题目内容：

    Life has changed quickly since COVID-19 broke out worldwide. Many people find themselves isolated (隔绝的) at home, bored and lonely. But if we look at history, we see many great people produced their best work when they were a1..

Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and James Clerk Maxwell, three of the greatest physicists in history, worked by themselves most of the time. They learned from others not by working with them directly, but  b2.reading their papers and books.

Here is another example. In 1606, when an epidemic (流行病) hit London, all the t3. in the city were closed. At that time, English playwrighter William Shakespeare worked a4. an actor at The King’s Men theater. After finding himself without a steady ( 固 定 ) job, but lots of s5. time, Shakespeare began w6.. He wrote King Lear,  Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra before the year was over.

Coming back to the present, do you know “the Reader in Fang Cang.”? The picture of  him reading in bed in the newly-built makeshift hospital in Wuhan really t7. people. “When you feel worried, reading is a way to help you feel r8. and comfortable. This picture of him reading in bed gives me strength and h9.” said one Weibo user.

2020 is a special year. People all around the world have to fight  a10. Covid-19. This special period helps us think more deeply about ourselves and our environment, which leads to even greater creativity.