1. Last night he found it difficult{#blank#}1{#/blank#} because of the loud noise outside.

2. My uncle always{#blank#}2{#/blank#} my home when he came to our city.

3. He went to France the year before last and I haven't heard from him{#blank#}3{#/blank#} then.

4 He didn't get any help and had to complete the work {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  .

5. I really don't want to know your secret. I only found it  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  .

    A group of frogs were traveling through the forest, but unluckily two of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't care and tried their{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs kept saying that they were sure to die. Finally, one of the two frogs heard{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the other frogs were saying and gave up. Then he fell {#blank#}5{#/blank#}and died.

    However, the other frog continued to jump as hard as he could{#blank#}6{#/blank#}last, he made it out. When he got out, the other frogs asked, "Did you hear us?" The frog, who had a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}hearing, explained, "I thought you were encouraging me {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the time."

    The story teaches us a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} There is power of life and death in the tongue(言语）.An encouraging word to those who are down can help them out {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a discouraging word can kill them.

    When I was tidying up my room yesterday, I found an old box of my father's. He gave it to me two years ago. It was really{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to discover something about my father's life as a child.

    He {#blank#}2{#/blank#}told me about his hobbies as a child. He wrote to people from all over the world，and they{#blank#}3{#/blank#}him letters back.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he had a book{#blank#}5{#/blank#} interesting stamps. People{#blank#}6{#/blank#}gave him things from{#blank#}7{#/blank#}countries, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a silk fan from China, a little model car from Germany and a small model ship from Australia. My father even kept the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}from his first football match. The box made me{#blank#}10{#/blank#} my hobby. I want to keep my old picture books and magazines for a long time too.

    I'm Eric. I love my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} California. That place has many sweet childhood {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for me. When I was a small boy, I had to get up before sunrise (日出) to work on the farm. At sunrise I could see a House {#blank#}3{#/blank#} golden windows far away from the farm. Every day I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it with interest and wondered what the house looked like inside. To be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, I really wanted to live there! I often said to myself, "Some day I will {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a house like that." One day I walked to the house with golden windows. I walked for a(n) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and then I stopped in front of the house. To my surprise, there were no {#blank#}8{#/blank#} golden windows. I was very {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Later I learned that the windows were not golden at all. It was the sunrise that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} them look golden.