A school newspaper The Teens asked over one thousand teenagers how they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}their spare time. Here they report the result of the survey.

    Physic activity was popular among both girls{#blank#}2{#/blank#} boys, averaging（平均） between three to six hours a week. Favourite sports among girls were tennis, basketball and swimming. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} said they liked football, basketball and skating.

    Speaking of entertainment, music and TV were popular. About half of those teenagers who were surveyed said that music was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} favourite activity. This included both listening to and playing music. TV was also very popular. Three quarters said they preferred watching TV to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a book or magazine.

    Unexpectedly（出乎意料地）, as many as three out of ten teenagers mentioned{#blank#}6{#/blank#} collecting things was something they liked to do in their spare time. They had various（各种各样的） collections from cartoon books and baseball cards {#blank#}7{#/blank#} stickers, toys and coins.

    Visiting friends was also{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Nine out of ten said they contacted friends through the Internet. Another popular way of contacting friends {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the telephone. Everyone we surveyed said they spoke to friends every day. Most said they spoke about twenty minutes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} day. Surprisingly, teenagers seldom went dancing, especially girls.

    The survey showed that most teens said they wanted more free time for after-school activities.

    The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. With a history of more than 2,000 years, some parts of the Great Wall have disappeared. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, it isstill a very popular place of interest.

It is the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (long) wall ever built. It's from Shanhaiguan on the east coast to Gansu Province {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the northwest of China, It is about 8 meters high. The top is 8 meters wide {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it gets even wider towards the bottom where it is 15 meters. It is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) of stone and brick. The top is hard enough for men on horseback to ride on. The wall was built by hand and it took {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hundred) of years to finish.

No one knows {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (exact) when the building of the Great Wall was started. It is believed that the wall was built {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (protect) parts of the country during the Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shi Huang joined the separate walls built by the Qin, Yan and Zhao Kingdoms. The wall was not only for protection in the north, it was also a symbol of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (China) ancient civilization(文明).

    Today, many of the visitors go to see the wall. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall, they can't help (禁不住) saying," Wow, that's fantastic!"