Chinese has overtaken French, Spanish and German to become one of the most popular foreign languages for job seekers in the UK. Research shows graduates in Chinese earn    1     average yearly salary of£31,000 or     2    (much).

“I had a lot of friends on other courses     3     didn't do much in first or second year. But for Chinese majors, you have to spend hours and hours     4     (write) characters, "says Hannah Jackson, who graduated in Chinese Studies from Sheffield University in 2012.

Hannah describes her course as "majorly intense”,

“Most of my friends admitted to crying in the first week oweing     5     the course intensity(强度). I was almost told at one point that I might want to reconsider and drop out.”

“The degree is     6    (absolute)worth it. The efforts     7     (pay ) off so far. I like that could live, work and operate with relative ease in China. Looking around at people who have studied French or Spanish at university, I find there’s no such chance     8    (use) what they’ve learned in the workplace. "Hannah says.

Hannah went to look for a job in Shanghai, where she found more employment     9     (opportunity). After working as a project manager for Intralink Group for four years, she set up her own company     10    (earn) £ 5,000 a day. She has now returned to the UK and works in business development for the Body Shop.

As a new study suggests, the average woman cannot keep a secret for     1    (long) than 47 hours. Researchers found that women can't help     2     (share) gossip as soon as they hear it. Their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother is most likely     3    (be) the first receiver. They also found that alcohol usually     4    (give) them a helping hand to speak out secrets.

    5    study found the nation's ladies hear three pieces of gossip a week, but end up passing it on to at least one other person. Six in ten end up telling someone completely uninvolved, and the person the secret belongs to won't know. However, two thirds end up feeling guilty after passing on     6    (secret).

Three quarters say they are capable of keeping quiet about a secret, and 83 percent consider     7    (they) 100 percent trustworthy within each group of friends. Intimate issues are on the top of the secret-keeping list,    8    girls tending to share a secret face-to-face, on the phone or via a text message.    9     (fortunate), 27 percent said they forgot    10     they were told the following day.

Now, imagine the impact it would have on you to surround yourself with interesting and positive people. When someone has something interesting     1    (go) on in his life, he wakes up in the morning     2    energy and enthusiasm(热情).These are the kind of people     3     are going to fill you up with great attitudes and behavior.

Anyone who is following their dreams has taken a risk himself and is confident that things will work out for him. These people are hopeful about their futures and are willing to do     4     is necessary to get things done. That's the exact kind of attitude and behavior you need to be exposed to on a regular     5    (base).

As you watch how they push themselves and do interesting things, you     6    (inspire) to do similar things. You'll start to wonder and imagine all the things you can do with your own life. Moreover, interesting people tend to fill their heads with new ideas and ways of seeing the world. As they expose     7    ( they) to new books and ideas, they will share them with you.

As you can see, social norms(规范)formed by groups have a     8    (power) influence over the type of person you become.     9    (fortunate), it doesn't always have to be a bad thing. If you make sure to surround yourself with positive and interesting people, there is no telling how greatly     10    influence will shape your life.

Don't Be Fooled by Fake News

The media indeed provides us with the    1    (late)news, but we should also be aware of how it can influence our mind and    2    (behave), sometimes in the wrong direction.

One example is the language being used    3    (describe)the outbreak. Some media organizations use    4    ( deliberate) sensationalized(耸人听闻的)vocabulary to stir(煽动)panic about the disease. Headlines like "Find the Hidden Virus Carriers" and "Yellow Alert" have already led    5    discriminatory(歧视的)behavior and prejudice towards China and Asia. Shockingly, an example of such prejudice    6    (occur)in London, when    7    Asian student was beaten up by a gang(团伙), who told him, "I don't want your coronavirus in my country."

These incidents don't just happen in the UK. In France, a movement has been circulating(传播)on social media    8    (call)Je Ne Suis Pas Un Virus,    9    is translated as I Am Not A Virus in English. It    10    (reflect) the hostility(敌意)being shown towards Chinese people as the disease continued to spread.

The media feeds us with information, but maybe we should think twice before taking it all in.

Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online, which is a sharp contrast     1     the past. With that situation     2     (go) on, the World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker.

Singles are flocking (涌向) to the Internet     3     (main) because there is little time     4     (leave) for their busy lifestyles to do that. Apart     5     its quick speed, using dating sites (交友网站) is convenient. Many singles say they are tired       6     the bad dating experiences and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make     7     easy to avoid the persons that you are not     8     (interest) in. In the real world, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.

Despite all the advantages, online dating also     9     (present) own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online description. Safety is another concern. You are just     10     (like) to find a criminal online as your Mr. or Miss Right.

Yuanxiang,a university director in Hubei province, said the university organized a special online job fair     1     began on March 3 and will run through the 31st,with 587 companies     2     (offer) more than 41,000 positions to graduates of the university.

On March 18,five universities launched     3     online recruitment (招聘）event to expand job-hunting channels.

The event     4     (attract) 1,171 companies and organizations in the     5     (field) of transportation, communication, construction and the internet since the launch.

The Ministry of Education has encouraged graduates     6     (pursue) higher education, join the military, find jobs or start businesses in departments including modern agriculture and public     7     (society) services.

The ministry launched a 24-hour online campus recruitment service     8     late February to help graduates find jobs during the epidemic.

Lin Congyu, senior vice-president of Perfect World Company, said they plan to hire more than 100 college graduates during the spring hiring season,     9     (main) in the gaming and online education sectors (行业).

As the online education sector witnesses rapid     10     (grow) during the epidemic, the company needs more talents with good communication skills and love for students.

A pair of researchers found that when you appeal to wealthy people for donations, it will offer them a sense of control.

The study consisted of writing and then sending letters to 12,000 Ivy League alumni who earn at least $100,000       1     (annual). The researchers wrote two versions of their letter, both of       2     were asking for a donation to help with community       3     (activity). But the words were different. One letter    4    (write) in such a way as to give the reader a feeling of control ---- “Sometimes, one person needs to come forward and take individual action.” The other was in a more general sense --- “Sometimes, a community needs to come forward to support a common goal.”

The researchers then compared how much individuals donated. They found that those who had received the letters       5    (give) them more control were more generous --- they gave on average $432. Those       6    (send) the more general letter to, on       7    other hand, gave on average just $270. The difference came to an average of 1.5 times as much.

The researchers suggested that the difference simply consisted in giving prospective donors(预期捐赠者) a feeling of more control over       8     the donated money would be spent. They further suggested their findings indicated that in the future, those who will conduct charity events might need organizers       9    (offer) some degree of control to prospective donors. They might find they would get more     10     return.

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly,     1    (believe) it is responsible for social progress and prosperity (繁荣). Others say competition is bad, that it sets one person against anther and that it leads     2     unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many kids who held the belief     3     their self-worth depended on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For those     4    (child), playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly     5    (forget).

However, while some seem to     6    (lose) in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which     7    (value) only the winners ignoring ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters     8     have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have     9     excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove     10    (them). Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve can we discover a new meaning in competition.

In many countries,    1    is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space.    2    in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd.

But this type of housing,    3    (call) co-housing, is gaining    4    (popular) in the United States, too, Co-housing complexes(建筑群) are popping up across    5    country. For many people, this way of life is a relief to the busy modern lifestyle. A co-housing community has    6    (private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house” with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities have been    7    (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.

A co-housing complex is a place    8    residents shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play with. Other residents like the feeling of living in a “village” Residents also say    9    they can live in co-housing for    10    (little) money (than )hey would pay for nearby apartments.

The fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral de Paris has raised questions about the condition of thousands of other cathedrals and historic     1     (structure) across Europe. It also raises questions about whether European government are doing enough     2     (keep) up and care for such buildings.

Tibor Navracsics, the European Union’s top cultural official, told The Associated Press that “we are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage in Europe that we tend to forget that it     3     (need) constant care and attention.” Some people say the fire was a wake-up call, not just for Europe,    4     for the whole world.

Large fires have long robbed humanity     5     knowledge, art and treasures. In 2015, the German engineering company Siemens     6     (find) that Scotland had about ten damaging fires a year, while England lost at least a dozen listed buildings a year. In Germany, seventy historic buildings have been     7     (heavy) damaged since 2000.

Experts say that     8     is needed is continuous attention and maintenance. Some say world-famous monuments like Notre-Dame are the     9     (drive) force behind tourism and should get more respect. Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, who heads the heritage group Europa Nostra, noted the     10     (important) of such respect. “Cultural heritage is a gold mine. You cannot exploit it and then just leave the mine and go to another one.” She said.