21. This book _______________ (write) by Mark Twain. It _________ (tell) us some funny stories about a little boy __________ (name) Tom Sawyer. I finished _______ (read) this book 2 weeks ago. I liked it a lot. At first, I thought it ________ (be) a children's book. But, the other day, my father began to read it and he ___________ (not stop) until he finished the last page. He _________ (seem) to enjoy it a lot. "How I wish I ___________ (can, be) young again!" said my father with a big smile on his face as he ___________(close) the book.

　　22 I like rainy days. I like ____________ (stay) at home ___ _______ (listen) to the raindrops all day long. No musician is greater than our mother nature. _ _______ (walk) or __ _____ (dance) in the rain can give me great pleasure, too. I enjoy doing all of these, but the trouble is: Everyone in my class ___________ (laugh) at me and ___________ (think) I am a hopeless romantic.

　　23. It's so quiet here. Mr. And Mrs. Smith ___________ (go) away on vacation eight days ago. And they ____________ (come) back in 6 days. But they ____________ (forget) to stop the newspaper and milk. The newspaper _____________ (come) every day as usual and the mailbox is full very soon. This morning, The newspaper boy ____________ (can not) put the newspaper in the mailbox any more. So he _________ (put) it in front of the house. Unluckily, it _________(become) windy shortly after and a heavy rain ____________ (follow). Poor Mr and Mrs. Smith, they ____________ (have) to clean up the messy yard when they are back. However, the milk ___________( not, be) a problem. Their neighbor's cat _____________ (take) care of it every day.

　　24.  Albert Einstein, one of the most famous scientists of the US, ________________ (bear) in Germany in 1879. When he ________________ (be) a child, his teachers ________________ (not think) he ________________ (be) a smart student. By the time he ________________ (be) eight, they ________________ (decide) that he ________________ (can) not learn as fast as his classmates. At that time Einstein ________________ (not seem) interested in class, and he ________________ (dislike) studying subjects like Latin and Greek. He ________________ (be) very interested in math, but he ________________ (prefer) to solve math problems in his own way. His teacher ________________ (not feel) he ________________ (have) a bright future.

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