Some of you might ask,“Are books {#blank#}1{#/blank#} interesting?” Believe it or not, books provide many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that televisions or computers cannot. Since books use only words to tell a story, they can improve your imagination. The interesting words and sentences that are used in storytelling usually can't be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} on TV or on websites. They are sometimes so {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and moving that they can bring tears to your eyes. Books also help us to think {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and deeper. As we continue to read, we ask ourselves questions and try to find answers.

    Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.

    Hans Christian Andersen (安徒生) was born in a poor {#blank#}1{#/blank#}^.He was very interested in arts {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he was a little boy. At the age of 14, he left his hometown and started a new life {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a singer, dancer, and actor in a big city. However, he wasn't successful at first and became very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Later in his life, Andersen {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a lot of money from a rich person and he used it to go to university and entered the world of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Andersen's first book of fairy tales (童话故事), which was published in 1835, sold very well, so he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} writing stories. In his whole life, he wrote many fairy tales {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he died in 1875.Andersen's fairy tales were not only for young children {#blank#}9{#/blank#} also for people of all ages. Because these stories are touching and easy to understand, they are{#blank#}10{#/blank#} very popular today.

A: We are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} junior high school in a few months. I feel very sad.

B: Me, too.

A: Thanks for your help {#blank#}2{#/blank#} my stay here.

B: You're welcome.

A: I'll miss my teachers and classmates.

B: So will I. It's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for us to say goodbye.

A: Yes.

B: When will we get together again?

A: Next summer holiday.

B: I'm sure we'll have a good time during our get-together then.

A: Of course! By the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}，what do you hope to do in the future?

B: I hope to be a businessman. What about you?

A: I hope to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} an English teacher.