Question

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying，but in the evenings and on weekends they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies，others take part in sports. This is   1  by their own interests .

There are many different ways to spend our  2  time. Almost everyone has some kind of   3 . It may be something from 4 stamps to making model planes.Some hobbies are very  5 ，but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth  6 of money, others are valuable only to their owners. I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a fifty-cent piece which   7  him 250 dollars. He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was all right. I know another man who likes collecting match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However, to him they are quite valuable.8  makes him happier than finding a new match box for his collection.

That’s  9  a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important,  10   the pleasure it gives us is.

1.                A．decide         B．decided        C．depend   D．depended

2.                A．work           B．free           C．busy     D．sports

3.                A．hobby          B．thing           C．job  D．way

4.                A．buying         B．selling          C．making   D．collecting

5.                A．interesting      B．exciting         C．cheap    D．expensive

6.                A．a little          B．a few           C．a lot D．a number

7.                A．paid           B．cost            C．took D．spent

8.                A．Everything      B．Anything        C．Nothing   D．Something

9.                A．where         B．how           C．what D．why

10.               A．so             B．but            C．because   D．as

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要通过几个事例给我们讲述了个人爱好对于我们生活的意义。

1.动词辨析。Decide决定，判决；depend依赖，取决于。句意：这是由他们自己的兴趣决定的。Depend一般不用于被动语态，故选B。

2.联系第一段描述，可知此处指的是，有很多方法度过我们的空闲时间，故选B，免费的，空闲的。

3.联系下文描述，可知此处指的是，几乎每个人都有一些爱好。故选A，习惯，爱好。

4.动词辨析。A. 买；B. 卖，销售；C.制作；D. 收集。联系下文stamps，可知此处指的是收集邮票，故选D。

5.联系后半句but others don’t cost anything at all.描述，可知此处指的是有的爱好非常昂贵，故选D，昂贵的。

6.短语辨析。 a little一点，修饰不可数名词；a few几个，修饰可数名词复数；a lot许多，可修饰可数名词与不可数名词； a number许多，修饰可数名词复数。结合语境可知此处指的是一些收集值很多钱。英语中money是不可数名词，故选C。

7.动词辨析。take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，仅指花费时间（three hours等），必须用it作形式主语，指代下文不定式内容；spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主语必须是物，多指花费金钱，少数情况可指花费时间、气力，有时表示成本的消耗；pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。本句逻辑主语是先行词a fifty-cent piece ，指物，故选B。

8.不定代词辨析。something一些东西，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything也是表示一些东西，任何东西，一般用于否定及疑问句中。Nothing没有东西，用于肯定句表示否定含义；everything每件东西；结合语境可知此处指的是没有什么能比找到一个新的火柴盒能让他更高兴了。故选C。

9.疑问词辨析。A. 在哪儿；B.如何，怎样；C. 什么；D. 为什么。联系上文描述，可知此处指的是那就是爱好意为的东西。故选C。

10.连词辨析。A. 因此，所以；B. 但是，可是；C. 因为；D.因为，随着。联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，故选B。

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