1.Read and fill in the blank with a suitable word. (1.5 pts)
1 Time 2 Leisure 3 Useful 4 For 5 Volunteer 6 Breathe
After retiring, my uncle – a lover of the sea- took up a strange (1) _________ activity: he spends most mornings at the beach, looking (2) _________ things that the sea sends ashore. He says: It’s a multi-
beneficial leisure activity. I can get some exercise, bending, picking up, and walking. I can (3) _________ the fresh air and enjoy the vastness and quietness of the sea. Sometimes I watch the children playing beach games and I feel years younger. At the same (4) _________, I can also clean the beach. It’s (5) _________work, isn’t it? Many of the things I pick up from the beach are still (6) _________to someone. I clean them and sell them at the Sunday flea market in the town nearby. Do you know of any leisure activity that pays? Mine does!