An old man lived alone in his old house. He hardly ever went out．He wouldn't {#blank#}1{#/blank#}with others．One day， a little boy setting{#blank#}2{#/blank#}knocked (敲)at the old man's door .The door slowly opened. "Uh，sir， would you like to buy a magazine?"The old man didn't say anything．He{#blank#}3{#/blank#}stared(注视)at the boy．The boy looked inside and saw lots of dog sculpture(雕塑品)on the table．"Do you collect dogs?" the boy asked．"Yes，they are all my family．"Hearing this，the boy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. and felt sorry for him．"I have a magazine here about dogs．It's perfect for you．"The old man was ready to close(关) the door and said，"No，I don't{#blank#}5{#/blank#}any magazines．"

The boy suddenly had an idea．He had a dog sculpture， which did not mean much to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}．After a while，the boy returned{#blank#}7{#/blank#}a box．The old man shouted this time．"I told you no magazines!""I bring you a girl．"The boy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the box and handed him the sculpture．The old man got{#blank#}9{#/blank#}because no one had given him a gift before．From that day on，the old man started going out of his house often．He and the boy because good{#blank#}10{#/blank#}．The boy even brought his pet dog to visit me old man every week．

Interviewer: Scott has an interesting job. He  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} at a radio station. Scott, what time is your radio show?

Scott:  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  twelve o'clock at night to six o'clock in the morning.

Interviewer: What time do you usually get up?

Scott: At eight thirty at night. Then I eat breakfast at nine.

Interviewer: That's a  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} time for breakfast!

Scott: Yeah. After that, I usually  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  at about ten twenty.

Interviewer: When do you go to work?

Scott: At eleven o'clock, so I'm  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  late for work.

    Have you ever read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? It must be the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} popular book for almost all the children in the world. The idea for the book came to J. K. Rowling in 1990. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#} her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, being an English teacher in Portugal. Rowling sent the book to four publishers (出版商) before one of them bought it. She was very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to sell her book because it was her dream to be a writer. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small flat (公寓) with {#blank#}6{#/blank#} daughter and was very poor. She didn't have enough money to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} for heat in winter. Harry Potter became a favorite with children and adults in England and then around the world. It was put into (被译成) more than thirty-five {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many lists of newspapers of the most popular books. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} any question, Rowling's life {#blank#}10{#/blank#} changed and she became one of the most famous women writers in the world.