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."