阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式(最多限填3个单词)。
In 1990, when I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} nine years old, I wanted very much to find {#blank#}2{#/blank#}pen pal, I found Ashley's address in a magazine, and decided {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (write) to her.
I sent off my letter with a little hope. Very quickly, I received her letter.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} my surprise, Ashley was only one month {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (old) than me, I learned some new expressions from her. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(real) liked this new friend.
Letter after letter, year after year, Ashley and I continued to write to one another. A letter would be received and I'd write back right, away. We would send each other birthday and Christmas {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (gift).
Eight years later, my parents decided it was time {#blank#}8{#/blank#} me to meet this friend. They drove me down to Mississippi for a few days. We {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (have) a fun time together. We did the things that teenage girls love to do.
Twenty-five years after the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (one) letter, Ashley and I still have an amazing friendship.
Although we don't write letters now, we communicate through mobile phones and the Internet.
