（1）Jane is good at{#blank#}1{#/blank#}  stories.

（2）You can't{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  with your classmates before five o' clock.
（3）We often practice{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  in summer.
（4）It takes him thirty minutes {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  the river.
（5）Five {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  students go to school on foot.

    Hans Christian Andersen (安徒生) was born in a poor {#blank#}1{#/blank#}^.He was very interested in arts {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he was a little boy. At the age of 14, he left his hometown and started a new life {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a singer, dancer, and actor in a big city. However, he wasn't successful at first and became very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Later in his life, Andersen {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a lot of money from a rich person and he used it to go to university and entered the world of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Andersen's first book of fairy tales (童话故事), which was published in 1835, sold very well, so he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} writing stories. In his whole life, he wrote many fairy tales {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he died in 1875.Andersen's fairy tales were not only for young children {#blank#}9{#/blank#} also for people of all ages. Because these stories are touching and easy to understand, they are{#blank#}10{#/blank#} very popular today.

    I have many friends. One of them is Simon. He is my best friend. Simon and I are thirteen years old. He is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} than I, and he is shorter than I, too. He wears glasses but I don't.

    Simon likes eating fruits. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he takes them to school and shares them with me after class. Simon and I are in the same class. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} schoolwork and he often helps me with my English. We always play {#blank#}4{#/blank#} after school. He likes to do the same things as I do. I live {#blank#}5{#/blank#} from school but Simon lives near it, so he never comes late. At weekends I usually go to his house when I am free. We always have a great time when we are together.