1 . The virtue, responsibility, means a duty to complete a task, which can be either ______by someone else or even may have been created out of our own ______ and circumstances. It must be taken seriously and as a(n) ______ man, you should put your best efforts to ______the task to completion.

The sense of responsibility should be ______since the teenage years, as it is the best time to learn good habits and ______. Although there is no age to learn something new, it is again   the responsibility of teachers and parents to ______ their children to learn the ______ of responsibility from the beginning.

The responsibility of an individual may change with situation and ______. The significance of responsibility usually ______ with age. A student should learn to be a(n) ______ person for his school and home activities, not to make his parents ______, to set a good example for his younger siblings or juniors at school, to be responsible to the society and ______ and being a responsible citizen. A teacher is______responsible for leading the   students to the right path and to help them learn the values of life as well as the ______subject.

Now, some of you may be ______ what will happen if we do not fulfill those responsibilities. Will there be any ______ for not doing so? In that case, you will be ______and lose the purpose of living. It is because, to fulfill one’s responsibility, you may meet some difficult situations and while dealing with those ______times, you are actually learning important lessons and ______ of those challenging fights will definitely help you further.

2 . I was nervous as I had never worked in a hospital before. However, my advisers were amazing and instantly put me _________ . From my first day, I realised that my highlighter pens were my most important _________ in understanding the information given in handover. Never did I know these pens would help make a real _________ to the care of one patient.

I was helping to look after Lily, who had _________ a total left hip (髋部) replacement. My adviser and I were _________ Lily for discharge (出院), but problems with her short-term memory meant she found it _________ to understand her prescribed medications (医嘱). Although we explained it, she was still _________ and became upset. To make it simpler, I decided to create an easy-to-understand medication _________ using my highlighter pens. I _________ all her medications, the amounts and the time of day. By spending just ten minutes creating something __________ to Lily, I made it.

When Lily received a follow-up call later, the nurse __________ a message from her, thanking me for my colour chart, which had helped her __________ . I was pleased by this: it was only a small act, but it made me realise how much the little things __________ and that you can never __________ patients fully understand what is being said. I am always happy to spend that extra few minutes to make sure a person understands what is fully __________ about their care.

3 . When Shao Tianshuai was 14, her dance teacher told her she had expressive eyes and an oval face, which were best suited for Kunqu Opera. She didn’t pay much ________to the comment until her mother __________ her to give the opera a try.

In 2001, Shao _________ for the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater in Beijing and came out with flying colors. The theater company is the only ________ platform in northern China devoted to Kunqu, an existing form of Chinese opera with a history of around 600 years.

Kunqu Opera, like many traditional Chinese operas, is _______ from one generation to another through singing demonstrations. It takes years to ________ basic skills, only after which performers can try and build their own _________.

“This type of opera was on the edge of decline (衰退) and the theater only had a dozen performances a year before I applied there,” says Shao. “However, the UNESCO tag gave the art a ________ life. The opera received government support and attracted the attention of young audiences.”

Usually, she performs her regular shows. ________, she arranges training for young performers and ______ on creating new pieces. She notes that two-thirds of the performers in the company are young, which injects energy to the theater founded over six decades ago.

Now, at 36, she is one of the leading ________ of Northern Kunqu Opera Theater and gives ________ 100 performances a year. Shao says, “In order to build up a young fan base, we use social media platforms and create original Kunqu Opera pieces, which ________   young people without changing the __________ of the art.”

“The heartwarming part is that so many young people like Kunqu Opera performances, whether online or offline. They are ________ to learn and explore, and as actors we cannot ask for more,” says Shao.