Journev to the West is one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature．It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (write)by Wuchen9'en in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty．In English—speaking countries，the work is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wide)known as Monkey． The novel has 100 chapters {#blank#}3{#/blank#} total．It can be divided into four parts． The first part {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (include)chapters 1-7，and it is an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(introduce) to the main story．It deals with the earlier exploits of Sun Wukong．The second part， {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is from Chapter 8-12，talks about the monk，Xuanzang，and the background of his great journey．The third and the longest section of the work is chapters 13-99．It is the details of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (forget) journey．The section is set in the poor lands along the Silk Road between China and India，including Xinjiang，Turkestan，and Afghanistan(阿富汗)．They overcome many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (difficult) all the way and make and friends {#blank#}9{#/blank#} each other．Chapter 100，the last of all，quickly describes the return journey to the Tang Empire，and the rewards that each {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (travel)receives．

    Nowadays，Journey to the West has been made into TV plays，cartoons and films and it is still very popular all around the world．

    Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.

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    Next，you can read a book anywhere in a car, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) a book.

    Another good reason for reading is that it is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (use). If you regard reading as a hobby, you will get better and be better at it. And you will read {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (fast) and find it easier to understand {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you read. As your reading skills improve, you will find your schoolwork becomes much easier.

    Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be.

    Good {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (learn) may become writers, too. They always have more things {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (write) about. Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?

    On Friday 15 June, the students from Futian Junior High School went to Shenzhen Nursing Home to put{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a concert after school. Futian Nursing Home is a home for old people who need to{#blank#}2{#/blank#}( take) care of. The concert included popular songs like You Are My Sunshine and Over the Rainbow.

    Miss Xu,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}music teacher, said the concert went very well. "We have prepared for it all this term, and the students sang{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(beautiful).

Mrs. Wang, who had lived in the nursing home for 11 years, said the concert made a good{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(impress) on her. "I often listen to music on the radio, but it was very special to have these{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(teenage) come and sing for us."

    From 3 p.m. to 4 p. m, the students{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(stay) at the nursing home for afternoon tea. Mike Lee, a Grade 8 student, said, "We were{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(please) to meet the old people. They told us what life was like{#blank#}9{#/blank#}theywere young. It is good for us{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(communicate ) with each other."