It was in autumn. A woman was ill. She stayed in the hospital {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. She had no daughters or sons. Her husband died ten years ago. So nobody {#blank#}2{#/blank#} her. She felt  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. There was a tree outside her room. She{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the leaves(叶子) fall down. Day after day, there were fewer and fewer leaves on the tree. The woman was very sad. She didn't want to eat or drink. She became worse day by day. She got a strong {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of death. One day she said, "When the last leaf falls down. I will die. "

when a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#}artist heard that, he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a good idea. He{#blank#}8{#/blank#} to paint a green and yellow leaf and put it in the tree when all yellow leaves fell down on a cold night. The next morning, when the woman looked out of the window, she{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the last leaf still there. You could {#blank#}10{#/blank#} how happy the woman was. After that, she gradually(逐渐地) got better.

    Most American families are smaller than the families in other{#blank#}1{#/blank#} . Children in the US will {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their parents' homes. When they grow up, they usually live {#blank#}3{#/blank#} from their parents because they want to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}good jobs. They often {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their {#blank#}7{#/blank#} jobs. Americans think it {#blank#}8{#/blank#} for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their houses. And in many families, Children are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}for doing some housework so that they can learn{#blank#}10{#/blank#} to make money for their own use.