Dear Mr. Lee,
    I'm sorry to tell you that my grandmother is ill. She {#blank#}1{#/blank#} day and night. My parents aren't at home now. They {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  to Beijing on business last week. My grandma can not look after {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. So I{#blank#}4{#/blank#} take care of her. May I{#blank#}5{#/blank#} two days leave?
Yours,
Yu Ting

Lunch Made of Love

    In those poor times, many of my classmates couldn't bring a nice meal to school for lunch. My deskmate's meal was always cabbages, while {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （我的） was ham and fried eggs. Sometimes, my deskmate would first pick the hair out of his lunch and then eat it as if {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （没事） had happened. This continued for a long time.

    "His mother is so lousy（邋遢的）that her hair drops in the meal, "my classmates said. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （想）it was really dirty, but I couldn't show that because I didn't want to hurt（伤害）his feelings. Still, I started to think that he was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （肮脏）, too.

    One day after school, he called me and said, "Would you like to come to my house if you are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （有空）?"

    Though I didn't want to go, I knew it would be impolite to refuse because this was his first invitation. Following my friend, we {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （到达）at a poor village.

    "Mom, I brought my friend home. "

    His old mother opened the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（门）, "My son's friend is here. Let me have a look. "But to my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（惊讶）, his mother was blind. She couldn't see anything.

    I felt sad. Now I understood why my deskmate's lunch had hair in it. His mother got ready for it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（仔细）for him every day, even though she was blind. It was not only a lunch, but also a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （母亲）love.

    Emily has so many {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in her family. She has to do her homework {#blank#}2{#/blank#} school. She can't go out {#blank#}3{#/blank#} school nights. She has to wash the dishes after dinner，and then she can watch TV {#blank#}4{#/blank#}half an hour. She likes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. She usually reads at night. She has to be in bed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ten o'clock because she has to get up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the next morning. She {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a music club.

    She has to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} her guitar every day. She doesn't think she's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

A: Hi, Lisa! Have you ever been {#blank#}1{#/blank#}for school?

B: Yes, I have. But only once last term.

A: Why were you late?

B: I stayed up watching the football match the evening before, so I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the next morning.

A: What did you do after you got up?

B: I rushed to the bus stop {#blank#}3{#/blank#} breakfast. But unluckily, by the time I got there, the school bus had already left.

A: Poor guy! How did you go to school then?

B: I started walking. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, my uncle drove by and gave me a lift, but I was still late.

A: What did your teacher say?

B: He said I shouldn't stay up so late at night.

A: Yes. He is right. You {#blank#}5{#/blank#} go to bed early at night.

B: That's true. I'll go to bed before ten from now on.