Liang Mingfang, a 56-year-old woman from Huludao in Liaoning Province, is a volunteer working at the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing in Yanqing District.

"I am lucky enough     1     (work) in such a good environment since this is my first     2     (time)working away from home,"she told Beijing Review."Did you visit the garden in May?" she asked."The tulips (郁金香) were so colorful and    3    (beautiful)."

The expo (博览会) has welcomed 2.06 million guests since opening on April 29.

Besides beautiful landscapes, visitors can     4     (enjoy)excellent services,     5     are the fruit of the efforts of the expo's staff.

When I first arrived at the expo, the whole    6    (park) was being built,"Liang said.The land was still frozen after a winter. Before    7    (open) to the public, Liang, together with other volunteers, worked until midnight many    8    (day).

    9    (Final), Liang had a chance to see the expo carefully after three months. On May 15, she visited the China Pavilion with her friends during her break. "It is pleasant; I don't even know how to describe it; I was    10    (surprise),"she said.

When Suki heard she was to be laid off, her first reaction was fear for what it could mean for her career. “I was initially scared because I     1     (see) layoffs happening all across the tech industry, so I worried I wouldn’t be able to find another job.”

A few days later, she put her video skills to use, sharing a video online that highlighted the new     2     (hobby) she’d found time to take up after being laid off. The video struck a chord,     3     (score) thousands of likes, and prompting a flood of recruiters to get in touch.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music.    1     sets him apart is his ability to convey profound emotions through his compositions. In his twenties, he     2     (be) very famous for his skills on the piano, but then he began to lose his hearing.    3    he was challenged by the deafness, he continued to produce amazing pieces.