When thinking about careers, professional advancement, or even job hunting, we usually attach    1    (important) to the so-called “hard skills”, meaning skills     2     are directly connected to our ability to perform a particular task or do a certain job. These skills can be evaluated or measured, as they are the results of     3    (we) degrees, certificates, specialized knowledge, continuing education, vocational (职业的) training, and so on.

“Soft skills”, on the other hand, are harder    4    (measure) than “hard skills”, as they usually do not come from a degree or specialized training,     5     from life experience, personality, and attitude. They     6    (call) “people skills” as they    7    (typical) relate, in some forms, to how we deal or interact with other people. For example; Are we able to motivate and lead people? Can we communicate well with others?

Some commonly    8    (mention) soft skills would include creativity, teamwork, written and verbal (口头的) communication, management leadership, flexibility, and organization. These types of skills are vital, as they help to form     9    well-rounded person. They can provide a     10    (compete) edge in a job search. Soft skills are relevant to every industry or job, because people are always the key, in one way or another.

    1    (volunteer) is very important. The benefits of volunteering extend(延伸) far beyond the reach of the community and the individual     2    is being directly helped. There are many studies     3    (indicate) that volunteering is     4    (physical) and mentally beneficial to volunteers’ well-being. The    5    (benefit) are significant even if you have just started to explore the world of volunteering.

Choose     6    agency (like the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Central Wisconsin) that is in line with     7    (you) interests. Call them and explain what you     8    (look) for now, including your interests, skills and time. After thinking about what you can do, give some thought to how much. Do you want a brief, weekend long project? Do you want to give two hours a week or even an hour or two every day? You also need to give some thought to why you want to volunteer. Most people want to help someone, but since there are great rewards     9    volunteering, you need to really think about the why.

Volunteering can be extremely     10    (reward). Everyone has a different reward and reason to continue.

A man and his son were going through the forest hills. Suddenly, the boy tripped     1     a stone and screamed     2     (painful), “Aah!” Surprisingly, he heard the same voice from the mountain, “Aah!” With     3     (curious), the boy shouted, “Who is this?” And the same voice replied,“Who is this?”He got angry,     4    (shout)again.“You are stupid!” And again came the same reply, “You are stupid!”

    5     (annoy) by this, the boy asked his father, “Father, What is going on? Who is this?” The father replied, “Son, pay attention”. The father shouted, “You are very nice”. And the voice had the same    6    (respond), “You are very nice!” The father again shouted, “Thank you”. And the voice     7     (repeat). The son became     8    (confused), waiting for his father’s explanation.

The father explained, “Son, this is     9     truth of the life,     10     is a reflection of your actions. Whatever you will give to others, you will receive the same in return.”

Last month, I went to China to travel. While     1     (do) some research about the trip, I discovered that Chengdu had the pandas, so I decided to go there.

On my sixth day, I finally had a chance     2     (visit) the pandas! I didn’t go to the famous panda reservation in Wolong, but to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding directly, which is much     3     (close), because I had heard that people might not see the pandas in Wolong but I wanted to be sure to see these cute fellows. At 7:30 a.m. I     4     (join)a group of five fellow panda     5     (fan) and we set off. My friends,     6     had visited the pandas before, told me about     7     active the pandas were, always playing around. However, all we saw them doing was sleeping and eating. I thought they must be tired, because most of them     8     (bare) moved. A few minutes later, a     9     (sleep) panda came down     10     his tree house to the ground. He was absolutely lovable.

It was an emotional moment for two women in China     1     the mother of the bridegroom discovered that her daughter-in-law was her biological daughter.

The reunion occurred at the wedding in Suzhou on March 31. According to Sohu News, the discovery     2     (make) after the mother noticed a birthmark on the bride’s hand, which looked strikingly similar     3     that of her long-lost child.

Determined to uncover the     4     (true), the woman gathered the courage     5     (ask)the bride’s parents whether she was adopted. After explaining her story and     6     same birthmark, the bride’s parents     7     (final) confirmed that their child had been adopted.

Indeed, the bride was the woman’s long-lost biological daughter. It turns out she went     8     (miss )as a child and was picked up by her adoptive parents on the roadside some two     9     (decade) ago.

The wedding would have been called off at this point, but the woman also revealed that her son was also adopted. The wedding proceeded as     10     (plan). The story of joys and sorrows moved all the people present. The ending of the story is, as the idiom goes, “As You Like It.”

Photos of the bride crying and hugging her long-lost mother spread on Chinese social media.

Jim was a boy. He was afraid of talking to    1    (strange). As a result, he didn’t have any friends after he entered high school.

One day, when Jim    2    (walk) on his way back home from school, it suddenly began to rain    3    (heavy). He saw a boy walking in front of him. The road was so wet that     4    boy slipped(滑倒) and fell on the ground. Jim quickly ran to the boy and helped    5     (he) get up.

The boy was wet all over. Jim    6    (think) the boy must feel cold, so he asked the boy where he lived. When Jim    7    (tell) about the address, he found it was a bit far from there. Jim lived nearby,    8    he invited the boy to his home. After they arrived, Jim gave him some clean clothes and asked him to get changed.

The boy was so grateful    9    Jim that he thanked Jim again and again. The following day, the boy saw Jim at school. He thanked Jim again for    10    (help) him out. From then on, they often spent time together and became best friends.

When the new school year starts, a lot of Chinese students need     1     (take) the military training course as the first challenge.

This fall semester, the military training course will have new     2     (requirement). According to China Youth Daily, a new syllabus (教学大纲) for the military training course for senior high school students has been released by the Ministry of Education,     3     will be carried out nationwide on Aug. 1.

The course     4     (relate) to military knowledge will be divided into two parts—basic military knowledge and basic military skills. This is the first time the course     5     (adjust) to suit high school students. The course itself will also be more flexible. In     6     (add) to main course, students can choose other areas to focus on. For students who are     7     (particular) interested in military knowledge or a specific skill set, they will have the opportunity to get     8     (far) training.

The military training course will be anywhere from 7 to 14 days long, with a minimum of 56 class hours.     9     the end of the course, students will be given one of     10     following evaluations: excellent, good, pass or fail.