My hobby is reading. I read storybooks, magazines, newspapers _________ many kinds of books that I find interesting.

I _________ this hobby when I was a little boy. At that time, I always wanted my parents _________ stories to me. At first, they read stories to me every night. Soon they got _________ with reading to me. I learned to read by myself. I started with some simple ABC books. Soon I _________ read some simple stories. You will succeed _________ you work hard.

Now I can read _________ by myself. I think reading _________ a good way for me to learn about many things. I can learn about how people lived in _________ past. I learn about some big __________ like whales, elephants and many other things in the world.

It is wonderful __________ books. There __________ many things in books. And I do not have to learn about things in the traditional way. For example, I do not have to __________ to the forest to learn about wild tigers. I can read all about them in the books.

Books provide readers __________ a lot of information and facts. They certainly help me in __________ daily life.

In the village of Muntang in Indonesia, many children all do one thing after school: They pick up rubbish to borrow ________ from the “Waste Library”. Raden Hendarti set up this ________ library.

Every weekday, she rides her three-wheeler with ________ books to the village. Many children are already waiting ________ her. They pick out the books they want ________ and “pay” her with used cups, bags and other kinds of waste. After that, these little kids usually sit together to enjoy reading ________ books.

Each week, Raden’s “Waste Library” collects about 100 kilograms of rubbish. The waste is then sent for recycling （回收）or sale. Raden ________ the money to buy new books for her library. “Our children ________ read more and spend less time playing online games,” said Raden. “I want them to stay away from the Internet ________ start doing something good for the real world.”

The “Waste Library” has about 6, 000 books now. ________ number is still growing. Raden’s act of kindness is brightening （照亮） the hearts and minds of more children.

When I was in primary school, I fell in love with reading. The books made me _________ a wonderful world. The more I read, the more I wanted to know. But there were not so many books in my house _________ my parents didn’t have enough money. So I had to solve（解决）the problem _________ .

There was a bookshop near my home. One day, I walked into _________ bookshop and picked up a book. I didn’t know if I could read there without buying _________ books. So I just read a few pages and then put it back. __________ , no one paid attention to me. After that I went there to read every day. Several days later, _________ I was reading, the owner came up and asked,“You like reading?” I looked at him and felt nervous.

“Now I _________ the shop.You can read books here if you help me with it”, he said _________ a smile. I felt quite surprised.“Really? It’s so kind of you!” How happy I was!

Now I study in a junior high school. I __________ borrow books from the school library. Reading is still my hobby. It will make a big difference to my future life.