A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It{#blank#}1{#/blank#}us the true meaning of Christmas：the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.

    The story is about an old marl named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles He is mean and only thinks about{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, and doesn't treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money. And be hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees Marley. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. That night, three spirits visit Scrooge. They take him to see his happier childhood, how{#blank#}4{#/blank#}others arc spending Christmas this year and his sad future.

Scrooge is so scared that he wakes up and finds out it is already the next morning—-Christmas Day! He changes his life and becomes a better person. He now treats everyone with kindness and{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true meaning of Christmas!

    A hobby can be something a person likes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in his free time. People can keep pets, build model ships and so on. In a word, hobbies give people enjoyment, friendship, knowledge and relaxation.

    Then, what is my hobby? Well, what I like most is singing. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to sing songs when I was very young. My uncle was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} music in a college then, so he could sing lots of songs, and he taught me several songs. I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} great interests in music then, because they were pleasing to sing and often make me happy.

    When I was at primary school, my music teacher {#blank#}5{#/blank#} that I had a good voice, so she asked my father to send me to the Children's Palace (少年宫) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} music at weekends. From then on, I began my music training. I practised hard and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} prizes one after another in different kinds of competitions. In fact, I dreamed of becoming a famous singer in the future.

    As time went by, I came to know that my dream wouldn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#} true, because there were strict conditions(条件). But now I still take singing as my hobby, because it has {#blank#}9{#/blank#} me very good feelings and an excellent chance {#blank#}10{#/blank#} . Besides, it is a good way to learn things that I can't easily find in life.

    Last Friday night, the weather was really bad. It was raining heavily. I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. There would be a school trip to a country park the next day and I was afraid that the trip would be canceled (被取消) because of the bad {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. I went to bed early that night, hoping that it would be a nice day the next day.

    I woke up early the next morning. I looked {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the window. The rain stopped! The sky was full of clouds. It was cloudy. I quickly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the television for the weather report. The report said it wouldn't be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} on the weekend. Great!

    I went to school and everybody was excited that {#blank#}6{#/blank#} school trip was not canceled. When we arrived at the country park, we {#blank#}7{#/blank#} that the sun was shining. We played games and enjoyed our lunch there. However, we couldn't fly the kite {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it was not windy at all.

    At four o'clock, it was time to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Miss Black said it might become foggy (有雾的) soon and we might not be able to see {#blank#}10{#/blank#} clearly. So we picked up our things quickly and left.