A Yunnan snub-nosed monkey named Bailian, or White Face, was a superstar within his troop in Xiangguqing village, Yunnan province. Local people have many     1     (appeal) anecdotes about him.

The primate lived for 30 years,       2     is almost 90 human years. However, in October, Bailian was found dead in the wild.

In his prime (盛年),     3    a commanding male, he had a large family with four     4    (wife) and three offspring. However, in 2012, he was challenged and defeated by a younger, stronger monkey.

He     5     (replace) as one of the troop leaders, and all his family members left him,with one     6     (except). A female monkey, 10 years older than Bailian, stayed with him, and     7     male monkey took good care of her until she died in 2016.

Overwhelmed by grief, Bailian groomed her fur as usual and carried her body with him     8    he moved with the other monkeys in the troop. When forest rangers removed the decaying body, Bailian tried    9     (stop) them — baring his teeth and howling as if in great pain.

In 2019, he formed his second family, this time with a 6-year-old female, and     10     (father) an infant the following year.

However, his happiness was short-lived. In October 2020, Bailian broke his legs in a fight and lost his family once again. Rescued by forest rangers, he resumed his nomadic lifestyle until his death.

Once upon a time , there was a colorless tiger. His lack of color made him     1    famous that the greatest painters all over the world came to the zoo to try to put some color on him. But     2    of them succeeded.

Then along came Van Cough the painter. When he said he wanted to paint the colorless tiger, everyone had a good laugh. When entering the tiger’s cage, he began whispering in the animal’s ear, and moving his dry brush up and down the tiger’s body. And    3    everyone’s surprise, the tiger’s skin started to take on the most vivid color. Van Cough spent a long time whispering to the animal, and     4    (make) slight adjustments to his painting. The result was     5    (true) “beautiful”.

Everyone was     6    (puzzle). He explained that he had managed     7    (paint) the tiger using a phrase he kept whispering in his ear: If you didn’t follow me, you wouldn’t be free again, you shall see.”

Now you see how joyful the tiger seemed at the sight of     8    (free). The zoo authorities finally transported him to the forest and     9    (set) him free,     10    never again would he lose his color.