A hobby is not a job or a school subject. A hobby is something you enjoy doing in your spare time. It’s not something you need to do. It’s just fun. Some people make model ships, keep pets, plant flowers, play computer games or chat on the Internet. Some paint pictures or dance to music. Some collect everything from stamps to seashells (海贝壳) ... People take up hobbies because they think these activities can bring them many things like happiness, friendship and knowledge. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can have a hobby. A hobby will make your life colorful.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（10分）
1.What is a hobby?
A. job.
B. A school subject.
C. Something interesting.
D. Something you enjoy doing in your spare time.
2.How many hobbies are mentioned(提到) in this passage?
A. 7. B. 8 C.9. D.10.
3.Hobbies can bring people _______.
A. much money
B. health
C. happiness, friendship and knowledge
D.lots of trouble
4.What kind of people can have a hobby?
A. Rich or poor. B. Old or young.
C. Sick or well. D.A、B and C.
5.When do people often take up hobbies?
A. In their work time.
B. In the daytime.
C. In their free time.
D. In the holiday.
My name is Scott and my hobby is collecting stickers (贴纸). It is popular with many people because it is not an expensive hobby.
I began to collect stickers in 1938. One day when I was playing in the house of my neighbor, Bob, he showed me his sticker albums(册子). I was happy to see so many beautiful stickers of different shapes and sizes. He gave me a few from his collection, and my interest in stickers started from that day.
At first, I kept my stickers in sticker albums. Later I found it difficult to move the stickers in the albums, so I decided(决定) to keep them in boxes.
Most of my stickers are from my parents. They often buy me nice stickers. I also exchange(交换) some of my stickers with my aunt. She is an air hostess (空姐) and she buys me stickers from different countries around the world.
In my free time, I like to bring out all my lovely stickers, lay them on the floor and take a look at them. I really enjoy doing this and it helps me recall(回忆) who gave them to me, where and when I got them.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。(5分)
1.Collecting stickers is a common and cheap hobby.
2.Bob was Scott’s neighbor and his stickers were in different shapes and sizes.
3.Scott keeps his stickers in boxes because the stickers in the boxes are easy to move.
4.Scott’s aunt can go to different countries because of her job.
5.Scott has a lot of stickers, so he doesn’t know who gave them to him.
完形填空。（10分）
From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and at weekends they are free and _ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others __ sports. This is decided by their own _ .
There are many different ways to spend our ___ time.
Almost everyone has some kind of __ : it may be something from collecting stamps to___ model planes. Some hobbies are very __ , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth _ of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several _ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which _ him ＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
That’s what 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, but the pleasure it gives us is.
1.A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play
2.A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in
3.A. lives B. interests C. jobs D. things
4.A. working B. free C. own D. whole
5.A. hobby B. thing C. job D. way
6.A. make B. making C. makes D. made
7.A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive
8.A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number
9.A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of
10. A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent
He has a ____ daughter.
A. two-year-old
B. tow-years-old
C. two years old
D. two-year old
There is a river ____ my house.
A. in the front B. in front
C. in the front of D. in front of
— What were you doing yesterday afternoon?
— We were singing ____.
A. all the time B. always
C. on time D. in time
