单选题 From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others (36) sports. It depends on individual (个人的) (37) There are many different ways to spend our (38) time.
Almost everyone has (39) kind of hobby. It may be (40) from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very (41) ; others don't (42) at all. Some collections are (43) a lot of money; others are valuable only (44) their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (稀有的) fifty-cent piece (45) 250 dollars!
He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was (46) , (47) my youngest brother (48) match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However, (49) my brother they are extremely (特别的) (50) . Nothing makes him (51) than to find a new match box. for his collection. That's (52) a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the (53) of it. The value in dollars is not important, (54) the pleasure it gives us (55) .

单选题 A. join B. attend C. tend D. take part in
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义搭配。take part in与sports搭配，意思是“参加体育运动”。
单选题 A. time B. energy C. interests D. fun
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。业余时间从事活动的不同应是源于兴趣的差别，故答案为[C]。
单选题 A. spare B. working C. own D. day
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。从上下文来看应是“业余时间”。
单选题 A. some B. any C. certain D. every
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义搭配。certain与kind of hobby搭配表示“某种爱好”。
单选题 A. OK B. all right C. anything D. something
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。该题是对“hobby'’的一种举例，故答案为[D]。
单选题 A. expensive B. interesting C. exciting D. cheap
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。4l题至44题所在的四句话是对“hobby'’的分类评价，在意义上相应说明，互为对照。
单选题 A. spend anything B. cost anything C. pay nothing D. need something
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。同上题解析。
单选题 A. worth B. worthy C. valued D. paid
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。同4l题解析。
单选题 A. for B. to C. with D. of
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义搭配。本句表示只有对收藏者来说才有价值。
单选题 A. spent B. worth C. worthy D. used
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义搭配。worth 250 dollars表示“值250美元”，答案应是 [B]。
单选题 A. a little too higher B. too expensive C. cheap D. reasonable
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。根据上文，他花250美元买了一枚面值5角的硬币，感到价钱很理想，故答案为[D]。
单选题 A. At the same time B. On the other hand
C. On the contrary D. As a matter of fact
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。从上下文两个人收藏东西的价值来看应是一种对比。前面一个人的收藏很有价值，而另一位却没有什么价值，所以答案应是[C]。
单选题 A. buys B. collects C. chooses D. selects
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。这里介绍的是两个人的不同收集爱好，该题应是[B]。
单选题 A. for B. to C. in D. with
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义搭配。表示“对……来说”，答案应是[A]。
单选题 A. dear B. expensive C. valuable D. costly
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义理解。这里讨论的是收藏东西的价值问题，所以该题应是[C]。
单选题 A. so happy B. that happy C. more happilyD. happier
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。从后面“than”来看，应是比较级结构，答案应是[D]。
单选题 A. what B. how C. how much D. where
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查表语从句的引导词。what引导表语从句，在从句中作 means的宾语。
单选题 A. price B. value C. interest D. fun
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。根据上下文，既然是一种业余爱好，目的即是“娱乐”而不在其“价格”、“价值”或“兴趣”，答案应是[D]。
单选题 A. though B. and C. but D. when
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。从上下旬的关系来看应是一种转折关系，答案为[C]。
单选题 A. is B. does C. will D. has
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查行文逻辑。“美元的价值并不重要，而真正重要的是它带来的快乐”。