Every Saturday, 73-year-old Zhao Guihua takes a special course. In a classroom located in a residential community in the city of Hefei, Anhui, Zhao and her classmates, all seniors, most     1    (wear) reading glasses, learn how to shop on their smartphones.

“We offer a course     2     teaches seniors how to use their smartphones to scan(扫描)health-tracking QR codes(二维码), buy things online, register for hospital visits, and shoot short films,” said Liu Li, who is the     3    (found) of the e-course.

Liu has been providing services for the elderly for 10     4     (year). After learning that many old people don't know about the use of digital devices(设备) in their daily lives, she     5     (start) the smartphone course in August last year to help them cross the digital divide.

Official data show that by the end of 2019, some 150 million seniors at or above the age of 60 in China hadn't had the opportunity     6    (use) the Internet.

“During COVID-19, scanning a health-tracking QR code     7     (need) when we go to a supermarket or take a bus,” said 63-vear-old learner Liu Shaomin.

Instructor Huang Zhen said the course started with the basics of smartphones and that the learners were all crazy about it. Over several months. The number of learners grew rapidly, with ages ranging     8     60 to 90.

“Now I can read news, buy train tickets and book tickets for tourist attractions on my smartphone,” Zhao said     9     (proud). “Scanning health tracking QR codes is now     10     piece of cake for me.”

After finishing online classes at home during the covid-19 pandemic. Hong Nanjia,16, from Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, puts on her apron (围裙) and begins her one hour of chores. Then she needs to share her feelings in a diary     1     will be handed in to her teacher.

Most students    2     (require) to take part in the labor class once per week. Since September, labor class has been listed as    3     official course in the school lives of primary and middle school students. Qian Chenyi supports this policy. He said that he started the labor class during, middle school. All the students would gather weed in the school garden    4     water the plants.

According to Qian, his school would invite professionals to provide them    5     practical skills for their daily lives. “ When shared bikes- became    6     ( gradual) popular in 2020, students were taken to the parking spots and/helped/put them into the right place. Professionals also    7     (show) us how to fix the bikes.” Qian said. “After    8     (learn) first aid, students volunteer to help people who have had accidents in the water. He added that if students found a specific topic    9     (attract), they would focus on it and only take part in the labor class    10     (relate) to that topic. “Through the labor classes, we not only find our interests but also become more well- rounded.” said Qian.