When I was in primary school, I fell in love with reading. The books _______ me to a wonderful world. The more I read, the more I wanted to know. However, my parents _______ afford so many books. I had to solve the problem myself.

There was a book shop near my home. One day I walked into _______ shop and picked up a book. I didn’t know whether _______ there without buying any books. _______ I wasn’t noticed, I just read a few pages and then put it back. Luckily, no one noticed me. After that, I went there to read every day. Several days later, while I was reading, the owner came up and asked, “You like reading?” I looked down and replied _______, “Yes.” “Don’t worry,” he said with a smile. “You may read books here _______ you help me clean the shop.” I felt quite surprised, “Really? It’s so kind of you!” I was very happy that I _______ to read there. From then on, I spent a little time cleaning the shop. After that, I quietly read there. That way, I read lots of books. I became one of _______ writers in our school. I even won some prizes in writing.

Now studying in high school, I can borrow books __________ library. My hobby of reading is kept. It will make a big difference to my life.

Emily loved reading. She used to be very shy. She _________ talking to others. So she turned to _________. In 2019 her dad got sick. It was very serious. Books became an even bigger comfort for _________.

Emily’s dad got better. And she came up with a plan to _________ others.

Emily started a book drive in her hometown. She _________ books. She took them to _________ being cared for in hospitals. _________, she has collected more than 10,000 books.

Emily and her father are very close. When her father learned of her plans for the book drive, he wasn’t surprised. “She was always interested in books,” he says. “_________ she always wanted to do things for the neighborhood.” Emily runs the book drive herself, but she gets some help from her _________. “We do the driving,” her dad says.

Emily still runs the book drive. The memory of meeting the children she helps sticks with her. “It was the ____________ day of my life,” she says. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”

The word “hobby” is an interesting _________. People usually do what they like in their own _________ time. That is “hobby”. Many people have their own _________.They keep pets, collect coins or travel a lot. They think hobbies can bring them happiness and they can help people _________ after their daily work. Almost everyone has many hobbies. Hobbies are good for our life. Hobbies can _________ us friendship and knowledge. Everyone should have hobbies. Everyone has _________ hobbies. Some people like going hiking. Some people like watching TV. Tom, what is my hobby? Right! I like _________ books. When I am free, I like reading all kinds of books. I think doing some reading is a good _________ as well as a nice hobby. Reading books can bring me _________. I can learn a lot about sports, news, stories and so on. I think we can make friends ______________ books. Reading books is good for our ______________. It can’t help us know more about our ______________. But some books are bad for us, so we should read good books. If you don‘t like reading, you will be out of ______________. Maybe many people ______________ my interests. Reading books can make us cleverer. Books are our best ______________. I hope more and more people will read books every day.