1 . I am 49 now. Reader’s Digest has been a(n) _______ part of my family since even before I was born. My father, a planter who _______ a tea estate in Sri Lanka, has _______ Reader’s Digest since the late 1950s. And then he naturally changed from a tea merchant to a writer for it.

In an era with no television or the Internet, the evenings were spent _______ the magazine. By the time I became literate, there was a cupboard full of Reader’s Digest _______ by me, which my father bought for me. With its _______, my knowledge was gathered too. At first, it was the real stories that were most _______ for me, where I learned some life lessons.

I read through them all over my school holidays. One thing I learned from Reader’s Digest is how to reverse (倒车) a car, which still benefits me today. I _______ reading a small piece of news about the tips on _______ a car up to a space in a short time, and to date, I can make it with the ________ effort and the most relaxed mind than most people.

I’ve ________ had to spend much time getting trained how to reverse a car fast. Every time I need to do it in one ________ step, I thought of the textual ________ and the vivid diagram from the Reader’s Digest. Who would have thought Reader’s Digest could be a “________”? I hope that the next generations will continue to enjoy reading and gain something ________   like me.

2 . The word “hobby” is an interesting _________. People usually do what they like in their own _________ time. That is “hobby”. Many people have their own _________.They keep pets, collect coins or travel a lot. They think hobbies can bring them happiness and they can help people _________ after their daily work. Almost everyone has many hobbies. Hobbies are good for our life. Hobbies can _________ us friendship and knowledge. Everyone should have hobbies. Everyone has _________ hobbies. Some people like going hiking. Some people like watching TV. Tom, what is my hobby? Right! I like _________ books. When I am free, I like reading all kinds of books. I think doing some reading is a good _________ as well as a nice hobby. Reading books can bring me _________. I can learn a lot about sports, news, stories and so on. I think we can make friends ______________ books. Reading books is good for our ______________. It can’t help us know more about our ______________. But some books are bad for us, so we should read good books. If you don‘t like reading, you will be out of ______________. Maybe many people ______________ my interests. Reading books can make us cleverer. Books are our best ______________. I hope more and more people will read books every day.