One Sunday afternoon, when Henry {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (swim) in his swimming pool, his friend Jack came to visit him.

“Wow! Henry, you have changed much these days. You are a sportsman now!” said Jack.                

“Well! Maybe in a couple of years.”{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (answer) Henry

“Do you swim every day?” asked Jack.

“Yeah. You know I get fat easily” Henry replied, “Now swimming {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (become) part of my daily life already ! It makes me happy and{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (keep) myself fit.”

“Sounds great! I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (start) swimming tomorrow. After all, I'm too fat."said Jack,

    Last term, I was not happy. I had some difficulty in studying. My classmates often laughed at me. That {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (drive) me mad. And my parents were hard on me. It made me {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (comfortable).I knew it was important for me to study hard. And I didn't want to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (let) them down. The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (carefully)

I wanted to study, the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (bad) my grades were. Sometimes I thought my teacher {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (would like) me to leave her class. My parents told me that I should ask my teacher for help.

    One day, I talked to my teacher with great {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (courage).When she heard what I had thought, she gave me some advice on how to study .And I nodded in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (agree).With the help of my teacher, I improved my grades.