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Hans Christian Andersen was a famous writer of stories for children. He was (1) _____in a poor family in Denmark in 1805. His father died (2) _____ the boy was eleven. Hans tried a few jobs. Finally, at the (3) _____ of fourteen, he moved to the capital of Denmark (4) _____ work in the theatre. (5) _____ he went on to study and later he travelled around Europe.
His first book (6) _____ out in 1822. He (7) _____ many stories for children, but older people also found (8) _____ interesting. Many of his stories, (9) _____ The Ugly Duckling and The Little Match Girl became very famous. People still enjoy (10) _____ them and they can read them in many languages.
1. born 2. when 3. age 4. to 5. Then
6. came 7. wrote 8. them 9. like 10. reading