My grandfather is seventy years old, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  he is still very healthy. He is tall and of medium {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . He has short straight white {#blank#}3{#/blank#} He likes reading. Every morning he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  up very early and then reads morning {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . When he reads, he always wears {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . He also likes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  chess, too. He always plays chess with his {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  friends. He {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  plays chess with me. Why? Because I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} play chess.

    When I was waiting for a bus at a station, I saw a young man get into a telephone box near the station. After a short time, he came out and{#blank#}1{#/blank#} very sad (难过的). As he saw me, he came over.

    "Good afternoon, sir," he said. "{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was Abraham Lincoln born, do you know?"

    I felt a little {#blank#}3{#/blank#} at his words. "Something may be wrong (有毛病的) with him," I thought. Then he asked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and I could see that he was not joking (开玩笑). So I thought for a minute and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him that Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

    The young man thanked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  turned around and walked into the telephone box again. A few minutes later, he came out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. He thanked me again and told me that he wanted to make a telephone call to his friend but he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his telephone number.

    "You {#blank#}9{#/blank#} me remember it," he said. "His telephone number is '180909', and you can remember it easily {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you know when the great man was born."