动词填空， 用所给动词的适当形式完成下列短文。

     John 1_____ (study) at the town's school now, He 2_____  (be) there since last year. He isn't interested

in studying. He 3_____  (prefer) to make friends and spend a lot of time outside. He also likes 4_____  (play)

computer games with his friends. So of course, when the exam 5_____  (take) last week, he didn't get a good

result and 6_____  (fail) again. He thought, "If my father knows all about it, he 7_____  (become) angry and

give me a good lesson," So he sent a note to his brother and asked his brother to get his father ready for the

bad news. The next morning, he received the following answer, "Father is ready. You'd better 8_____ (be)

ready for yourself."