As a boy, Ben loves to read.Once he 1 a book about swimming.He soon studies to 2 by himself.He also wants to know if(是否)there is some way to 3 people swim faster.He thinks a 4 of wooden paddles(木桨)grows in his mind.
He begins to work on the 5 .A few days later the paddles are ready.Ben tells his 6 that he will try the paddles out the next Saturday afternoon at Green’s pond.About 100 boys come to the pond that afternoon.They 7 to see if the paddles will work.
He fixes(固定)his hands and feet with the paddles. 8 he gets into the water, Ben begins to paddle.At first he swims slowly, then faster and faster until he is going through the water 9 a fish.The boys have never seen such a 10 swimming.The paddles do work.All of the boys cheer for Ben, jumping up and down happily.
Kids make different (1) for new year. Some hope that the days will pass by (2) . Why? Because they are waiting to (3) a new book, “Harry Potter and the Half?blood Prince (《哈利-波特和半血王子》)”! It is (4) book in the Harry Potter stories. It will be in bookstores in Britain and the US on July 16. Chinese kids will (5) read it three months later. The last one, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” came out (6) June 21, 2003.“I only hope you feel it was worth (值得) the wait when you finally read it,” said the writer J. K Rowling, (7) the Internet. Rowling, 39, is going to have her third baby. The (8) book tells of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (霍格沃兹巫术和魔法学校). Rowling has been (9) how to start the new book (10) many years. She gave her readers some hints (提示) (11) what the book was about.Rowling(12) said who the Half?Blood Prince is. But she did say it is (13) Harry nor Voldemort. One of her characters (角色) will die in the book. No one (14) who it will be. It’s still a secret. However, fans can be sure Harry is safe for now. Rowling has said this may be the sixth and final book about Harry (15) a young boy. On the Internet, Rowling said the book will probably be shorter than the 870 pages of the last one.