2 . 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.

4 . An old woman had lost her eyesight completely, so she went to a _________ to help her see again and made a bargain with him; if he could cure her, he would be paid well. But if he couldn’t, she would not pay him anything.

The doctor had a(an) _________ ointment (药膏). When it was put on the eyes for a period of time, it restored the eyesight of anyone who was sightless.

The doctor began to _________ his patient daily. But knowing that she couldn’t see, he started _________ the valuables in her house. When there was nothing left, he decided to cure her and _________ his payment.

When the woman recovered her eyesight, she saw that her valuables had gone and _________ the doctor was the thief. So, saying that she was _________   cured, she refused to pay him. The doctor was _________ and he insisted on his fees. But the old woman refused and the two went to the _________.

The judge asked the old woman ____________ she refused to pay the doctor. She said, “I did ____________ to give him the money if I recovered my eyesight. However, if I remained blind, I was to give him ____________. Now he ____________ that he has cured me, but I am ____________ blind.”

Everyone there looked at her ____________ . “ How can you say that? Everyone can see that your eyesight has been restored,” said the judge ____________.

The old woman replied, “ I ____________ can’t see. Before I ____________ my eyesight, I had seen many valuable things in my house. But now, I am not able to see a thing of ____________ in it.”

The judge ____________ that she was indeed blind and let her go.

7 . I've never been the biggest fan of musicals. They often seemed _______ to me, and I would constantly _______ the time while watching one.

So when my friend suggested that we go to see the _______ You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown last weekend, I wasn't particularly _______. I figured I was about to _______ the familiar cycle of half-hearted attention to the plot and characters, _______ my phone during the performance. With nothing else to do, I finally _______ to go with him-it was something to get me out of the house.

Shortly after the musical began, Charlie Brown took the _______, sitting down with a sandwich. At the beginning, he was portrayed（描绘）as a（n）_______ boy with nobody eating with during lunches. Then he ________ a girl also having lunch alone and decided to go over and start a ________. But quickly he got into a ________ of over-thinking that the girl might hardly look at him. As the performance ________. I was shocked to see Charlie’s courage and the pair chatting ________. One of my favorite scenes was that Charlie sang a song feeling sorry for his ________ of talent. But he realized that despite this, he was still “the ________ and remarkable Charlie Brown.” “I’m ME!” he ________ declared.

We often assess ourselves by our achievements rather than ________ our basic worth as individuals. However, everybody loves Charlie Brown because he’s Charlie Brown—the clumsy, self-doubt, insecure, but lovable four-year-old. To see Charlie ________ himself was eye-opening.

Actually, musicals aren’t always so ________.

8 . When I think of the word “perfect”, I think of something only a few can achieve, like high beauty standards, the super-smart girl in my class, or anything that I can compare myself to. For a few weeks now, I have been _________ the girl in my middle school classes. She has fabulous (极好的) long dark brown hair, big hazel eyes, and the most _________ face. She always _________ the prettiest dresses and seems to be the most _________ girl in the school, at least in my point of view. It seems like she has a _________ life, lots of friends, all A’s, and everything anyone could ever want.

One day, I was talking to my teacher about one of the _________ tests, hoping to know more key points, when I saw the girl _________ me in a strange way. I immediately started think, “Why is she looking at me? Did I do something_________? Is there something on my face?” When the class _________ and everyone was rushing to their next class, she caught up to me and said, “I just thought you should know, I think you are really pretty.” I replied, “Oh my god, thank you!” I then watched her as she __________ away and thought, “She thinks I am pretty?”

The whole day, I __________ thinking about one thing. That was, “Why does she think that?” After thinking about that __________ in my head through each second of the day, I came to learn one big lesson. I learned that everyone has their own __________ even though it may not seem like it on the outside. In this case, I was thinking that she was everything I wanted to be and she thought the __________ as me. Both of us are not perfect. We are all that perfect person. We have been __________ ourselves to in our own __________way. It is our __________ to either accept that and love ourselves or keep torturing ourselves with harsh comparisons. When I really look at myself, not from my point of view but a(n)__________one, I do see everything I want to be. I see a beautiful smart kind girl who is __________. I think that being able to fully love ourselves is the __________ meaning of the word perfect.

9 . Careers in science are generally believed to be too complex for students who aren’t talented or clever enough, but Seott Kelly, commander of the International Space Station, would prove it’s _________.

As a kid, he was _________ and uninterested in science and all other _________ as well. He couldn’t _________ what the teachers were saying, spending most of his time in school _________. Therefore, he earned terrible _________ and barely graduated from high school, and he even thought he would never _________ his dreams.

That all _________ when he picked up and read The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe’s classic account of the pioneering Americans who first explored space. _________ at last, he was determined to be an astronaut which meant doing well in science classes. So that day, he __________ his mind to do well in it.

After so many years of daydreaming, it wouldn’t be __________. But he started thinking about it like a game. The more he __________ his study skills, the more he __________ and the better he got. __________, it became a(n) __________ with himself to see how good he could get. No one was more surprised than him when a __________ daydreamer started getting straight A’s in science, which is __________ to be an astronaut.

So we need to stop __________ the statement that science is just too hard. If you’re students who have been told “you are not a science person” or “your brain doesn’t think that way”, just __________ the comments! Everyone who wants to can learn this stuff— they just have to be __________ to do the work.