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     From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends

they are free to relax and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports. It

depends on individual interests. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.

     Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model

airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a

lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

     I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare

fifty-cent piece worth $250! He was very happy about his buying and thought the price was reasonable. On

the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are

worth any money. However, to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a

new matchbox for his collection. That's what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our

spare time simply for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

1. The underlined word "individual" in the first paragraph most probably means______.

A. attractive

B. strange

C. secret

D. one's own

2. In the writer's opinion, ______.

A. all hobbies are very expensive

B. some hobbies don't cost anything

C. hobbies are worthless

D. hobbies are valuable to everybody 

3. Something that one enjoys doing in one's spare time is a ______.

A. job

B. pleasure

C. hobby

D. habit

4. Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT true?

A. The writer's brother has a large collection of matchboxes, which makes him very happy.

B. We collect a subject in our spare time simply for the fun of it.

C. The pleasure that a hobby can give is important.

D. To have a hobby means to spend a lot of money.

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Before human’s history, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid rock piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.

As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break into pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.

Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow at first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider wove its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldn’t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.

The underlined part “in vain” can be replaced by ________.

A. tirelessly    B. uselessly    C. fearlessly    D. effortlessly

According to the passage, ________ made the island rise up in the sea.

A. rock from the nearest island     B. sand brought by the wind

C. hot liquid rock from the volcano      D. sea waves dashing against the rock

What is the correct order of things appearing on the island?

A. Spiders, birds and plants.  B. Soil, plants and animals

C. Soil, hot liquid rock and animals.    D. Hot liquid rock, animals and plants.

The passage is mainly about ________.

A. how an island formed       B. how a volcano broke out

C. how plants were brought to the island      D. how plants and animals began to live on the island