Betty likes English very much. She spends a lot of time     1     (read) it every day. She     2     (usual) goes to the school library and reads English newspapers. After school, she goes to the city library behind     3     (she) school. She needs to use the computer there to surf     4     Internet because she does not have a computer at home. She tries hard to chat (聊天) with her American e-friends     5     English.

In fact, Betty wasn’t     6     (interest) in English at first. At that time, studying English     7     (be) very difficult for her. She did not know the good way of learning English. But one day, her new English teacher told her the importance of English and taught her     8     to learn English well.

From then on, she started to try     9     (listen) to English songs, read English newspapers, and write down good English     10     (sentence) in the notebooks. Now, she loves English very well.

Talking about the life of the old people, many     1    （people）first thought might be “Square Dance”. However, in Fuzhou, learning English is an 80-year-old grandpa’s everyday work.

Grandpa Lin is studying two English courses in a university. At one head of his bed, it’s     2    （total）full of English books. He even thinks that listening to an MP3 player with English conversations is the best medicine     3     his insomnia（失眠症）. Whoever visits him, he always expects to talk with the person in English. His story of     4    （learn）English dates back to over ten years ago.

One day in 2009, Grandpa Lin went to Tianjin to see his daughter. On the train, he met a young     5    （Britain）couple. With sign language and some easy     6    （express）, he communicated with the couple for a long time. Finally the two sides also left e-mail addresses to each other.

Soon after he returned home, Grandpa Lin received a special letter from the couple. The letter     7    （write） both in English and Chinese. The couple     8    （encourage）him to learn English well. From then on, Grandpa Lin continued working hard at English and he made a decision to hold on to his dream.

Grandpa Lin often tries to talk with his friends in English on WeChat.     9     he’s old, he’s positive and seems never to be out. We hope more old people can     10    （be）like Grandpa Lin. Never be too old to learn.