A meteorite（陨石）almost {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（hit）an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in the UK while he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（work）on the farm. The meteorite was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（big）in the past 26 years in the UK. It weighed（重）one kilo, and might be over4, 000, 000, 000 years old.

    “I heard the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw something falling from the sky to the ground（地面）{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（heavy）. "he said, "I had a bad {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（feel）about it at that time. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}first I thought it was a plane. ”

    Meteorites are small things from the space. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}about 3, 500 meteorites may fall on the earth every year, only very few of these {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（fall）rocks are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in the UK {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the year of 1939.

    Mr. Pettifer is glad. "When you think about it coming from so far away. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}really is something strange."

    School was over. Usually David's mother would take him home from school but today she was not here. David decided to go home alone {#blank#}1{#/blank#} foot, and, and it took him about half {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hour.

    When he got home, he couldn't get in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}he did not bring his keys. He knocked on the door, but no one answered. David thought his mother {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) in the toilet, so he waited patiently for her. After a few {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (minute), David knocked again, but still no one answered. "What is happening? Is there anything wrong with my mother?" he thought to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (he)and got worried. Just at that moment, be heard the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (friend) voice of his neighbor, John. David told him that no one was home, and John asked him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (stay) in his house. Two hours later, when David's mother got back, he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (play) games with John. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}happy he was to see his mother!