My name is Rachel. I am a student in Toronto, Canada. It is the second largest country in size in the world.

Every day my brother Andrew and I go to school at 9:00.I dislike getting up at 8:00 in the morning! When we finally get up, we need to eat breakfast quickly at home and walk to school.

At school we learn English and French, because Canadian speak English and French. Of course, we also learn history, art, science and math.

My brother’s favourite sport is football. But I can’t play football at school—there is no grassy area on the playground.

    School ends at 3:30 Andrew and I walk back home. I have to do a lot of homework first. After dinner I can relax. My favorite hobby is going for a boat-ride with dad. Sometimes I go to the park. I hope you can enjoy learning about my life.

(    )6．       is the second largest in the world.

A .Canada’s size                    B. Canada’s population  

C. the number of the students          D. Canada’s food

(    ) 7．Rachel and his brother go to school        .

A in the school bus      B in their father’s car      C on foot       D by bike

(    ) 8．What language does Rachel learn at school.

A English and science          B English and French  

C French and reading          D Chinese and English

(    ) 9．Rachel’s brother likes      best.

A volleyball            B football            C baseball       D badminton

(    ) 10．Rachel has to       first after school.

 A help his mother cook  B do his homework C watch TV with his brother D have dinner

Do you have any hobbles? If students don’t have any interest except school work, they may become boring people．And that can influence their studies．

      Studying without relaxing isn’t good for health．(A)We can’t get good grades if we have bad health．We should make use of our free time．We should do something we like．Some people like singing, taking photos and drawing pictures．Other people prefer collecting stamps, reading or shopping．I have a few hobbies, but my favorite one is collecting stamps．

I like it best because I can learn a lot of things from stamps．

Some people collect stamps because they can make money, from the stamps．But I am just interested in collecting them and enjoy looking at ~hem when I am free．

(B)Stamp collecting is becoming more and more popular all over the World．I know an Australian boy and a French girl, through the Internet．They all like collecting stamps．We show our stamps to each other online．That is so cool．

1．What’s the writer’s hobby? Why does he like it best?

2．What do people collect stamps for?

3．将划线部分(A)译成汉语

4．将划线部分(B)译成汉语

5．The best title for the passage is：