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     In summer,Gu Ye often{#blank#}3{#/blank#}with his friends there．And they could catch fish after it rained heavily．At that time，there were some{#blank#}4{#/blank#}on the river．They would like to take a rest under the flees．The birds also liked playing there．It was{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a beautiful picture,right?

Andy: Do you like your life in Grade 9, Paul?

Paul: Yes, I do. But I must {#blank#}1{#/blank#} very early every day. I don't want to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} school.

Andy: Really? Do you feel tired at school?

Paul: No. But I feel tired {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. We usually have too much homework.

Andy: No students like too much homework. Then when do you {#blank#}4{#/blank#}?

Paul: At ten o'clock.

Andy: Ten o'clock? Why don't you start to do your homework earlier (更早)?

Paul: Well, I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}for a walk first after dinner. And then I start to do my homework at 7:00.

    A farmer was put in prison (监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife. "I am worried about our farm," she wrote. It's time {#blank#}1{#/blank#} potatoes, but I can't do all the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} by myself." The farmer then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, "Don't dig the fields. This is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} my gold (金子) is." A few days later, the farmer got the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} letter. It said, "About ten guards (守卫) came to our farm. It {#blank#}5{#/blank#} they were looking for something. They dug our farm everywhere." The farmer wrote to his wife at once. "Now you can plant our potatoes," he wrote.