Do you know Frank? He is my uncle's {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. He is my cousin. And he is my classmate, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. We are in same class.

    Frank has some good eating {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. He eats fruit and vegetable every day. He likes {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, but he doesn't often eat them. He says they're not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    Frank {#blank#}6{#/blank#} sports very much. And he plays basketball very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Every afternoon, he often plays basketball {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his friends. He says he wants to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a basketball star like Yao Ming.

  Frank {#blank#}10{#/blank#} well and plays sports every day, so he is very healthy.

The Trojan War

    A Greek king once had a beautiful wife {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (call). Helen. One day, a prince from Troy, called Paris, stole Helen away and brought her to Troy with him.

    The Greeks sent {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (thousand) of ships to attack Troy. Troy, however, was powerful and well protected. The war lasted {#blank#}3{#/blank#} many years. The Greeks had a soldier called Achilles(阿喀琉斯). He was the greatest {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fight) in the world. When he was born, his mother put him in a magic river. Every part of his body that touched the water became immortal(不朽的). But she had to hold his heel(脚后跟), so that part became his great weakness.

    Achilles killed many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (enemy) He was strong and cruel. He killed the greatest prince Troy, called Hector. He then dragged(拖) Hector' s body around the city to mock(嘲笑)the Trojan people.

    The Greeks had still not won, though. They made a plan. They decided {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) a gift to the city of Troy: a giant wooden horse.

    Late one evening, the Greeks pushed the wooden horse to the gates of Troy. The Trojans seeing the gift, thought the Greeks had given up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (happy), they received the gift.

    That night, they celebrated and drank wine But as they slept, the horse was opened up and ropes(绳子) came down. It was a trick— the horse was filled {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Greek soldiers. They opened the gates, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (burn) the city and killed most of the Trojans as they slept.

    The Greeks won the war. Achilles, though was hit by {#blank#}10{#/blank#} arrow (箭)in the final battle. It hit his heel, the only weak part of his body, and he died.

    It is not always easy to discover yourself. From a young age, I had a strong sense of who I would become. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, an accident changed everything.

    To me, skating was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (important) than anything else in the world. Nothing else filled my heart with so much joy. I spent 24 hours a week  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(develop) my skills. I had no social life or interests except skating. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I was rewarded (回报) with first place medals in nearly all competitions.

   {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (unlucky), during one competition, I fell and was badly injured. The doctor told me that I couldn't skate anymore. The pain in my back was hard to bear and even basic daily tasks became difficult.

    My passion had been taken away. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (lose) heart and had no idea who I would become. After eight months of suffering, something had to change. Instead {#blank#}7{#/blank#} sitting around and wasting my days, I began to work with local community service projects. By volunteering {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a swimming teacher and summer reading assistant for kids, I got {#blank#}9{#/blank#} idea of who I wanted to become. Little by little, I stepped out of the shadow and rebuilt my confidence.

    Sometimes, challenges in life will get in our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to get past these challenges. My accident was a challenge that failed to stop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} from reaching success. Now I'm a very confident person.