仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格。请根据语境或按照括号内的具体要求完成语法填空。

Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and had no    21   of his own, died and left Dave a lot of money, so he decided to   22   (动词) his own real estate agency(房地产公司).

He found a nice office,    23   (buy) some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming    24   the door of his office.

“It’s my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up    25   (冠词) telephone and pretended to be very busy    26   an important call from someone in New York    27   wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man knocked at the door    28  this was going on, came in and waited   29   (polite) for the agent to finish his conversation. Then he said to him, “I’m from the telephone company, and I   30   (send) here to connect your telephone.”

短文填词：根据语境及汉语提示或首字母提示写出相应的词汇：(共10分)

             Dear Mike, thank you very much for your letter, which reached me

          yesterday. It was indeed very k______ of you to promise to see me in   1._______

          the hospital and to help me _____ my studies. I believe the letter       2._______

          written by me will come as a pleasant _______(惊讶) to you. The      3._______

          doctor t_____ me that my operation was a complete success, and       4._______

          that I would be a_____ to leave the hospital in about a week. I have    5.________

          no longer been in bed for a c______ of days. With the help of the      6.________

          doctor, I feel fully relieved. After I take a short ______(休息) after     7._______

          supper, I also go over my lessons. My health is ______(改善). I will    8._______

          take good _____ of myself anyway. I am very thankful for all you      9._______

          have d______ for me.                                        10._______

根据语境、首字母或汉语提示写出词汇(共2分)

          1. How many people p__________ in the opening ceremony?

          2. Everyone should o________ the traffic rules..

          3. Would you please do me a f_______ to push the car to start.

          4. As a _________(目击者), he gave the police a vivid description of the accident.