateful week, I imprinted the lines of the nurse in my head. On the day of the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (perform), I walked onto the stage, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (dress) in my grandmother's Italian suit, and poured my heart and soul {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the scene. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} look of astonishment on my classmates' faces was all I needed to realize what school {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (mean) to me. School was a place {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I could explore unknown areas of my mind and uncover new ideas about the world. Perhaps this realization had never shown {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (it) before, because I never been brave enough to uncover it.