I have a good friend. His name is Peter. He     1     from London. Now he lives in China with his parents. He     2     I are in the same class. He sits next to me.

Peter likes     3     to music. He has many CDs. He gives a CD to me for my birthday. I like it very much.

Peter likes computer     4     too. He has a computer in his bedroom. But he     5     spends two hours playing computer games every week.

Peter likes     6     and he is good at running. I often run with him     7     the morning. Sometimes we play basketball. We know sports     8     good for our health. We want to stay     9     and get strong.

Peter likes Chinese     10    . He often has lunch at my home. He says my mother is a good cook. Both my parents like Peter.

My name is Jim. I have a brother Tim. We are in the same school, but we are not in the same     1    . We like     2    .

I like basketball. I have three basketballs. I often play basketball with my friends     3     school. It’s very     4     and relaxing.     5     Tim thinks it’s boring and difficult for him. He likes ping-pong. He has four ping-pong bats and     6     ping-pong balls. Ping-pong is easy     7     him. He plays it     8     his classmates at school after class.

Tim and I like sports. And we also watch sports on     9    .

I have a degree in business. However, it was my father’s decision for me     1     a business major. He thought that having a business degree would make me more competitive and     2     me with more available choices for my career. I took his advice. However, even though my college experiences were fantastic, I still had no interest in any business.

After I graduated, I worked as a marketing planner at a computer company. I     3     well by my boss and the working environment was great as well. However, I still didn’t feel happy doing something that I wasn’t interested in. After two months of working there, I     4     up my mind to quit and decided to do what I loved, namely teaching English. Now I     5     an English teacher for over twenty years. I love my job and love being with my students.

Hello! I’m John and I like watching TV. A sports game is on now! Look at the man     1    ! He’s Ma Long from China. He plays ping-pong     2       

I love     3    , too. You can see some ping-pong balls and two ping-pong bats in my room. They are     4     on the table. I play ping-pong in a sports club（俱乐部）. I think it’s fun.

But my friend Bob doesn’t like playing ping pong. He says it’s     5    . He loves basketball. He thinks it’s easy. In his room,     6     basketball stars are everywhere. He always plays basketball with his brother     7    

Bob and I     8     and we are in the same sports club. What about you?