My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it for years. As he is very careful with it, it still looks as {#blank#}1{#/blank#} as new. I asked my uncle if he bought it or someone {#blank#}2{#/blank#} him as a gift. He shook his head. “Then how did you get it?” I asked. “Well, ” he answered, “there is a strange true story {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the umbrella. About ten years ago, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} along a quiet London street one evening when it suddenly rained. I had {#blank#}5{#/blank#} raincoat or umbrella. Gradually, it got quite dark. And the people in the streets were fewer and fewer. Because I was on my way to a party, I was afraid {#blank#}6{#/blank#} wet. So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. No buses ran through the street and there were no taxis. What was worse, there even wasn't a person around, and still it rained and rained. At last a young man came to the place {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I was standing. He held a large umbrella over his head. As I hoped he would allow me to walk to the next comer with him, where I could get a taxi, I stepped out of the dark doorway where I had been standing. I asked him where he was going with that umbrella. As I suddenly appeared before him, the young man was so shocked that he{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the umbrella. He ran away and disappeared into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be hard in this big city to find the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} of the umbrella, so I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it ever since then.”

    Grace is my friend .This is her {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. In it, you can see her {#blank#}2{#/blank#} everywhere. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a soccer ball under her chair, two {#blank#}4{#/blank#} under her desk and three basketballs under her {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. She also has some ping-pong balls and ping-pong{#blank#}6{#/blank#}in her bag. Grace loves sports. She thinks they're {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. But she does not{#blank#}8{#/blank#}them. Playing sports is difficult {#blank#}9{#/blank#} her. She {#blank#}10{#/blank#} watches them on TV.

    A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.

    Number One is a sign with a number on it. When drivers see this sign with thirty on it, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers art hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town.

    Number Two is a sign that we're near a crossing We must drive {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    Number Three is a sign that there is a bend(拐弯)on the road Again, we must drive slowly. It is not {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to go around a bend very last.

    Number Four is a sign that there is another road coming in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the right There is a junction(交叉) at this place.

    Number Five is a sign that there is a hill and Number Six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must devote his attention to the drive and go slowly.

    Number Seven has the word "SCHOOL" on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road Perhaps there are children going to or {#blank#}4{#/blank#}school, so drivers must drive with special care.

    Number Eight is a sign with the letter "P" on it. The letter "P" means "Parking". In some places, there are the signs "No parking" or "No waiting". {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the of the car.