Squash (墙网球) has always been my favorite sport. It’s a bit of a strange sport, always hitting a ball against a wall, 【小题1】 it’s lots of fun. Anyone can 【小题2】 (learn) to play squash. My dad 【小题3】 (teach) me to play when I was 14. Since then I 【小题4】 always         (find) friends to play with.

Last year, I 【小题5】 (move) to Germany. It was a very scary experience, because I wasn’t sure if I was going to make friends easily. As soon as I found a squash club in Dusseldorf, everything seemed a bit easier. There was a group of people who shared my interest and wanted 【小题6】 ( play) squash with me! I started by 【小题7】 (play) in a tournament (锦标赛). I met lots of new people. After many hard games, I ended up coming second in my group !

Squash will always be a hobby for me, but for some people it is a lot more. Professional squash players come 【小题8】 all over the world. Squash 【小题9】 (become) more and more popular around the world, but squash hasn’t been included in the Olympics.

It is a pity that squash 【小题10】 (not, get) a place in the Olympics yet. However it won’t stop people like me from picking up a racket and joining a club. I will always love it, whether it becomes an Olympic sport or not!

Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these hobbies can get in the way of schoolwork, and parents might worry about their child’s success at school. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their 【小题1】 as much as they want. Do you agree?

Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old from Shandong, is a running star. He is in his school running team and has always wanted to be a professional athlete. However, his parents won’t allow him to train as he would like to.“Of course we want to see Liu Yu achieve his dreams ,” says Mr Liu, “and we know how much he loves running. That’s great, and my wife and I have watched him in every one of his 【小题2】. We have nothing against running! But we think our son needs to think about other possible jobs. Now he is 【小题3】 older, and he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end.”

Liu Yu doesn’t 【小题4】 agree. “Well, I think I should be allowed to make decisions for myself.” he says. “My parents have always 【小题5】 me the importance of working hard and not just to do what I enjoy. I understand this. But I’m serious about running. Being a professional runner is the only thing I have ever 【小题6】 to do.”

Mr and Mrs Liu believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings, and so they don’t allow him to practice 【小题7】 at nights. “Maybe he thinks it’s too strict or 【小题8】” says Mrs Liu,“But we think we’re doing the right thing. He needs to spend more time on his homework because it is difficult to become a professional sports star.”

But Liu Yu still disagrees. “I know my parents care about me,” he says. “They always talk about what will happen if I don’t 【小题9】! But I will! I’m a quick runner! I think I should be allowed to make this decision for 【小题10】. Only then will I have a chance of achieving my dream.”

With so many things going on in your life and the pressure (压力) of work and society, you may start thinking it is not wise at all to start a hobby. But the reason that stops you from getting into a hobby is the s【小题1】 reason why you should surely take up a hobby.

Hobbies can r【小题2】 pressure. There is nothing wrong with focusing on your job. After all, it is your way of making money. H【小题3】, when you focus on work too much, you may forget about other aspects (方面) of your life. That is when things start to go wrong. What you have to think about is this: even the richest people are not p【小题4】 with money or material things alone. We all need a space where we can become ourselves, without any pressure.

Hobbies can help recover (恢复) not only your p【小题5】 energy but also your emotional (情感的) energy. And that will be shown in all aspects of your life. Although you can relax by sleeping or doing nothing, a hobby has a different relaxing effect. Doing nothing can relax your tired b【小题6】 but it is no solution to a tired mind. That is the big difference between the two.

A hobby is a great way to spend time on your enjoyment. But if you are thinking that a hobby is all about being quiet, then you are wrong. In fact, hobbies can also be h【小题7】 to your social skills. Hobbies can even help to expand (拓展) your network, and that can become an advantage to your job.