In August, four COVID-19     1    (fight) received the top honour for their huge contributions in China’s fight against the virus. Chinese President Xi Jinping     2    (sign) a presidential order (主席令) to award Zhong Nanshan “the Medal of the Republic”,     3    highest state honour. China’s top medical adviser Zhang Boli, top Chinese vaccine (疫苗) researcher Chen Wei and Zhang Dingyu, director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital,     4    (award) “the People’s Hero”.

Giving the honour to them shows the spirit of the Chinese people in respecting science and professionalism. It also shows that Chinese people always stand up as one in the face of difficulties.

During this hard-won fight,     5     impressed us most is that they faced COVID-19 so bravely regardless    6    their own safety.

In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Zhong, 84, decided to go to Wuhan, the hardest hit place by COVID-19. He dared to point out that the disease was likely to spread from person to person, and stressed the     7    (important) of strict prevention (预防) and control. Zhang Boli advised us to use     8    (tradition) Chinese medicine in treating patients,     9    (make) great contributions to the control of the spread of the disease. Chen Wei contributed to basic research and vaccines for COVID-19. Her team became the first in the world     10    (show ) complete phase (阶段) one clinical trial (临床试验) results. And Zhang Dingyu helped gain time for China’s proving that the unknown disease was caused by the novel coronavirus.

During the COVID-19 virus outbreak, many people    1    (force) to stay inside are looking for new hobbies. Some of them are even learning to cast spells with Harry Potter-related websites.

In early April, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling announced the launch of Harry Potter at Home. The new website aims     2     (cure) boredom during the long days of     3    (stick) indoors. It’s particularly designed for students and teachers     4     seek relief from the long days of lockdown. Super fans can test their Potter knowledge through various quizzes. Meanwhile newcomers to     5    magic world can read interviews with some of the film series’ actors. The project is a cooperation between Rowling and several on-line     6     (company). Audible, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing and Scholastic are involved.

Rowling has also lifted copyright restrictions for educators as well. Teachers can now    7    (free) share the Harry Potter series with their students online. They may record videos of themselves reading the books aloud. The e-book for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is also     8    (access) to users of Harry Potter at Home website, free     9     charge.

Rowling’s first book    10     (publish) in June 1997. Almost 23 years later, the world is very different. Still, the attraction of magic remains. It feels especially needed in times of great difficulty, like today.

The novel coronavirus, which    1    (origin)in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has now spread to 12 countries, has much in common     2     seasonal flu. They are both viral infections, share similar symptoms and crucially can spread from human to human. In the midst of flu season in much of the northern hemisphere,    3     (tell) the difference between the two will be vital in stopping its spread.

Human coronaviruses, of     4    there are four, can cause infections similar to flu: while many symptoms are mild, both can lead     5     pneumonia （肺炎）and become lethal（致命的）. However, the novel coronavirus（新型冠状病毒） is     6    (serious) than a "typical influenza infection," says Ian Jones, a professor of virology at the University of Reading.

While the mortality rates and symptoms of flu and novel coronavirus may end up being similar, humans'     7    (able) to fight off the viruses differ greatly.

Flu can spread from person to person from up to six feet away,     8    (large) caused by liquid emitted when the inflicted cough or sneeze. Those infected are usually contagious for around three days following the beginning of     9     illness, although this time-frame could stretch to over a week.

All this and more remains a mystery as for the new coronavirus. To understand the virility of the outbreak, Jones urges a focus     10    whether or not international cases lead to secondary infections. "If they don't," he explains, "it would suggest that the virus doesn't transmit quite so well: clearly all the people on the airplane (that traveled from an infected zone) didn't get it."

As the saying goes, “A hero       1    (know) in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong,     2     saved many people's lives in 2003.

In 2003, SARS    3    (break)out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers.    4    (hundred)of patient seven died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So, everyone was afraid of it. Zhong spent days and nights to find     5    cause of the disease. Thanks    6    his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust.

In early 2020,a disease     7    (call)COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It spread around quickly and tens of thousands of people were infected. Zhong, 84, led    8    (he) team to fight the illness. Zhong's team took many measures     9    (cure)the patients with COVID-19. He   advised people to wear masks, wash hands     10    (frequent),stay at home and not to go to crowd places.

Now at the age of 84, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors.

An elderly woman has broken down in tears inside a Coles supermarket after arriving in the canned food aisle to empty    1    (shelf),with all products taken by ＂selfish"panic buyers.

A heartbreaking image of the woman,    2    (take)inside the Port Melbourne supermarket at midday on Thursday and shared to Twitter by Nine News reporter Seb Costello,started an outpouring of feelings from the public,with many     3    (express) their willingness to help the lady and others currently suffering.

“    4    (honest),that is the picture     5    catches this madness,"one person responded.

＂This really breaks my heart,the elderly have already given to society,why aren't we looking after them?”another said.

＂This absolutely breaks my heart.If I    6    (know)where this lady lives,I'd help her out with food in a heartbeat.This has to stop now,"    7    third wrote.

One lady claimed she"sobbed     8    10 minutes"after seeing the image,and hoped"someone helped her fill her basker"and made sure she was.OK at home. Others shared similarly shocking events they had seen during the COVID-19(新冠病毒）chaos.

I     9    (tell)that the 92 year-old mum of a friend had a tin of tomato soup snatched from her hand at a supermarket in Ryde earlier this week.Disgraceful    10    （behave)."one wrote.