It's difficult for you to do something well if you're not interested in it．This time {#blank#}1{#/blank#}your hobby will help you．Here are just a few of the advantages of having a hobby.

    A hobby {#blank#}2{#/blank#}you energy(能量)and excitement．It will make you take part in some activities you like．

    A hobby can help you {#blank#}3{#/blank#}something new．When you are doing something you like，some good ideas will {#blank#}4{#/blank#}appear in your mind．Then it's easy for you {#blank#}5{#/blank#}some problems．

    We all need to keep {#blank#}6{#/blank#}．No matter what your hobby is，gardening，singing or reading，you will grow from it．

We know that {#blank#}7{#/blank#}，even a machine，will stop one day after doing the same thing over and over again．If you do not take a break to enjoy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}，you will stop too．So，having a hobby is really important．

    Each day in the United States, one person uses about 575 litres (公升) of water. In Japan, one person uses about 374 litres of water. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in Kenya, one person uses only about 20 litres.

    Tomoyuki Tsutsui and Keitaro Kakoi are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (Japan) university students. They raised money online to help people in Kenya. They wanted {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) to drink clean water. Tsutsui lives in Kisumu, Kenya. He lives in a house without running water, also {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (call) tap water. He knows {#blank#}5{#/blank#} difficult it is to live with little water. Most people cannot have water {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (easy) because there is no tap water in their houses. So, it's hard {#blank#}7{#/blank#} them to get water. They carry a tank (箱) of 20 litres three {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (time) a week. It is very heavy.

    Some residents (居民) can't go to northern Kisumu for water because it is too far. They must use rainwater or buy it from the shop.

    Tsutsui and Kakoi have a lot of money {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (solve) these problems now. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} company is laying a water pipe from northern Kisumu. When they finish the work, the residents of southern Kisumu will get water without travelling a long way.

    Jerry comes from Paris. He came to China {#blank#}1{#/blank#}his parents two years ago. They live in Beijing now. Jerry {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（study）in a primary school and he enjoys {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（eat）Chinese food. He loves traveling. Last weekend, he went to Hangzhou with {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（he）family. It was an interesting and beautiful city. On Saturday morning, they visited the West Lake. They took {#blank#}5{#/blank#}walk around the lake and enjoyed the beauty of the nature. In the evening, they went {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（shop）. The shop was very crowed（拥挤的）and Jerry {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（get）lost. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（luck）, he found his parents with the help of the policemen. On Sunday, they went to Hangzhou Zoo. There {#blank#}9{#/blank#}lots of animals. Jerry likes elephants best because they are cute and smart. They went back to Beijing by plane at night. It was an {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（excite）trip.