1. Last night he found it difficult{#blank#}1{#/blank#} because of the loud noise outside.

2. My uncle always{#blank#}2{#/blank#} my home when he came to our city.

3. He went to France the year before last and I haven't heard from him{#blank#}3{#/blank#} then.

4 He didn't get any help and had to complete the work {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  .

5. I really don't want to know your secret. I only found it  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  .

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    It's Monday morning. Tony gets up at 6：00. Look! His mother is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}breakfast. His father is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}sports outside. Lily, his sister, is sleeping. She's{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, so she doesn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#}to go to school. After having breakfast, Tony usually {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a bus to school. It's 7：55 when he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} at school. There are many students in the classroom. Some students are cleaning the classroom. The others are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}and reading. Tony helps his classmates {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the classroom. Their first lesson is math. Tony isn't {#blank#}9{#/blank#}at math. He thinks it's very difficult. But the teacher says math is very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. So he often asks his friends to help him with it. He thinks he can learn it well.

    An artist painted many pictures of great beauty. But he found that he had not yet painted a "real" picture.

    He began his trip to look{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the most beautiful thing in the world. On the way, he met an aged priest(神父)who{#blank#}2{#/blank#}him where he was going. "I don't know," said the artist "I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world. Perhaps you can direct me to it." "How{#blank#}3{#/blank#},"replied the priest. "In any church, you will find it — ‘Faith'(信任，信仰) is the most beautiful thing in the world."

    The artist traveled on. Later, a(n){#blank#}4{#/blank#}mother told him the most beautiful thing is "Love". "Love"{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the world go round. Without love there is no beauty.

    Still the artist continued his search. He asked a soldier the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}question and his answer was "Peace". He said, "War is ugly and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}you find peace, you will find beauty, faith and love."

    How can I paint all of{#blank#}8{#/blank#}Faith, Love and Peace? He thought and thought. He was surprised that without thinking where he was going, he had got to his familiar place. On the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}of his wife and children, he saw Love and Faith. "We are thinking of you all the time. We prayed (祈祷)you would return to us safely," said his wife. The artist sat on his favorite old chair and his{#blank#}10{#/blank#}was at peace.

    The artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and called it "Home".

    During the summer holidays, I worked as a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}at a vet's(兽医诊所), so I saw lots of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. She had thin snow-white hair on her fat body. She had big round eyes and always seemed surprised, but she was blind.

    She was brought to the vet's because her owner didn't want her any more. I thought Minnie was a sweet dog, though. "No one can know her by the ways she looks, "I thought. So we took care of her. Finally, I put an{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in the newspaper; Funny looking dog, who is quiet and has blind but beautiful eyes, needs a loving family. "Then a young man called. He said on the phone that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. I gave Minnie a good bath and made her hair feel soft. Then we waited for them to arrive.

    At last, an old car{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in front of the vet's. Two kids ran to the door. They took her happily into their arms. Then they ran to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see what he would say about Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Minnie licked his face. It was love at the first lick.

    "She is wonderful!" the old man smiled. I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home. Then I saw that the grandfather's eyes were a milky white colour, he was blind, too.