() Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. My hobby is reading. I read story books, magazines, newspapers and any. kinds of materials that I find (1). This hobby got started when I (12)... ..a little boy. I always wanted my parents (3). to read. I started with simple ABC books, Soon I could read simple fairy tales and (4). ..fairy tales and other stories to me. Then I learned stories. Now I read just about anything that is available. I have learned a lot from reading. I learned about how people lived in of the bygone days of magic and mystery. I learned about the (5). world, space travel, human achievements, gigantic whales, tiny viruses and other fascinating things of our world. The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a disease to know that (6). avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the jungle to learn about the tiger. I can read all about it in a book. ...kill me. I know the danger (7)............I can Books provide the reader with so (8) They have certainly helped me in my daily life. So I continue to read. Besides being more informed (9)... indeed (10).... .information and facts. .......the world, I also spend my time profitably. It is ..good hobby. 1. A. interesting B. interest C. interested D. to interest 2. A. were B. was C. am D. will be C. reading C. other C. wonder C. could C. however C. little 3. A. to read B. read D. reads 4. A. another B. others D. each other D. wonderfully A. wonderful B. wonders В. can't 5. 6. А. сan D. couldn't 7. A. although B. because D. so 8. A. few B. many D. much C of D. at