五、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。
Little Women is a novel written by Louisa May Alcott. It is a story about four sisters in New England: Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy, and it is based on her own
l 1 of growing up with her three sisters.
When the story begins, the sisters are complaining because they are
p 2 and have to work. Their mother says that they mustn't spend money on pleasure
b 3 there is a war and everybody must help. Their
f 4 is in the army. In the letters their father sends home he tells his daughters to work hard and not to waste their time. They must try to accept (主动接受) the bad things in their lives and stay
c 5. He wants to be prou
d of them when he comes home. The girls
d 6 to mak
e an effort to improve themselves because they love and miss their father very much. In the e
7, t
heir father returns home from the war. The novel ends with the family
h 8 gathering together. Each sister is thankful for his blessings and for each other.
The book tells a story about growth, family, friendship and love.
Though they are not
p 9 and they all have their own weaknesses, they try to deal with their own problems.
A 10 we grow up, we also meet with a lot of problems. If we try to be happy, to be brave, to be thankful when we face difficulties (困难), we can get what we want.
