Question

    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 take part in sports. This is decided by their own _____.There are many different ways to spend our free time. Almost everyone has some kind of _____: It may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very _____,but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections(收藏)are worth _____ of money; others are valuable only to their owners. I know a man who has a coin collection worth _____ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty­cent piece which _____ him $250! He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600,but I wonder if(是否)they are worth any money. However,_____ my brother, they are quite valuable._____ makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection. That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we ______ 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.lives B.interests C.jobs D.things

3.A.hobby B.thing C.job D.way

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

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

6.A.thousand B.thousands C.thousands of D.thousand of

7.A.paid B.cost C.took D.spent

8.A.to B.on C.with D.in

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

10.A.have B.need C.refuse D.like

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要讲述了业余爱好的意义——业余时间做我们喜欢做的事，只是为了得到乐趣。

1.句意：但是在晚上和周末他们是空闲的，过得很快乐。

love爱；work工作；enjoy享受；play玩，根据句意和空后themselves的提示，空处的词应是enjoy，构成短语enjoy themselves玩得快乐，故答案为C。

2.句意：这决定于他们自己的兴趣。

lives生活；interests兴趣；jobs工作；things事情。根据上句Some watch television or go to the movies; others take part in sports.一些看电视或去看电影；一些参加运动可知，业余爱好决定于自己的兴趣，故答案为B。

3.句意：几乎每个人都有某种爱好。

hobby爱好；thing事情；job工作；way方式、方法。根据下句It may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes.它可能是从集邮到制造飞机模型的事情可知，是某种爱好，故答案为A。

4.句意：一些爱好很昂贵，但是其他的根本不花什么钱。

interesting有趣的；exciting激动人心的；cheap便宜的；expensive昂贵的。根据后句but others don't cost anything at all. 但是其他的根本不花什么钱和but的提示，空处的词应是“昂贵的”，故答案为D。

5.句意：一些收藏品值很多钱。

a little少些，后加不可数名词；a few少数，后加可数名词复数；a lot许多；后加可数名词复数或不可数名词；a number许多，修饰可数名词复数。根据后句others are valuable only to their owners.其他的只对它们的主人有价值可知，前面的句子是说“一些收藏值很多钱”，并且money是不可数名词，所以要用a lot of 来修饰，故答案为C。

6.句意：我认识一个有值数千美元硬币收藏的一个人。

thousand千，其前应有具体数字；thousands数千，之后应有of；thousands of数千；thousand of本身错误。根据数词的表达法可知，只有C正确，故答案为C。

7.句意：不久前他用250美元买了一张罕见的，面值50美分的硬币。

paid花费，主语是人；cost花费，主语是物；took花费，主语为形式主语it；spent花费，主语是人。本句是定语从句，中心词是a rare(罕见的) fifty­cent piece一张罕见的，面值50美分的硬币，是物，所以应用cost，故答案为B。

8.句意：然而，对我弟弟来说，它们很有价值。

to对于；on在……上面；with和……一起；in在……里面。根据句意可知，故答案为A。

9.句意：对于他的收藏来说没有什么比发现一个新火柴盒使他更快乐了。

Everything每件事情；Anything任何事情；Nothing没有事情；Something某件事情。根据上句句意However,___8___ my brother, they are quite valuable. 然而，对我弟弟来说，它们很有价值可知，是没有什么比发现一个新火柴盒使他更快乐，故答案为C。

10.句意：它是一件我们在空余时间喜欢做的仅仅为了乐趣的事情。

have不得不；need需要；refuse拒绝；like喜欢。根据下句The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.在金钱方面的价值不重要，而是它给予我们的快乐可知，是喜欢做的事情，故答案为D。