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　　The ancient(古代的)people of Babylon(巴比伦)and Egypt studied the stars in the sky 　　1　　 years ago, and they 　　2　　 the zodiac(十二宫)．It was first used 　　3　　 time．Later, many people used the stars to describe a person's character and to say what would happen in the future．

　　A person's zodiac sign is connected to his or her birth date．Some believe this sign can tell about a person's character．For example, some think that a person born 　　4　　 the sign of Aries(between March 21 and April 20)is 　　5　　 and active．A person born under Cancer(between June 22 and July 23)is kind and home-loving．

　　In many 　　6　　 in Asia, people believe that Chinese zodiac describes character and can foretells(预言)future events．In the Chinese zodiac, there are twelve animals．A person's animal sign is connected to his or her birth year．Every animal has a similar type of character．People born in the year of the Rat are friendly, but careful．Those born in the year of the Monkey are smart and good 　　7　　 making money．Many believe that Rat and Monkey 　　8　　 a good match．

　　In Asia, a person's blood type is also used to describe character．People with the blood type A are clean and serious, but they can be selfish．Type Os are 　　9　　 love and like to talk．Not 　　10　　 believes that your birth sign or blood type describes your character．But reading your horoscope can still be a lot of fun．

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　　I went to school in China for four years and for another six years in Canada．There are two teachers from these countries that really impressed(给予某人深刻印象)me even though they are very 　　1　　．

　　When I moved to Canada, I couldn’t even 　　2　　 food on the flight．After two months on an ESL(English as a Second Language)course, I got my first 　　3　　 card．My mark in English was 65．I was very upset．I couldn’t 　　4　　 what would be said at the parent-teacher interview．

　　“Hello!” Mrs Franceschini welcomed my parents．“Richard just came to Canada a few months ago．I am amazed at how his English has 　　5　　 so fast,” she said．“On his first day, he was very shy and only used simple words．Now he can answer and ask questions using whole sentences．”

　　　　6　　 many other Chinese parents, my mom asked if she could give me 　　7　　 homework．“Don’t worry．Richard is already working very hard,” Mrs Franceschini laughed．Then she shook my hand．“Richard, you did a good job．I am 　　8　　 of you!” she said．

　　Back in Shanghai, my teacher Miss Li was very 　　9　　．In a test, my average(平均分)was 97, top of the class．I was proud to take parents to the 　　10　　．

　　Miss Li told my parents：“Feng Yu is doing pretty well．But because of his 　　11　　 he lost 3 points in math．　　12　　, he would be the top of the school．”

　　I thought she was being 　　13　　 to me．But when I was about to leave, I realized Miss Li was very nice．She hosted a party for me and gave me a big card．Her phone number and e-mail address were on the card．“Feng Yu, you are my best student．I 　　14　　 you a successful life,” she wrote．“If you want to talk or need any help, I am always here for you．”

　　Miss Li and Mrs Franceschini are both great teachers, just in different ways．One built up my learning abilities．　　15　　 gave me tons of confidence and made learning enjoyable．I’m proud to have had them as my teachers．