His days are long, 12 hours crisscrossing the city and     1    (drive) local residents to buy groceries, get medicine and go to the hospital. And     2     roads he travels are mostly empty since the city was sealed off(封闭). In his blue and white car, Zhang Lei is a rare sight on the streets of Wuhan.

During normal times, Mr. Zhang, 32, is a taxi driver in this Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak.     3     after the local government abruptly locked down the city late last month, Mr. Zhang became one of the thousands of people who have volunteered to help ease the transportation problems.

Most of his passengers are poor,     4    (elder) residents who don’t have children or     5    family is outside Wuhan and can’t come home because of the quarantine(隔离). “It’s heartbreaking,” he says. “There is no one to take care of     6    (they) .”

The free rides    7    (arrange) by neighborhood committees, which typically serve as a go-between for residents and the local government. In the current crisis, those committees are in charge of allocating community     8    (resource) and helping coordinate with hospitals.

Like other drivers, Mr. Zhang doesn’t get     9     (pay). Many Chinese have praised these volunteer drivers for donating their time and     10     (energetic) to help their fellow residents out.

Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in temperate - zone bamboo forests in central China . Among the best recognized but     1     (rare) animals in the world , they have come to symbolize endangered wildlife and     2     (conserve) efforts .

The giant panda is listed     3     endangered in the World Conservation Union ’s (IUCN’s) Red List of Threatened Animals . It is one of the most critically endangered     4     (species) in the world . There are about 1,000     5     (leave) in the wild . About 140 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world , mostly in China . Scientists are not sure how long giant   pandas live in the wild ,     6     they are sure it is shorter than lifespans (寿命) in zoos. Chinese scientists     7     (report) zoo pandas as old as 35 so far .

    8     (current), the Chinese government in conjunction with the WWF are doing all     9     is possible to save the giant panda . This includes further research on     10     to continually increase their numbers .

It is hard for me to practice kindness to people as I live in a very distant area and often go many days without     1     (see) anyone, but I can practice kindness actually, with my husband and     2     (animal). I volunteer at the local animal shelter.

Several months ago, an upper breathing virus was spreading through the cats. One very young cat     3     had been operated on was especially sick. I told the shelter that I would take the cat to the animal hospital and would pay its bills and keep it for some time.

I worked with the cat for over a week, getting it     4     (take) good care of, giving it medicines, worrying about it, and loving it. It was so sick.     5     (frank), I thought it was going to die because the doctor did not give any promises. Later, I went to deal     6     my family business and we didn't go there for     7     long time. But I hoped that it could get better soon.

About a week ago, I found the cat on the side of a road with its two baby cats although it was still just a little cat     8     (it). To my great excitement, the wonder I was expecting has happened. It has overcome the     9     (ill). Well, my husband and I decided that it should     10     (give) a forever home. Now it lives quietly in my house with its two babies.

There    1    (be) no lights in sight but the night sky glowed (发光) a dusky yellow, because the Amazon was burning. The yellow flames engulfed (吞噬) trees    2    lit up the sky. During the day, the sunshine was blocked by thick smoke. So far, the fire    3    (put) out.

The government has recorded 72, 843 fires. The fire is just one of    4    (they) in the Amazon, the world's    5    (large) rainforest and a fighter against climate change. According to Brazil's space research agency INPE, the wildfire has decreased    6    17 percent so far compared to the same period in 2018.

Environmental    7    (group) said the policies of the government encouraged deforestation (滥伐森林) of the Amazon,    8    led to more fires. But the government posted a report and wanted    9    (argue) against that. The government claimed that non-governmental organizations    10    (angry) set fire to the forest after it cut their funding.