Since I am in Grade Two now, I think it is the perfect time for me     1     (take) real responsibilities for myself and begin a new challenge ---- a part-time job. I have had a year adapting to life at university and figuring out a path for my future. This is the reason why I     2     (decide) to start a part-time job at the beginning of this term.

Interestingly enough, local Canadian students can start doing part-time jobs     3     early as 16 years old. However, international students     4     (limit) to only doing off-campus jobs if they are under 18.

In fact, what I     5     (main) do for my part-time job is to tutor international high school students. I see it as something greatly     6     (benefit). For example, not only does it bring in some extra money to let me be more financially independent,     7     it also teaches me skills     8     can’t be learned from university classes.

Some people say doing part-time work negatively affected students’ school performance since it will take up too much time. In my opinion, part-time jobs are not something everyone should do. It requires time     9     (manage) and being able to find the perfect balance     10     work and study.

Jack,     1     was a ten-year- old boy, didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course, but he didn’t study hard there and tried     2     (do) little work. His father and mother were both doctors and they     3     (hope) that their son would become a doctor, too, when he grew up.

But one day Jack said     4     (happy) to his mother, “When I finish school, I want to be a     5     (clean).” What? his mother asked,     6     (feel) very surprised. “That’s not a good job. Why do you want to do the job?” his mother said. “    7     I would only need to work one day a week,” Jack answered at once. “Only one day a week?” his mother said. “What do you mean? And how do you know about it?” “Well,” Jack answered, “I know that the cleaners come to work     8     Thursday every week, because I only see     9     (they) that day.” And then his mother laughed and said, “But     10     cleaners go to work in other streets on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.”

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.

Books are the most valuable intellectual wealth of humanity. However, there are quantities of ancient Chinese     1     (classic) suffering from different degrees of damage due to various reasons. This led to the     2     (emerge) of the profession of ancient book restorers. “People call us the ‘ancient book doctors’,” said Yang Mingli,     3     ancient book restorer at the Wuhan Library in Hubei province.“I really like this name, and our     4     (young) ‘patient’ is at least 100 years old.”

Yang started off in the library     5     (work) in reader service and data entry for ancient books. In 2012, she     6     (voluntary) requested to further her studies in the ancient book restoration skills courses offered by the China National Centre for the Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Books. Since then, she     7     (go) on to become a full-time restorer for the next 10 years and has restored about 10,000 pages of ancient books.

The fragments (碎片) of the book range in size, with the smallest being only a few millimetre     8     length. “It could disappear with just one blow,” she joked. The primary causes of illness     9     (see) in damaged ancient books are aging, acidity (酸性), fire, and other factors,     10     may bring about easily broken pages as well as deterioration (变质) and yellowing of the paper. In some cases, the pages of the book could be completely stuck together as solid as a brick

East Buy, a subsidiary of Chinese private tutoring giant New Oriental, announced the     1    (remove) of Sun Dongxu from the positions of Executive Director and CEO on Saturday following a dispute involving popular live-streamer Dong Yuhui intensified this week,     2     has resulted in a significant drop in the company’s stock price.

New Oriental Chairman Yu Minhong will concurrently assume     3     position of CEO at East Buy. It represents a crucial step in New Oriental’s transformation into a live- streaming e-commerce company; however, during the past week, the dispute surrounding the company     4     (continue) to escalate (加剧).

It originated from East Buy staff     5     (respond) on social media, stating that the scripts used for live-broadcasts are collaboratively created by the hosts, copywriting team, filming team and editing team.

The reply has sparked discontent among the fans of the platform’s top-performing host Dong.

The former CEO’s subsequent response and apology not only failed to calm the storm     6     stirred up more frustration among netizens. In his response, Sun mentioned that Dong’s annual salary is more than     7     (ten) of millions of yuan and expressed a firm stance against the so-called “fan culture”.

The term “fan culture”     8     (rough) refers to an organized and spontaneous community of fans who support or promote their idols. Subsequently, Yu also publicly responded, acknowledging significant flaws in the company’s management and stating that the disclosure of Dong’s salary was     9     (appropriate). He also extended an apology to Dong for the situation.

On Saturday evening, Dong appeared in live-streaming together with Yu and confirmed his commitment     10     (stay) with East Buy. Yu announced that the company would soon initiate a major adjustment about the incomes of hosts, including Dong.

Chen Xingzhi had to wait till her retirement to follow up on her dream “job”. The 74-year-old Shanghai citizen has turned her childhood hobby of     1     (make) sachets (香囊) into a successful career today.

Chen’s great-grandfather was a     2     (tradition) Chinese doctor, and her grandmother would make sachets filled with Chinese herbal powders (中药粉) for children before the Dragon Boat Festival every year, which is a tradition dating from ancient China.

The Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month when the weather gets hot and some harmful things, like bacteria and insects produce     3     (rapid). In the past, people would hang sachets     4     were filled with herbs not just for their nice smell but for their ability to keep insects away. Now the herbs     5     (say) to be good for people’s health.

As a child, Chen learned     6     (develop) the hobby from her grandmother. It was only after retiring from her regular job around the year 2000 that she decided to give her hobby     7     try. At first, Chen made some sachets     8     gave them away to relatives and friends, and as people expressed interest in them, her confidence grew.

Chen has created about 180 different     9     (kind) of sachets over the course of nearly 20 years. Her products have been shown at the 2010 World Expo as well as the China International Import Expo. Some have served     10     Shanghai gifts and have been given to important guests on special occasions.

Yu Jingjing, a security guard at a children’s hospital in Dalian, has been called “Toy Hero” by Chinese netizens after going viral on social media on Monday.

The video shows the security guard patrolled (巡逻) with tiny dolls on his uniform,     1     (offer) them to children and guiding patients’ families. “I see the hospital staff occupied     2     duties every day, and parents are worried about their sick children.” said Yu, “In the waiting area,     3     there is a familiar atmosphere of boredom and tension, people sit anxiously and look through old magazines, all of which     4     (read) hundreds of times. I am delighted to do something to help ease the     5     (anxious) of parents and children during their hospital visits.”

Yu has been working here for three years. Initially, he started to tie toys lost by children on his back, making     6     easier for the owners to find them. But rarely anyone returned     7     (claim) them. Nevertheless, these dolls proved to be     8     (incredible) effective in cheering anxious children patients up. So, Yu decided to buy some dolls with his money to give to the children.

Yu has become     9     hit at the children’s hospital. In addition to the two or three dozen dolls tied to his uniform, he also wears a small red sign that reads, “Please call me if you need help”. As is often the case, he     10     (devote) to comforting hospital visitors and healing them in a mental way.