__ was my head teacher, Miss Liu, that read several inspiring stories to encourage me to go on.

In his lecture, the professor referred to the belief, in contrast to all other countries, _____ the elderly are wise, _____ is particularly dominant(占优势的) in the Chinese culture．

 Is that person honest? I find _____ hard to believe what he said.

—You look great! Were you on vacation or ________？—You got it. I've just come back from America.

New York is bigger than __________ in Australia.