2 . Many people go to school for an education. _______ learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and maths. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can _______ a living. School _______ is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he _______, can not teach his students everything they _______ to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to read and how to _______. So much more is to be learned _______ school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by _______ than to memorize (熟记) some facts or formula (公式). It is _______ quite easy to learn a ________ fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in ________ out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t learn many things from school. But they were all so ________ that they invented so many things for mankind.

The ________ for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not ________ at school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of ________.

3 . Four years ago Rita Gaviola was a beggar in a small Philippine town. Now she works as a fashion _________, starring on TV shows and _______ many Instagram (照片墙) followers. It all started with a (n)_______ photo.

Back in 2016, she was _________on the streets of Lucban. Her father was a garbage collector and her mother a housewife. The family _________ managed to put food on the table, so Rita often went out to ask for _______ or food donations.

One day a photographer Topher Burgos happened to be attracted by her_______beauty. He changed the girl’s _________ completely by posting the photos of her on the Internet, which was done with a single _______ click of the ‘upload’ button.

One of the photos became a hit immediately, with people praising her ________ of nature. She was nicknamed “Badjao Girl” and __________ several Filipino beauty queens, who did their best to help the girl __________. Then she began to model for various clothing brands and________ small roles in TV series. All the hype (炒作) around Badjao Girl also helped her________ an online audience, including________from abroad, some of whom helped her family financially. In 2018, Rita __________ a YouTube video showcasing (展现) her family’s new house and thanking a loyal US fan for __________ the construction.

Even though the hype has__________ , she remains very popular on Filipino social media through her own efforts. Rita is seen as proof that Cinderella-like (灰姑娘般的) stories are__________ in real-life. In Rita’s case, all it took was a photo and her__________ in the right place, at the right time.

4 . Tom had lived in Palo Alto and been alive during _______ earthquake. Nothing much happened _______ him or his home on that day. _______, a few_______later, _______traffic accident made him_______his life.

After Tom died, his wife came to his car he hadn’t used for some months. When she began_________it out she noticed first that the front seat had been equipped _______ it could flatten backwards. Then she noticed that the back seat had_______ rigged (装配) so it would pop out ________ to make you climb into the trunk (行李箱). ________ the trunk she found old clothes, bottles of water and two hundred ________ of rope. It seemed that, ________ he was not a man planning for the future, Tom was at least prepared for________trapped in an earthquake. ________, we should learn from ________Tom. Everyone should ________ for something ________ some accidents ________ fires and earthquakes happen________.

7 . I couldn’t walk or speak until the age of 6. My brother and sister often made fun of me for being different and slow. My brother found it _________ that I couldn’t remember what the tutor had taught me and would say how _________ I was. Mum had to explain to him that I was different.

She tried to get me enrolled in various _________ Every time, she would explain to my classmates about my _________ so that I wouldn’t be bullied in school. Despite the best _________ of my teachers, I _________ to cope with the pace of the lessons and transferred(转学)from one school to another. I remembered _________ schools at least four times.

My life _________ when I was 10. Mum and I chanced upon a group of _________ with disabilities training in the open field of the nearby university. Mum __________ them and found out they were Special Olympics athletes.

At the time, I was physically __________ I had problems walking and had to hold someone’s hand for __________ . I also had problems with my eyesight. When Mum asked if I could become a Special Olympics athlete, we were __________ surprised that the answer was “yes”. I started simple training every Saturday. Although it was __________ , I never gave up. Neither did my family. Mum had to work on weekends and Grandma helped to ensure I never __________ a single session of training.

After a few months, with the __________ guidance of my coaches, I got stronger. At my regular Special Olympics 25-metre run practice, my grandma __________ me to let go of her hand. When I __________ the finish line, the team went wild. I was so __________ that I gave my grandma a bear hug. I __________ my progress to my coaches, families and friends.

9 . China Post issued (发行) a set of special zodiac (生肖) stamps in honor of 2019 Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Year of the Pig. Famous Chinese _________ Han Meilin designed (设计) the set of stamps _________ is most known for his Fuwa dolls made for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

If you, like me, were born in the Year of the Pig then you are _________, thoughtful and loyal (忠诚的). The Year of the Pig is filled with good wealth.

Now, let’s _________ a closer look at this interesting animal. Pigs were first kept by man about 9, 000 years ago, and are still a very common _________ animal in many parts of the world. We don’t just use pigs for their meat--- almost every part of the animal is used. The hair is used for artists’ brushes. The fat is used _________ floor wax (蜡), rubber (橡胶) and plastics.

Pigs have also been important in the world of entertainment. In 25 the film Babe starred (使主演) a loveable talking pig as its main character. The film _________ an Oscar Award. In England you can even go to watch pig racing. A farmer, Rob Shepherd, has been raising money _________ charity by holding pig races an his farm. _________ seems that people don’t just want to eat pigs!

Pigs also play an important role in the English language. For example, if someone say that he __________ to the sun one day, you can says “Pigs might fly!” to him. Hungry? Well then, you can say “pig out” and eat lots of food.