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.