When I was in the middle school, I was good at many subjects {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (除了) English. It was a little difficult for me and I often made {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (错误) in the test. I felt very sad.

    Luckily, my English teacher Miss Li was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（相当地）kind. She advised me to buy a dictionary and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(提议，提出) to help me solve {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (主要的，基础的) problems. Miss Li said that I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(应该) speak English aloud and read {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(大量，众多) of English books. With her help, my English improved {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(迅速地,快地). It was much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (更简单) for me to remember the words than before. And I became one of the actresses in the school English show at {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(终于，最后).

    I was thankful to my dear English teacher, Miss Li.

    Before Father's Day, I found my father was unhappy because he was out of work. I decided to cheer him up by {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(buy) him a special Father's Day gift.

    Amy's Store is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(popular) gift shop near our school. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(know ) for fashions and styles. This was the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(one)time I entered the shop, so I told Amy that I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(look) for a Father's Day present. She helped choose a Swiss watch {#blank#}6{#/blank#} looked nice. I told her I only had 11 dollars in a low voice.

    "You're so lucky, " she told me, "It's only $10. You still have$1 for the card." She packed the watch and said my father would take pride {#blank#}7{#/blank#} me.

    When my father opened the gift, he asked, "Where did you get it?"

    "I bought it at Amy's Store. It cost me $10, "I said. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} surprised my father looked!

    Many years later, I learned the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(true ) that the watch was worth 100 dollars, and I appreciated(感激)how kind Amy had been to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(I).I always regret that I never had a chance to thank her.

—The green one.