Do you have any hobbies? If students don't have any interest e{#blank#}1{#/blank#} school work, they may become boring people. And that can influence their studies.

    Studying without relaxing isn't good for health. We can't get good g{#blank#}2{#/blank#} if we have bad health. We should do something we like. Some people like singing, taking photos and drawing p{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Other people prefer collecting stamps, reading or shopping. I have a few hobbies, but my f{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is collecting stamps. I like it best because I can learn a lot from stamps.

    Some people collect stamps because they can m{#blank#}5{#/blank#} money from the stamps. But I am just i{#blank#}6{#/blank#} in collecting them and enjoy looking at them when I am free.

    Stamp collecting is becoming more and more p{#blank#}7{#/blank#} all over the world. I know an Australian boy and a French girl through the Internet. They both like collecting stamps. We show stamps to each other o{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. That is cool.

    When I was ten, my parents went to another town to look after my sick grandfather. So I was, all by myself for twenty-four {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. At first, I was a little afraid because I had never been home{#blank#}2{#/blank#}before. But soon I forgot about it because I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}myself into an interesting book. I spent the whole morning{#blank#}4{#/blank#} it. At noon, I took the food out of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}and heated it. Mum cooked a lot of food before she{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. In order to prove(证明) that I could take care of myself, I washed my {#blank#}7{#/blank#}in the afternoon. In the evening, I finished my homework and{#blank#}8{#/blank#} two movies on TV. Then I went to bed at 10：30. Being home alone was not as {#blank#}9{#/blank#}as I had thought. I really felt {#blank#}10{#/blank#}of myself and thought I was a big girl.

    During the summer holidays, I worked as a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}at a vet's(兽医诊所), so I saw lots of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. She had thin snow-white hair on her fat body. She had big round eyes and always seemed surprised, but she was blind.

    She was brought to the vet's because her owner didn't want her any more. I thought Minnie was a sweet dog, though. "No one can know her by the ways she looks, "I thought. So we took care of her. Finally, I put an{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in the newspaper; Funny looking dog, who is quiet and has blind but beautiful eyes, needs a loving family. "Then a young man called. He said on the phone that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. I gave Minnie a good bath and made her hair feel soft. Then we waited for them to arrive.

    At last, an old car{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in front of the vet's. Two kids ran to the door. They took her happily into their arms. Then they ran to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see what he would say about Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Minnie licked his face. It was love at the first lick.

    "She is wonderful!" the old man smiled. I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home. Then I saw that the grandfather's eyes were a milky white colour, he was blind, too.