Usually, when we talk about reading, we think of using our eyes     1     (see) letters written in ink on paper.     2     , this is not always true. For example, blind people cannot see, but they can still read books.

The man     3    (introduce) blind people to reading was Louis Braille. Braille lost his eyesight at the age of three as a result of     4     injury. When he was ten, he went to a school for the blind in Paris.

In 1821, a soldier visited the school and showed the students a system for passing     5     (message) at night during times of battle. His system used paper with small, raised dots     6     could be felt with the fingers. Each letter of the alphabet was represented by a different pattern which     7    (make) up of twelve dots. While the students found the soldier’s idea interesting, the system was too difficult to be     8     practical use. But young Louis Braille took the idea and worked on it. At the age of fifteen, he created a system --“Braille.”

The blind can     9     (easy) recognize Braille with the fingers. Today,     10     is the most common system for them to read and write.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon — a symbol of     1     (abundant), harmony and luck. Adults will usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of many     2     (vary) with a good cup hot Chinese tea,     3     the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns.

The Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest festival,     4     was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon. According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns     5     (circle) over it. One day, all ten suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi,     6     (manage) to shoot down nine of the suns. Yi stole the elixir（长生不老药）of life     7     (save) the people from his tyrannical（残暴的）rule, but his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the 14th century, the eating of mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival     8     (give) a new significance. The story goes that when Zhu Yuan Zhang was plotting to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty started by the Mongolians,     9     rebels hid their messages in the Mid-Autumn mooncakes. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels     10     (success) attacked and overthrew the government.

This year’s National Day holiday was a special one, as it not only coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it also was the     1     (one) vacation after the country brought the COVID-19 pandemic     2     control.

For people in Wuhan, who     3     (experience) a total lockdown of the city during the Spring Festival holiday due to disease prevention restrictions, this eight-day holiday was of particular     4    (significant). It was before the holiday     5     a flash mob performance was staged at Wuhan’s train station. Participants included students, teachers, station workers, doctors, journalists and folk artists,    6     gathered at the station and sang the song My Homeland. It is     7     a popular song that almost all people in China know the lyrics. The train station, which was an empty shell during the     8     (bad) of the outbreak, is filled with thousands of passengers     9     (travel) to and from the capital of Hubei province.

Wuhan’s city government said it had planned more than 140 events, including exhibitions and carnivals,     10     (bring) joy to the lives of residents and tourists during the holiday.

There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt. This trend, which was started by the medical community (医学界)     1     a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side     2    (effect) such as overweight and heart disease—    3     very thing the medical community was trying to fight.

Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet. They are required     4    (process) the food that we eat and to help us recover from injuries and improve several other bodily functions. When fat and salt     5    (remove) from food, the food tastes as if it is missing something. As a result, people will eat more food to try to make up for it. Even     6    (badly), the amount of junk food that people eat goes up. Junk food is full of fat and salt; by eating more junk food people will get more salt and fat     7     they need in their diet.

    8    (have) enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack (吃快餐) between meals and will improve the taste of your food. However, be     9    (care) not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both,     10     is not good for health.

What we eat every day has     1     great effect on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating     2    (habit).

Some food which costs us a great deal of money is not     3    (health) like junk food. Baked or fried foods may be tasty, but eating too much of them will     4    (certain) result in some illness.

Compared with people in the West, Chinese people want     5    (eat) more grain and vegetables, but less meat,     6     is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now.     7     the development of our country, we now also are eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We are running the risk of eating out without     8    (consider) the balance of our diet.

Our health     9    (affect) by the food we choose, so we must keep it in mind that the    10    (choose) of our food should give us the nutrients we need.