His uncle is a great {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (music).

    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.

    What do American children think of Thanksgiving? This is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} two of them wrote.

    Once we were at my grandparents' home at Thanksgiving and we went to the store {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(get)a turkey, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they didn't have any, so we had to get a live one. When we went to kill it, it had gone! There was nothing left except feathers(羽毛). That year we had to eat chicken instead {#blank#}4{#/blank#} turkey.

—Eleanor, 15 years

    Thanksgiving is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} excellent day. It is celebrated because we are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(thank) for things that other people do. At Thanksgiving, you {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(main)eat turkey, fruit, and vegetables. You can stay at home with your family and have fun with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Thanksgiving is one of the most important {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(holiday) in the USA. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621. Each year, it is on the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(four) Thursday of November. On that day there are always parades and hot balloons.

—Joss, 14 years