Different people have different kinds of hobbies. Some like reading and drawing. Some like playing sports and some like collecting stamps. I have many good friends. They all have their{#blank#}1{#/blank#}hobbies. When they were young, they usually{#blank#}2{#/blank#}with doll. Now they grow up, they start to have other hobbies. Some of them go out{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a sport like football or skating. Some like collecting{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and stamps. Some of the most{#blank#}5{#/blank#}hobbies are watching TV plays and listening to music. I used to read books{#blank#}6{#/blank#}draw pictures. I could learn many useful things.

    People will spend a lot of{#blank#}7{#/blank#}training hobbies. Some of them may be{#blank#}8{#/blank#}in playing the piano for many years. While some others may{#blank#}9{#/blank#}their interests very often.

    Why do people need hobbies? I think a hobby is something we are{#blank#}10{#/blank#}of doing. The main goal（目标） of a hobby is to give us a break from our work or study.

Miss Li,

    I'm a slow student. Most of my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} are much better than me. Although I{#blank#}2{#/blank#} .much time studying for the tests, I can't get good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . Sometimes my father{#blank#}4{#/blank#}me some help. He tells me not to worry about it. But it doesn't{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. What do you think I should do?

Jane

Dear Jane,

    Many{#blank#}6{#/blank#}people were not so good when they were young. Edison, a famous{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, did poorly in his studies when he was a twelve-year-old boy. But{#blank#}8{#/blank#}he did a lot for the people in the world. When l was at your{#blank#}9{#/blank#}, I didn't do well at school. But I kept working hard and I succeeded(成功)at last. You should take it easy and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}your best. Tomorrow is another day. I believe you can do better.

Miss Li.

    It was another wonderful Autumn here. I took my dog outside this morning. The air was cooler and drier than it had been for months. Our dog, Fluffy was carrying around a freshly fallen leaf in his mouth. I breathed (呼吸) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and smiled. This was my favorite time of the year. I closed my eyes for a moment and a thousand {#blank#}2{#/blank#} memories began to appear in my mind.

    I was a four-year-old kid carrying an armful of (一抱) colorful leaves into the house {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to my mom. I was a young boy riding my bike down a hill with the wind whistling (呼呼地刮) past my face. I was taking a walk with my wife in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} wondering why some leaves turned a rich red, while {#blank#}5{#/blank#} turned a light yellow. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} around a local lake with my children wondering why the prettiest season seemed to be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in a year. I was sitting on my back porch (走廊) drinking tea, thanking God {#blank#}8{#/blank#} another great Autumn afternoon, and wondering {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in Heaven it was Autumn all of the time.

    As I bathed my mind in these memories, I remembered {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Emerson had once said, "Beauty is God's handwriting." I wondered too if God had a special pen just for Autumn.

    We are all traveling through sweet seasons in this world. May we always take the time to add our own love, joy, and beauty to them.

    People already know a lot about animals. However, there are still some things about animals that may surprise you. Here are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}about animals you probably didn't know.

    Cows do have best friends and feel stressed when they are separated. Scientists have found that cows are very social animals and that a cow always {#blank#}2{#/blank#}other cows. When a cow is with its friends, it feels relaxed, compared with when it is alone.

    During a breeding season, a male penguin will offer a small stone to a female penguin as a gift. If she takes it, they will become partners. When the female penguin lays an egg, she and her partner may carry it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, because some penguins don't build nests.

    Crocodiles (鳄鱼) swallow (吞) stones. Crocodiles always swallow their food instead of eating it like other animals. They swallow stones which break the food into very small pieces in their stomachs. These stones may stay in their stomachs {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    Elephants use plants to treat pain or other illnesses. Scientists once found a pregnant (怀孕的) elephant in Africa who ate a kind of plant which was not part of her normal food. Four days later, she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a baby elephant. The same plant was used by the local pregnant women.