1 . Xu Lizhen,a 74-year-old lady, has been acting as a tour guide for nearly 20 years in Yang Shuo,Gui Lin,     1     is a city known both in China and abroad for its beautiful landscape.     2     she attended only primary school when she was young, she can now speak about 11 foreign languages    3    （fluent）.

Since 20 years ago,tourists     4    （show）love for Yang Shuo,including a great many foreigners. In order to make a    5    （live）, Xu Lizhen began to sell water. However,she could hardly make any money at first because foreigners didn't understand her accent. She tried to imitate the    6    （pronounce）of the foreigners, take notes and keep them    7     mind. If she came across tourists who can speak both Chinese and a foreign language, she would ask them to translate their words many times so that she could remember them     8    （well）. It is in this way that the old granny masters 11 languages, such as English, French, Russian,Korean. Now, she has no difficulty at all    9    （communicate）with foreign friends in simple oral English. And she    10    （consider）as Mother Moon for her kindness among tourists.

Ballet (芭蕾舞) is a formal kind of dance performance with a rich and interesting history. The word “ballet” comes from the French language, and     1     (be) based on the Italian word “balletto.” “Balletto” means a little dance. Ballet’s early roots began in Italy in the late 1400s. But it was in France     2     ballet developed into the form we know today.

The French ruler Louis the Fourteenth had a big influence     3     the direction of ballet in its early history. He ruled France for seventy-two years,     4     (start) in 1643. He started dancing as a boy and worked hard every day.

Louis the Fourteenth turned ballet into a form of dance that reflected    5     (he) power and influence. Ballet’s many rules and     6     (extreme) detailed movements expressed a person’s power and social relations. The king made sure that ballet became a     7     (require) for the people of his palace. He also started a College of Dance,     8     rich people could learn this art. The aim of this dance was self-control, order and perfection.

Ballet slowly changed from a dance at the king’s place to one     9     (perform) by professional dancers. When Louis the Fourteenth died in 1715, ballet     10     (bring) to other parts of Europe and was developing in other ways.

In early December this year, Zhang Guimei was named a national outstanding(杰出的) member of the Communist Party of China for her    1     (devote) to education in rural China.

About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student's house, Zhang Guimei, then a teacher in Huaping, Yunnan province, noticed a girl     2    (sit) on the hillside. The girl, 13, told Zhang she was about to get married. It was decided by her parents. "But I want to go to school." the girl said. Zhang went to her house and tried     3     (persuade) her parents to let the girl return to school and promised to pay for the school     4     (fee) herself. However, they didn’t agree.

From then on, Zhang dreamed     5    building a free high school for girls. After years trying to raise money,     6    (final) in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was founded at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping,     7    Zhang is the headmaster. Her efforts have been worth it. Since 2008, more than 18,000 students     8    (admit) to college, which is considered a “miracle” in that distant area.

Zhang plays     9     active part in local education. It is reported that shewill be given(give) the honor of the country's “role model for teachers”in February, 2021. Her     10    (move) stories encourage thousandsof people.

Some people are great at remembering faces. While, for some people, remembering a face can be difficult. Even for others, remembering a face may be     1     (possible). Such people have a condition     2     ( call) “face blindness”. Its actual name is DP,     3     is short for Developmental Prosopagnosia.

Experts say DP can differ     4     (great) from patient to patient. In less severe cases, people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met. In severe cases, people cannot even recognize     5     (they) own children in a group photo.

Those who have DP show no clear signs. Take Dacia for example. If you met her, you probably wouldn’t know that she suffered brain damage as a child. There would be no sign of it until you meet her a second time. She wouldn’t remember you at all. Dacia has mostly recovered from her     6     (injure). But now, she suffers from face blindness.

In the past face blindness     7     (think) to be very rare. But recent studies have shown that it might be more common     8     experts thought. The study on face blindness will not directly lead     9     any treatments. However, it may offer a much deeper understanding of how we remember     10     world around us.

I am taught by many teachers in my school. Every subject has a    1    (difference) teacher, but I like my math teacher    2    (well).Her name is Lakshmi but we usually call her Ma'am. She is our class teacher,too.

Ma'am    3    (join) us last term. She is very- kind and her way of teaching is so     4    (interest) and simple that we all can understand everything     5    is being taught. Most    6    ( important ), Ma'am teaches math with lots of patience. If we do not understand a problem, she will spend extra time    7    (explain) to us until we understand it. And we can go to her at any time during school hours for help.

She also helps us with activities at school. When there are some programs, she will be there     8    (help) us to get ready for the show. Even when we go on picnics, she takes good care of     9    (we).

To me, Ma'am is not only    10    good teacher, but also our best friend. I love Ma'am and I wish her a happy life.

My husband and I were paying a visit    1    my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-food restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter(柜台)    2    (order) dishes and I stood with my parents.

My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was looking around in the restaurant,    3    (wait) to sit at the first table that was    4    (convenient) than others. A woman who was sitting with her son saw me and asked me to come to her. With a puzzled look on my face, I pointed to     5    (me)and said, “Me?” . She    6    (nod) and said, “Yes, you.” I walked to the table and she said, “Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in    7    hurry to leave anyway.” My eyes    8    (fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.

I always believe that there are    9    (nature) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son,     10    is a really lucky guy.

Do you know the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela? He     1    (fight) for black people and was     2    prison for almost thirty years. He helped black people to get same rights as white people.

Elias was a student in a school. Because his family couldn’t afford     3    (pay) the school fees, he had to drop out of school. Then he found a job in a gold mine and he worried about     4    he would be out of work. It was during this difficult period of time     5    he met Nelson Mandela for the first time,     6    had opened a law firm to advise poor black people on their legal problems.

At that time, black people had no rights to vote and their living places     7    (decide) by white people. Nelson Mandela said to Elias that they were put into a position where they had to either accept they were less important,     8     fight the government. So they decided to use     9    (violent). Though Elias didn’t like it, he helped Nelson Mandela blow up some government buildings. He knew     10    was dangerous to do so, but he also knew it would help them realize their dream of making black and white people equal.