The last year of high school is a time to start thinking about the future and what you should do after     1     (graduate). Have you ever considered     2     (be) a journalist?

Despite the decline of print journalism, there is still life in good writing. Being a journalist makes you on     3     go all the time. Beyond the fact-checking, interviews, and proof-reads, a journalist is expected to be on the edge of the culture. In-depth conversations with an editor are conducted about what stories are current and unusual, suggesting a perspective on the world that deserves     4     (bring) to light.

No two days for a journalist are ever the same. Finding the best material for a story could mean attending a press conference, holding an interview over the phone, or hammering out paragraphs. The story     5     (come) first, and journalists do     6     it takes to make it accurate and thought-provoking.

Strong communication skills are a must for a journalist.     7     social skills, a journalist won’t get very far. Besides, journalists have to be able to come up with ideas     8     (creative).

For a job     9     rewards your intelligence, foresight and quick thinking, you’d feel it hard to find anything     10     (satisfy) than being a journalist.

Push for online recruitment from the government is on the way! The Ministry of Education will take     1    (practice) steps to promote online employment services. Meanwhile, campus job fairs for college graduates will be suspended     2    (avoid) large gatherings of people during the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic,     3     ministry official said on Wednesday.

The ministry’s employment platforms will share job information with     4     of provinces, universities and recruitment services, so that they can     5    (joint) offer online employment services, said Wang Hui, director of the ministry’s Department of College Students Affairs. About 8.74 million college students     6    (graduate) from colleges and universities around China this June,     7     accounts for an increase of 400,000 as many graduates as last year.

Spring time recruitment is one of the most important     8    (opportunity) for graduates seeking jobs. The ministry will strictly review employer and recruitment information     9    (post) online to ensure it is true,     10     promote online interviews, signing of contracts and employment procedures at universities across the country, Wang said.

Jack Lund, 91, of Richfield, retired     1     the U.S. Postal Service after a perfect 69 years on the job.

“Nobody has ever accused     2    (I) of being smart, and I didn’t know you had to quit when you are 65. I have enjoyed driving the truck, so you could say it is     3    I wanted to do all my life,” said Lund.

Lund never failed in his duty. His fellow employees described him as     4    (rely) and always delivering despite poor weather or car trouble. One time there was four feet of snow on the mountain and he     5    (insist) on heading for Phoenix. After    6    (stop) by a highway patrolman (巡逻者), he said, “This is a mail truck and you can’t stop me unless it is impossibe.” And the patrolman     7    (eventual) let him go.Last week, Lund decided it was time to retire.

On Wednesday, a ceremony was held     8    (honor) and thank him for his years of service at the Richfield Post Office.

Lund said that though he hadn’t made a lot of money, he had led     9    happy life. As for what’s next, he believes his life will be different without the     10     (responsible) of delivering the mail but he can handle it.

Angela Mia De la Vega breathes a realistic beauty into each of her lifelike sculptures. For De la Vega, sculpting is an opportunity to catch     1     is happening around her, a way to share her most important thoughts    2    the public before they disappear. Most of her work is about youthful figures engaged in     3     (energy) and playful activities. She expertly employs light and shadow to inspire an emotional connection between her work     4    her audience, so that one may see a reflection of life within each     5     (finish) work.

Whenever possible, De la Vega works with life models to accurately capture (捕捉) the little details that make her final     6     (product) so unbelievably natural. For this reason, she chooses her     7       (models) faces carefully. She seeks faces which are able to show their complex feelings. As a very serious artist, De la Vega    8     (close) follows the entire process from the beginning to the end. As each sculpture     9     (come) into shape, she begins to slow down and focus on     10     (perfect) the details that allow her final pieces to have a spirit and a natural sense of movement.

China’s top online sales host Li Jiaqi     1     (apologize) on Monday after he blamed viewers who found the price of an eyebrow pen expensive     2     not working hard enough to make more money during a live-streaming session.

Li,     3     has about 75.76 million followers on Taobao Live, Alibaba’s live-streaming platform, was promoting an eyebrow pen on Saturday evening. He then read out a comment from   a viewer     4     (say) the product priced at 79 yuan ($10.8) has become     5     (expensive) than before.

“The product is expensive? Sometimes people need to find the reasons why they haven’t received a pay rise after working so many years. Have they worked hard enough?” he said.

Many people then said Li’s comments were   inappropriate and had made them     6     (annoy). His comment became one of the most discussed     7     (topic) on social media on Sunday.

“The consumers have the right     8     (question) the price of a product, but Li shouldn’t judge the consumers by people’s spending power.     9     he said was shocking,” a Sina Weibo user said on Sunday.

Around 1 am on Monday, Li published a statement on   social media apologizing for his comments and making people disappointed.

He added that he started his career as     10     cosmetic sales assistant, so he understands people’s struggles. He also promised to learn to better control his emotions in the future.

Breeding efforts at Shedd Aquarium (水族馆) are a big part of the conservation work that staff and researchers engage     1    and that means baby animals are born at Shedd every day.

According to senior aquarist Rachel Zak,     2     currently works with marine fish larvae (幼体) the aquariums across the county are actually working together on breeding efforts and     3    (share) their research with each other.

Zak’s work in particular requires several     4    (level) of cultivation (培养). In order to breed the tiny organisms that her newly hatched fish will eat, she first needs to cultivate the algae that those tiny organisms will eat. All of that work is performed behind     5     scenes in the aquarium’s live food area. Some of the animal breeding happens in plain sight, though, especially for Shedd’s large animals in the oceanarium.

Harmony, Shedd’s youngest dolphin, was born nearly a year ago. And the staff     6     (watch) the entire birthing process from in and around the dolphins’ environment. “Her birth was incredible, I remember a lot about it” said animal care     7    (special)Sheri Hendricks.       8    (fortunate), we did not have to do much as trainers. Katrl (Harmony’s mother) is a really     9    (experience) and wonderful mom.

From dolphins to cuttlefish, fish larvae to sea-monkeys, the new animals born and     10    (raise) at Shedd everyday make for an ever-changing landscape at Chicago’s world famous aquarium.