Many years ago, there was a family {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706, another baby was born. The boy's mother and her husband{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the boy a name—Benjamin.

    Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write when he was seven. The next year his parents {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him to school.

    At school Benjamin was good at reading and writing, but not good at maths. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#}all of his father's books, and when he had money, he always went {#blank#}5{#/blank#}books. He liked books. The books told him how {#blank#}6{#/blank#} something. The boy liked to use his head and tried to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} ways to help people enjoy life more. For example, he tried to know if there was some way {#blank#}8{#/blank#}farther, maybe with something on his hands or feet. Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles(划桨)， grew in his mind. The paddles must {#blank#}9{#/blank#}neither too big nor too small. And they must be neither too heavy nor too light. At last he {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the paddle for swimming.

    Bill is thirty years old. He works in a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. He is a teacher. He goes to work {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Monday to Friday every week. Usually he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} up at six in the morning. After breakfast, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a bus to work. He is a(n) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} teacher, so he often plays basketball, ping-pong and volleyball with his students. He has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} classes every day. Two are in the morning and two are in the afternoon. He likes his students and his students like {#blank#}7{#/blank#} too. He often plays sports, so he is very {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. He usually {#blank#}9{#/blank#} dinner at home and then he watches TV for two hours. At the weekend, he often goes to the cinema. He likes {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. He thinks they are interesting.