Question

Do you have a hobby—something you really enjoy doing in your spare time? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could spend more time on your hobby and less time at work? Maybe it’s not an either/or situation. Perhaps you can do both at the same time.

When choosing a career, one of the things you must consider is your interests. Why then do so many people not even think about their hobbies when a hobby is, in fact, an interest? Perhaps it’s because even Webster’s Dictionary defines a hobby as “a pursuit (消遣，嗜好) outside one’s regular occupation (職業(yè))”. Maybe this is a rule you should break. After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation. In addition people are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination of interest and skill is a very compelling (令人信服的) reason to choose a particular career.

“Who’s going to hire someone who loves making beaded (串珠狀的) jewelry?” you may ask yourself. Good question. Don’t wait for someone to hire you. Start your own business. That may be the best way to combine your hobby with your career. Those with hobbies that involve creating things, i.e. jewelry, clothing, or pottery, may do well to sell those items on their own. Before you go forward with your plans, though, you should find out whether being an entrepreneur (企業(yè)家) is for you.

When you attempt to turn your hobby into a career, don’t forget to do your homework. Even though you may have enjoyed training your pet birds to sing the national song, that doesn’t mean you’re suitable to be an animal trainer. Be sure to research your career choice completely. There may be aspects（方面）of it that just aren’t for you. In that case, stick to your day job, as they say, and save your hobby for your free time.

1. Why does the writer ask two questions in the first paragraph?

A. To lead in the topic of hobby and career.

B. To describe what can be a hobby.

C. To compare hobbies with work.

D. To explain what a hobby is.

2. We can infer（推斷）from paragraph 2 that many people ___________.

A. always mix their interest with their hobbies

B. often separate their hobbies from their jobs

C. daren’t break a rule of choosing their jobs

D. don’t know the true meaning of a hobby

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Doing one’s homework may be a hobby.

B. A day job can’t be a hobby in your spare time.

C. Not every hobby is suitable to become a career.

D. An animal trainer has a hobby of singing songs.

4. By writing this passage, the writer wants to introduce ___________.

A. how to choose a hobby for your free time

B. how to develop your own hobby

C. how to treat your job as a hobby

D. how to turn a hobby into a career

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇人生感悟類閱讀。人們有事業(yè)也有自己的業(yè)余愛好，如何把業(yè)余愛好轉(zhuǎn)變成事業(yè)？最好的方法就是把兩者有機的結(jié)合在一起。

1. you have a hobby—something you really enjoy doing in your spare time? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could spend more time on your hobby and less time at work? 你是否有業(yè)余愛好—在你的業(yè)余時間真正喜歡做的事情？你有沒有考慮過如果你可以在自己感興趣的事情上面花更多的時間，而在工作上花更少的時間，那會怎么樣？這兩個問句引出文章的主題，故選A

2. it’s because even Webster’s Dictionary defines a hobby as “a pursuit (消遣，嗜好) outside one’s regular occupation (職業(yè))”. Maybe this is a rule you should break. After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation. 可能是因為，即使在韋氏詞典上，對業(yè)余愛好的定義也是“在正規(guī)工作之外的追求”。也許你該打破這條成規(guī)。畢竟，沒人說過你的興趣和工作應(yīng)該絕對分開。從這里可知“很多人經(jīng)常把他們的事業(yè)和業(yè)余愛好分離開。”

3. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第二句、第三句、第四句Even though you may have enjoyed training your pet birds to sing the national song, that doesn’t mean you’re suitable to be an animal trainer. Be sure to research your career choice completely. There may be aspects（方面）of it that just aren’t for you. 即使你喜歡培訓你的34只長尾小鸚鵡唱國歌也不意味著你注定適合做一名馴獸師。確保對你選擇的職業(yè)做好了充分的調(diào)查研究。也許有的方面就不適合你。

4.4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句 Perhaps you can do both at the same time.又或許你可以同時做到這樣的兩件事情。第三段的That may be the best way to combine your hobby with your career. 這可能是將你的興趣融合到工作中的最佳方式了。最后一段最后兩句There may be aspects（方面）of it that just aren’t for you. In that case, stick to your day job, as they say, and save your hobby for your free time. 也許有的方面就不適合你，這樣的話，就堅持你原來的工作吧，像他們說的一樣，將業(yè)余愛好留在工作以外的時間吧。

考點：考查人生感悟類閱讀。