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{#blank#}1{#/blank#} It was raining heavily when he ________ home last night.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Mary wonders what she _________ as when she grows up.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} — Amy, I called you yesterday evening, but nobody answered the phone.— Oh, I ________ a walk with my mother at that time.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} —________ you ________ a letter to your mother recently?—Yes, I wrote one last Sunday.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} We are told that sound ___________ through air at a speed of about 340 metres per second.

    Beijing opera is our national opera with a history of over 200 years. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. There are four {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou.

    Beijing Opera {#blank#}2{#/blank#} famous stories, beautiful facial(脸部的) paintings, wonderful gestures(手势) and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Then they find a way to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.

    Beijing opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China, it used to be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with old people, while young people didn't like it very much. However, more and more young people, and even some foreigners, are becoming interested in it nowadays.

    I like reading. I love many different kinds of books, because they not only open my mind but also give me {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    Up to now I have read a lot of books, such as magazines, novels and storybooks. But one of the books that I like best is The Story of My Life. It was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} by American writer Helen Keller in 1902. She was a blind, deaf and dumb person. In the book, she wrote that she had not been able to see, hear or speak {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she was one year and seven months old. This unusual thing made her very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Luckily, she met her good teacher, Miss Sullivan {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the age of seven. Helen was getting happier every day. Then, Miss Sullivan helped her learn how to write English words. At first, Miss Sullivan wrote some words on Helen's hands with her own fingers again and again. Helen was a very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} girl. She tried as much as possible to remember words. After that, she wrote many famous works. The Story of My Life is one of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.

    The Story of My Life describes her hard struggle (奋斗) to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a good writer and educationist of the world.

    It {#blank#}9{#/blank#} us an important truth: Nothing is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} if you put your heart into it! This is why I like it best. What about you?