From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and at weekends they are free and   (1)  themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   (2)  .

There are many different ways to spend our   (3)  time.

Almost everyone has some kind of hobby : it may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very   (4)  , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth   (5)  of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   (6)   dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which   (7)   him＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However,   (8)   my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we   (9)  to do in our free time just for the   (10)   of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

The bicycle is one of the ___  (1)  ____ yet most useful inventions in the world. The surprising thing is that it was not ____(  (2)  ____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci(利奥纳多·达·芬奇)had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced ___  (3)  ____ long after he died.

   A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy(能源)to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding ,Even so, in developed ____  (4)  ____, most people don't travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel ____  (5)  _____ if they ride to work. It's because ___  (6)  ____ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___  (7)  ____ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars and, in this way, the situation(情形) is made worse.  ____  (8)  ____ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to build road only for bicycles, and to make ____  (9)  ____ so difficult and expensive ____  (10)  ____ drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bicycles.

Life in the year 3044 is very different__(1)__ life in the 21st century. We still do many of the things you did，but we do them __(2)__．For example，we now have e-friends to help us and keep us company. An e-friend is a machine that looks just __(3)__ a human being. It can walk and talk and can do almost __(4)__ we human beings do. My e-friend is a lot like me and we have __(5)__ fun together. She helps me __(6)__ my homework and we often go swimming. She is programmed to take care of me if anything __(7)__，so I always feel safe when we are together. She can also send me messages，just like old-fashioned e-mail，and I can download information from her memory. It's great __(8)__ an e-friend. I am never lonely and I always have someone to talk __(9)__．

I would like to tell you more about life in the year 3044，but I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room.Maybe__(10)__ I will be able to travel back in time and visit you.

One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.  (1)  pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said,“What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)  boy. He’s my son”. The man said. Then, he  (3)  his watch and called to his son,“Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)  and Todd continued to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son.“Time to go now.” Again Todd said,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said,“OK.”

“You are  (6)  a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said,“My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year  (7)  he was riding bike near here. I never spent   (8)  time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen  (9)  Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The  (10)  is that I also have five more minutes to watch him.”

There were no classes last Saturday afternoon. Mary went to a clothing shop near her home. The shop   (1)  many skirts. She looked through them and   (2)  last chose a very nice one. She   (3)   it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a bag. At that time her friend Rose came into the shop. They   (4)   so happy to see each other that they   (5)  everything   (6)  . Soon they were busy   (7)    on and on happily.

It was nearly seven, so they decided to go and   (8)   dinner. Mary took the bag, and walked towards the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Mary to pay for the skirt. Mary looked at him in   (9)  at first, but soon she remembered that she didn’t pay for it. She said sorry, gave him the money and then left the shop   (10)  her friend.

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much.

One day she found two dying birds in the forest. She took them home and put them in a small   (1)    . She was happy to have two “friends”. She    (2)   them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the door of the cage was open. The larger and the   (3)   of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly before it could fly away. But soon she couldn’t   (4)      a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her    (5)  

killed the bird! Then she    (6)  the other bird jump up and down inside the cage. She could feel it wanted to fly into the blue sky. So she lifted it from the cage and let it   (7)    away highly. The bird circled(盘旋) once, twice, and three times. The girl     (8)     as the bird flew. She didn’t care about(关心，在意)  (9)    the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. To her surprise, the bird flew closer and landed(降落) on her shoulder. It sang the   (10)  song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly（紧紧地）, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀）

Li Ming was a good school boy before. He   (1)  to do well in all his lessons. All his classmates took   (2)   in him. But these days he turned out to be another Li Ming. He   (3)  asleep in class. He has been late for school three times since last Friday. Yesterday they took an. English test. He failed. But he always got over 130 before. His headteacher, Rose, didn't know   (4)  . So she decided to go to his home and found out the reason. On her   (5)  to his home, she passed by a net bar. To her  (6)  , she saw Li Ming playing computer games excitedly inside. Then she   (7)   what had happened. She went into the net bar and pulled him out. Li Ming was very frightened because she was very   (8)  with him. He didn't know how she would deal with him. She   (9)  beat him nor punished (惩罚) him.   (10)  , she told him playing computer games was bad for his health and study. She also asked him not to lose himself in it. Li Ming promised (答应) to give up computer games and study hard to achieve his dreams.

A teacher was asking a student some questions , but the student   (1)   answer any of them . The teacher decided to give him some   (2)   questions so that he could get  (3)   of them right .“Who was Beethoven (贝多芬) ?” the teacher asked . The student   (4)   for some time and said , “ A king . ” “   (5)  . He was a musician , ” the teacher said . She was getting a little  (6)    now ,   (7)   she was trying not to show it . “Who was the first president of the USA ?” asked she . The student thought for a long time , but he didn’t say   (8)   . The teacher was very angry and   (9)    , “ George Washington（乔治·华盛顿）! ” The student got up and walked to the door .“ Come Back !” the teacher said , “ I   (10)    you to go .” “ Oh , I’m sorry ,” the student said , “ I thought you called the next student .”

Dogs are people’s friends. They will do anything their masters(主人)ask them to do and they do their duty（职责）very well.

Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is  (1)  to carry me on his back. He likes running and playing with me. He likes to  (2)  my father around in the fields, too.

One day my father took off（脱下）his coat, put it on the ground  (3)  a big tree and said to Curly,“  (4)  my coat.”

 Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to  (5)    dinner for the family.  (6)  he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog.

Late in the evening I  (7)  my dog and looked for him everywhere in the garden. I called，“Curly, Curly！” But Curly did not answer.

Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered  (8)  he did. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was  (9)  sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it  (10)  .