先阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从方框中所给的词中选出恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。

get,  in  take,  because,   school,   tired,   on,   half,   play,   difficult,   with,   home

Hello, I’m Dave. My school is     the center (中心) of my town. But I live in the countryside,     Mom thinks it is quiet there. It     me about an hour to go to school by bike. It is     for me to get to school before eight o’clock in winter. Sometimes I am late for school, my teacher is a little angry (生气的)     me. I have to     up before five thirty in the morning. I am always     in the evening. But my friend Lucy lives in the town, and her     is not far from the bus station. She usually goes to school    foot. She can play with friends after    .