阅读下列短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。 Ben was twelve years old. He was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} very clever boy, but he was very lazy. He didn't like doing his homework. He said it was boring. He preferred {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (watch) TV or playing computer games. When he did his homework, he often made a lot of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (mistake) because he didn't pay attention to what he was writing.
One day, his language teacher was very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (surprise) when he read Ben's composition about what he had done during the Christmas holiday. There weren't any mistakes in the composition, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was very unusual. Ben's teacher was really satisfied, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he wondered how Ben had managed to do such a perfect job. He called Ben to his desk and asked him if he had written his composition by himself. Ben replied that nobody had helped him this time. Then his teacher wanted to know who usually helped him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his homework.
When he asked Ben, Ben replied that his {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (old) sister usually did but she didn't do it the night before because she was in the hospital. A friend of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (she) had an accident and she spent the whole night with her.
Of course, Ben's teacher advised him not {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ask) his sister to help him do his homework any more.
