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　　Self-employed private physicians who charge a fee for each patient visit are the foundation(基础) of medical practice in the United States. Most physicians have a contract(合同) relationship with one or more hospitals in the community(社区). They send their patients to this hospital, which usually charges patients according to the number of days they stay and the facilities(operating room, tests, medicines that they use). Some hospitals belong to a city, a state, or, in the case of veteran's hospitals, a federal(联邦) government agency. Others are operated by religious orders(教会) or other non-profit(非赢利) groups.

　　Some medical doctors are on salary. Salaried physicians may work as hospital staff members, or residents, who are often still in training. They may teach in medical schools, be hired by corporations(公司) to care for their workers or work for the federal government's Public Health Service.

　　Physicians are among the best paid professionals(职业) in the United States. In the 1980s, it was not uncommon for medical doctors to earn incomes of more than $100, 000 a year. Specialists, particularly surgeons(外科医生), might earn several times that amount. Physicians list many reasons why they deserve(值得) to be so well paid for their work. One reason is the long and expensive preparation required to become a physician in the United States. Most would-be physicians first attend college for four years, which can cost nearly $20, 000 a year at one of the best private institutions. Prospective(未来的；预科的) physicians then attend medical school for four years. Tuition(学费)alone can exceed(go beyond)$10, 000 a year. By the time they have obtained(got) their medical degrees, many young physicians are deeply in debt. They still face three to five years of residency(实习阶段) in a hospital, the first year as an apprentice(学徒的) physician. The hours are long and the pay is relatively low.

　　Setting up a medical practice is expensive, too. Sometimes several physicians will decide to establish a group practice, so they can share the expense of maintaining(维持) an office and buying equipment. These physicians also take care of each other's patients in emergencies(急症).

　　Physicians work long hours and must accept a great deal of responsibility(责任). Many medical procedures, even quite routine(日常性的)ones, involve risk. It is understandable that physicians want to be well paid for making decisions which can mean the difference between life and death.

1．According to the passage, it is very unlikely that an American hospital is owned by ________.

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2．The expenses for becoming a doctor are spent on ________.

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A．schooling and retraining

B．practice in a hospital

C．facilities he or she uses

D．education he or she receives

3．According to the passage, how long does it take for a would-be physician to become an independent physician in the USA?

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A．About seven yeas.

B．Eight years.

C．Ten yeas.

D．About twelve years.

4．Sometimes several physicians set up a group medical practice mainly because ________.

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A．there are so many patients that it is difficult for one physician to take care all of them

B．they can take rums to work long hours

C．facilities may be too much of a burden for one physician to shoulder

D．no one wants to assume too much responsibility

5．Which of the following statements could fully express the author's view towards physicians' payment in the USA?

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A．For their expensive education and their responsiblility, they deserve a handsome pay.

B．It is reasonable for physicians to have a large income because their work is very dangerous.

C．Physicians should be better paid because they work long hours under bad conditions.

D．Physicians have great responsibility, so it is understandable that they should be well rewarded.

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　　Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there's no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children's curiosity(好奇).

　　Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary(薪水)and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one an-other in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we're finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”

　　After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”

　　This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

　　Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or leas for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their“wait time”to three seconds or more, children give more logical(符合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.

　　Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don't jump in with“That's right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good deeds. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That's interesting”or“I'd never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas. Never push a child to“think”. It doesn't make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What's more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target(目标) for your disagreement.

　　Lastly, show; don't tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they'll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.

1．According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is ________.

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A．to let them see the world around

B．to share the children's curiosity

C．to explain difficult phrases about science

D．to supply the children with lab equipment

2．In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word“lists”could best be replaced by ________.

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3．According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.

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A．ask them to answer quickly.

B．wait for one or two seconds after a question.

C．tell them to answer the next day.

D．wait at least for three seconds after a question.

4．In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion?

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5．The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children's curiosity except that adults should ________.

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A．tell their children stories instead of reciting(背诵) facts

B．offer their children chances to see things for themselves

C．be patient enough when their children answer questions

D．encourage their children to ask questions of their own

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　　In London a morning train rides away, across the channel. English kids discuss the Liverpool's football team in a Paris pub.

　　Some Parisians(巴黎人)have to travel to work in London.

　　In the 19th century, Charles Dickens compared the two cities, London and Paris, in “A Tale of Two Cities”. These days, it might be “A Tale of One City”.

　　As jobs grew scarce(缺乏的) at home over recent yeas, perhaps 250, 000 Frenchmen moved across the channel. With an undersea tunnel(隧道), they could travel between cities in three hours. The European Union freed them from immigration(移居)and customs.

　　Paris, rich in beauty, is more stylish. But London feels more full of life, and more fun until the pubs(小酒吧) shut down.

　　“For me, the difference is that London is real, alive, ”said Trevor Wheeler, a financial consultant.

　　Chantal Jaouen, a professional designer, agrees. “I am French, but I'll stay in London. ”she said. There is, of course, the other view. Julie Lenoux is a student who moved to London two years ago. “I think people laugh more in Paris. ”she said. “Both cities have changed beyond recognition. ”said Larry Collins, an author and sometimes a Londoner. Like most people who know both cities well, he finds the two now fit together comfortably. “I first fell in love with Paris in the 1950s. Things are so much more ordered, and life is better. ”But certainly not cheaper. In some pacts of London, rents can be twice those on Avenue Foch in Paris. Deciding between London and Paris requires a lifestyle choice. Like Daphne Benoit, a French journalism student with perfect English, many young people are happy to be close enough so they don't have to choose. “I love Paris, my little neighborhood, the way I can walk around a centre, but life is so organized, ”he said, “In London, you can be whoever you want. No one cares. ”

1．It can be inferred(推断) that ________.

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A．Paris and London are the two biggest cities in the world

B．in the 19th century Dickens told his stories in the two cities

C．London and Paris used to be separated

D．Liverpool is a big city in France

2．According to this passage we know that ________.

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A．Parisians enjoy English food more than their own

B．Londoners seldom travel to Paris on holidays

C．both cities have their advantages

D．young people prefer to live in London

3．Which city is better to live in according to the passage?

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　　Flags have existed for over 3000 yeas. The earliest flags were wooden or metal poles topped with a carving. About 2000 years ago pieces of fabric were added to some poles for decoration.

　　Over the next 500 years the free-flying part to the flag became more important.

　　Every country today has its own flag. Many groups and organizations also have a flag which stands for, or symbolizes, the aims of the group.

　　The United Nation The flag depicts a world map, centred on the north pole. The map is surrounded by an olive wreath, symbolizing peace and cooperation. The flag is blue and white.

　　Nepal This is the only national flag that is not a rectangle. The white shapes represent the sun and moon.

　　Singapore The five stars stand for five ideals: democracy, peace, Progress, justice and equality.

　　Japan The central red disc of the sun represents sincerity and passion. The white background represents purity and honesty.

　　Cambodia Three towers of the famous temple of Angkor Wat feature on this flag.

　　Bhutan The wingless dragon is the national symbol. Bhutan means “Land of the Thunder Dragon”.

1．A very old flag is likely to ________.

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2．An olive wreath is used to represent ________.

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3．Two flags that include the sun in their design belong to ________.

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A．Nepal and Japan

B．Singapore and Japan

C．the United Nations and Nepal

D．the United Nations and Singapore

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　　The subject of this year's Kunming International Expo(博览会) is “man and nature walking hand in hand into the 21 at Century”. When the UK was asked to take part, it seemed natural to build a garden. Now the British Garden will be a central part when Expo opens on May1.

　　David Patterson, the Curator(馆长)of the Department of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, is leading the team now putting the finishing touches to the garden. The Royal Botanic Gardens were chosen for a very good reason. They have the largest collection of Chinese plants in the world outside China.

　　“Ever since people in Britain started gardening for pleasure they have used Chinese plants, ”Patterson told English Comer. “There are probably Chinese flowers in nearly every garden in Britain. This is a good chance to give something back. ”

　　The garden has been carefully designed to mix traditional British skills with the local Chinese environment. David Patterson describes the garden as “formal but gentle”. It contains a raised flower bed, a summer house and a lot of local trees. The garden is contained behind a wall of local, yellow stone. It is intended to be a place of serious thinking and quiet enjoyment.

　　“You could say that we've painted a picture, ”said David Patterson. “And we have designed the garden to continue for a long time, so that the people of Kunming will be able to enjoy it long after the Expo is over. ”

1．Visitors to the Kunming International Expo will most probably feel ________.

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A．man is the master of nature

B．man quite agrees with nature

C．nature is a helping hand to man

D．China has a long history of gardening

2．The underlined expression “putting the finishing touches to the garden”here means ________.

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A．starting building the garden

B．examining the main body of the garden

C．doing the last part of the work to the garden

D．completing the design of the garden

3．In the British Garden you will feel ________.

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A．nothing familiar

B．everything British

C．excited and noisy

D．quiet and happy

4．The passage is mainly ________.

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A．an introduction to the British Garden

B．an explanation of the design of the British Garden

C．a high praise for the Chinese gardening

D．a short talk on this year's Kunming International Expo

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　　People celebrate birthdays in almost every country on earth. And they celebrate them in many different ways.

　　In China and Japan, for example, the arrival of the New Year is more important than a person's birthday. So, everyone adds a year to their ages on New Year's Day, instead of on their birthdays.

　　In Brazil the special birthday food isn't cake, but special candies. In China, it's long noodles for long life. In Iceland, pancakes with candies rolled inside them are served on birthdays.

　　In Great Britain, a birthday is all- day celebration. At school, the birthday kid is lifted up and “bumped”by his classmates. This means the person is lifted by the ankles and aims and bumped on the ground, once for each year and once for growth. In Israel, the same custom is followed, except the birthday person is raised and lowered while sitting in a chair.

　　In Holland, children not only get gifts, but they give things out, too. It's customary to give cakes, cookies, and candies to your classmates and teacher on your birthday.

　　In Mexico, it's good luck to give birthday greetings as early in the day as possible. So it's not unusual to be awakened at midnight by friends singing birthday songs.

　　In India, birthday celebrations also begin before dawn. The birthday is also a religious event, so prayers and blessings must be said before dawn. And the birthday person gets to stay home from school that day.

　　In Thailand, two call candles are lighted the night before a birthday. One is as tall as the birthday person. It stands for how long the birthday person will live. If it goes out early, it's bad luck. Another Thai custom involves buying live fish and birds. The birthday person frees the animals, which brings luck.

　　In Nigeria, people don't celebrate individual birthdays. Instead, everyone in a certain age group celebrates together on a certain day.

　　In many countries, birthday customs are changing. Old customs are giving way to Western style birthdays, complete with candle-topped cakes. But one thing never changes - birthdays are special days for everyone !

1．It's a custom to lift and lower the birthday person in a chair in ________.

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2．In Mexico the birthday greetings are usually given at midnight because ________.

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A．birthday celebrations must begin before dawn

B．the birthday person must be awakened at midnight

C．prayers must be said before dawn

D．it will cause good things to happen to the birthday person

3．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

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A．In Western countries people eat a candle-topped cake at the end of the birthday party.

B．In Western countries a birthday cake is always prepared for a birthday person.

C．Every Japanese adds a year to their ages on New Year's Day .

D．More and more people celebrate their birthdays in Western style.

4．How many countries are mentioned in this passage?

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　　For years it has been possible to set up cameras to take pictures of cars as they speed along highways, jump lights or drive too fast down the street.

　　However, even if the pictures are taken automatically(自动地), someone still has to do all the paperwork of sending out fines. But now a British company called EEV has come up with a computerized video system that can do it all automatically. They suggest that all number plates have a bar code as well as the usual number. The bar codes are just stripes of lines like those you see on food packets but bigger. EEV's high speed video camera system can read a bar-coded number plate even if the car is doing over l00 miles per hour. The computer controlling the system could then use the information from the bar code to find out the name and address of the driver( from the car records), print out the fine and sent it off automatically. The inventors also suggest that the system should watch traffic to help catch stolen cats.

　　The new electronic system could be watching everyone that passes the cameras ! Many people find the idea that “big brother is watching you”is more of a worry than a few motorists getting away with driving too fast. Besides, some people will be very unhappy to realize that with the new system the police should find out where a particular car has been.

1．The best title for the article can be ________.

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A．People Who Drive Too Fast

B．Stop People from Driving Too Fast

C．EEV and the Police System

D．A New Computerized System for Motoring Breaking Law

2．The former camera used by the traffic police system is to ________.

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A．take pictures of cars on highways

B．send fines to fast motorists

C．catch cars breaking traffic rules

D．make the traffic system fully automatic

3．The newly-invented system works much better with the aid of ________.

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A．car number plates

B．car speeding records

C．bar code numbers on number plates

D．print-out fines

4．An additional purpose of the new system is that it could ________.

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A．help catch stolen cars

B．add code numbers

C．watch everyone who drives too fast

D．print out bar codes automatically

5．“‘Big brother is watching you’ is more of a worry than… ”means that many people ________.

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A．are more worried about fast-driving motorists than being watched on

B．find “big brothers”more worrying than motorists

C．are more worried about being watched on than about fast-driving motorists

D．find motorists more worried than “big brothers”

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　　Benjamin Banneker was born a few months before another great American —George Washington. Benjamin was black, but he was not a slave. He and his mother and his grandmother were free.

　　Benjamin's grandmother came from England. In America she got a job and worked for many years to pay for her boat trip across the ocean. After working many more years, she saved enough money to buy a farm. Benjamin lived with her for a while. She taught him to read and write and do arithmetic.

　　Benjamin's neighbors knew that he was clever. They were not surprised when he built a large wooden clock. He made each piece after studying a small pocket watch. The clock made him famous, for it was one of the first clocks built in America. People from other places began to send hard problems of all kinds for Benjamin to settle.

　　Thomas Jefferson learned of Benjamin Banneker's ability to settle hard problems. He asked Banneker to help build the city that was to be the capital of the United States —Washington, D.C..

　　Banneker worked hard on the plans for the city. He marked where the streets and buildings —the Capitol (国会大厦), the White House, and many others —should be built.

　　Later, L' Enfant, the Frenchman who had designed the new city, had a quarrel, and went back to France in anger. He took all of the plans with him. The workmen couldn't build without any plans to follow.

　　For a while it seemed that the plans for the capital might have to be changed. But Benjamin Banneker remembered the plans he has helped draw. He drew each again just as he once has built each piece of his clock.

　　If it weren't for Benjamin Banneker, Washington, D.C.might look very different from the way it does today.

1．Benjamin Banneker is remembered to this day mainly because ________.

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A．he made one of the first clocks in America

B．he used to be an assistant to L' Enfant, who has designed the city Washington

C．he designed the city Washington when L' Enfant left with his plans

D．he was able to build the city Washington as L' Enfant left with his plans

2．When Banneker built a large wooden clock, ________.

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A．people in America showed no surprise

B．his name spread all over America

C．he became the first man in America to build a clock

D．people came from other places to congratulate him

3．Thomas Jefferson asked Banneker to help build the city Washington because he was told that Banneker was

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4．In building the city Washington, Banneker showed ________.

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A．he has a good memory

B．he was never tired of working

C．he feared no difficulties

D．he was good at drawing

5．When L' Enfant left with his plans, Banneker was in ________ of building the Capital Washington.

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　　A man shot Martin King in Atlanta on. 4th April, 1968. He drove a white Ford car. Who was he? The police found ?“Harvey Lowmeyer's” gun and “John willard's”shirt, and then the white car. It was “Eric Starvo Galt's”car. So what was this man's real name? Marks on the shirt and the car sent the F.B. I. (美国联邦调查局) to Los Angeles. 300 detectives questioned people. At last one found a photograph of “Galt”. Then detectives in Atlanta found a fingerprint. It was on a map in “Gall's”room in a small hotel. One fingerprint was enough. James Earl Ray's fingerprint were already on the F. B.I. cards. The police watched railway stations, hotels and airports. 3, 000 detectives were trying to find Ray—without success. The Canadian police were helping too. They looked at 240,000 photographs in their Passport Office. Then they found one of “Ramon George Sneyd”. “We gave this man a passport last month, ”they said. “He went to London on 2nd May. ”“The man was wearing thick glasses, but he looked like Ray. Then on 8th June, a detective at London Airport saw Sneyd's name on a passenger list. ”

　　It was the end of the biggest manhunt(搜捕) in history. The F.B. I. spent 1.4 million dollars, but they got their man.

1．The key to settling the case was probably the murderer's ________.

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2．It took the police ________ to catch the murderer.

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3．The hunt for Ray cost ________ dollars.

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A．a million and four hundred

B．one million four hundred thousand

C．fourteen million

D．a million four thousand

4．Martin Luther King's murderer used the name of ________.

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A．Harvey Lowmeyer when he bought the gun

B．John Willard when he paid for the car

C．Eric Starvo Galt when he lived in Los angeles

D．James Eerl Ray when he came to Atlanta

5．The detective at London Airport caught Ramon George Sneyd because ________.

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A．Sneyd had a Canadian passport

B．he was sure that he was James Earl Ray

C．Sneyd's name was rat on the passenger list

D．Sneyd was wearing glasses

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　　A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, build model ships, weave baskets, watch birds, hunt animals, climb mountains, raise flowers, fish, ski, skate, and swim. Hobbyists also paint pictures, attend concerts and plays, and perform on musical instruments. They collect everything from books to butterflies, and from shells to stamps. People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation(放松). Sometimes they even yield financial profit( bring in money). Hobbies help people relax after periods of hard work, and provide a balance between work and play. Hobbies also offer interesting activities for persons who have retired. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can follow a satisfying hobby, regardless of his age, position, or income. Hobbies can help a person's mental and physical health. Doctors have found that hobbies are valuable in helping patients recover from physical or mental illness. Hobbies give bedridden(久病)or wheel-chair patients something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves. Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies or pastimes. In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have marry hobbies. But some persons who had leisure(free time)did enjoy hobbies. The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood or pottery(陶器). People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have reduced the amount of time they must spend on their jobs. Hobbies provide variety for workers who do the same monotonous(单调的) tasks all day long. More people are retiring than ever before, and at an earlier age. Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found leisure 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. ”

1．Which of the following is right?

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A．Hobby is one's regular activity in his office.

B．Hobby is not one's regular activity in his spare time .

C．Hobby is a kind of activity only for old people.

D．Hobby is a kind of activity only for young people.

2．It seems that people who ________ may spend more time enjoying their hobbies.

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3．The underlined phrase “recover from” means ________.

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A．get back

B．become healthy again

C．become calm

D．supply with a new cover

4．In early times, most people spent less time on their hobbies, because ________.

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A．they were brave and hard-working

B．the living conditions were poor

C．they were engaged in making a living

D．B and C

5．What's the writer's opinion about hobbies?

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A．Hobbies are activities that offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge and relaxation.

B．A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time.

C．Hobbies are popular among people in Egypt.

D．People should have hobbies in their spare time.