-- I like not only reading            painting.

    I have been collecting stamps since I was a little kid. I began to collect stamps1I was eight years old. At that time, my mother  2 at an international bank. Every Friday, she 3 home stamps from all the letters she had received during that week. I 4had many pen friends in different countries, and we 5 letters to each other very often. By the 6 I was twelve, I have collected more than l, 000 stamps from fifty different countries! I've7  collecting stamps, but now it's  more  8 . My mother retired(退休) from her job, and my pen friends send me  9 messages instead of letters. The Internet has been very  10  for my stamp collection !

— Wait a minute. Let me            in the schedule(时刻表).

A: Hi! I haven't seen you for a week.

B: Qingdao. I went there for a surfing(冲浪) competition.

A:

B: Of course. I got the first place.

A: Congratulations(祝贺)!You're a super girl.

B: Six. Surfing is my favourite sport. I really like it.

A: No, I haven't. I think it's too dangerous.  

B: It's great. I think it's like reading a great book. Once you start, it's hard to stop.