My hobby is reading. I like to read books in my free time. I like funny stories, fairy tales, and poems for children. I A ______ thirty books this year. I B ______ reading when I was four years old. I like to read fairy tales very C_____. My favourite fairy tale is "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. I think it is one of the D ______ books for children. I have read it several times. Gerda is my favourite fairy-tale character. I usually read in the evening before sleep. I also like to read in a garden or in a park, sitting on a bench. Last month I started to read short stories in English. It is difficult for E ______ to read in English. But I want to learn English, and I want to read books in English. A 1) have read 2) has read 3) am reading B 1) begun 2) began 3) begin C 1) many 2) much 3) more D 1) better 2) best 3) much good E 1) I 2) my 3) me