Question

【題目】請閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入文中空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，將選項(xiàng)前的字母寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)的題號后。
A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers. They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps.
People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship and relaxation. Hobbies help people relax after a long time of hard work, and provide a balance between work and play. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn new skills. Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients recover from illness. Hobbies give patients who can't move around something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves. Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.
In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies. But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies. People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.
Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free time hours.
Sir William Osler, a famous Canadian doctor expressed the value of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.”
A. More people retire(退休) at an earlier age than before.
B. Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy.
C. The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood.
D. They also go to concerts, climb mountains, go fishing, skate and swim.
E. Anyone, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, can follow a good hobby, in spite of his age, health or money
F. As some hobbies have become less popular.

Answer 1

【答案】D；B；E；C；A
【解析】本文是一篇和愛好有關(guān)的文章。談了愛好的各種表現(xiàn)形式。業(yè)余愛好幾乎可以是一個(gè)人在業(yè)余時(shí)間喜歡做的任何事情，
（1） 根據(jù)文章第一句A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time業(yè)余愛好基本上是人們在空閑時(shí)間所做的一切事情，以及后文They collect... ,所以本句應(yīng)該是承上啟下的，故選D。
（2）根據(jù)后文Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients recover from illness. 醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)業(yè)余愛好有助于病人康復(fù)，所以本空應(yīng)該與patien有關(guān)，故選B。
（3）根據(jù)前文 Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.許多醫(yī)院通過讓病人養(yǎng)成有趣的愛好來治療病人，所以本句應(yīng)該是一個(gè)好的愛好不分年齡，健康和是否有錢，故選E。
（4）根據(jù)文章some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies. 有些空余時(shí)間的人的確喜歡業(yè)余愛好�？芍�此處應(yīng)該是舉例說明，故選C。
（5）根據(jù)前句Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.現(xiàn)在機(jī)器已經(jīng)減少了人們必須花在工作上的時(shí)間。可知此處應(yīng)該是更多的人在更早的年齡退休，故選A。