—Yes, I couldn't fall asleep last night. Now I can hardly keep my eyes open.

    Mike is 13 years old, and he is interested in collecting stamps. He began to collect stamps when he was 8 years old. He spends all his pocket money on stamps. Sometimes his parents send him stamps when he does well in his study. Therefore, Mike collects a lot of stamps. He often shows his stamps to his friends and his neighbours (邻居). He usually goes to his mail box (信箱) to get letters after school. He wants the stamps from them. One day, Mike went to the mail box to get letters. But there were no letters in his box. He found a letter in the box next to his. The letter is to Mrs Green. There was a beautiful stamp on the letter. So he got off the stamp carefully and hurried home. After he went home, he was afraid that Mrs Green would know he got her stamp. On the morning of the next day, Mike put the stamp back to Mrs Green's box and then went to school. When he came back from school, he met Mrs Green. She smiled to Mike. Mike smiled, too.

    Most people always like to collect things. For example, they like collecting stamps, books, pictures.… But my friend Mr King likes collecting clocks. He has five hundred clocks now.

    There are clocks everywhere in his house. You can see shelves standing in every room. All the shelves are full of clocks. Though Mr King is glad to do this, his wife doesn't enjoy it at all. She has a lot of work to do every day. It's not easy for her to clean hundreds of clocks. She is also angry at the noise. Each clock keeps its own time, so she can hear clock strike(敲) almost any time during the day and the night. "There is something even worse. I am never able to know what time it is with so many clocks around."

    Do you see paintings on feathers (羽毛)? A man Australia painted hundreds of pieces of feather art. Lan Davie (live) in a farmhouse in Australia. He collects swan (天鹅) feathers from lake, Then, he cleans these feathers and paints on them. It is (real) hard to paint on feathers. Each painting takes about one week (finish). He sometimes puts five (feather) together to draw a larger picture.

    About ten years ago, Mr Davie went on an (importance) holiday in New Zealand. He watched how local people painted on feathers. When he (come) back to Australia, he started to create (he) own feather art. Mr Davie has become a famous (paint). Some of his works are sold for thousands of pounds.

—No, it is Mary's. And the sweater near the bag is________, too.

—It is an ________ story. Kids are ________ in it.

    Everyone has his or her own hobby. Many people like to collect things. For example, they enjoy 1 stamps, books, pictures and so on. But some young children are the fans of movie stars or singers now. They collect all the 2 about the stars. They are happy if the stars are happy and feel sad 3 the stars are unhappy.

    Being fans, sometimes they spend a lot of 4 and money. When a boy becomes a fan of a player, he may collect the clothes and the balls that the player 5. And he hopes to 6 the player's autograph (签名) in a notebook or on a ball. If the player isn't friendly to him, he will be sad. When a girl becomes a fan of a singer, she may 7 the singer here and there. She will buy tickets and go to the singer's every concert. She will 8 and clap her hands for the singer. She hopes to take photos with the singer, but there are 9 of fans there and not all the fans can get the chance.

    It is fun for us to have a hobby, but it's more important 10 a right hobby. Don't you think so?

—At the age of eight.

—You should remember to close the door.

—Yes. Let me write ________ on it.