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　　From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and (1)______ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others (2)______ sports. This is decided by their own (3)______.
　　There are many different ways to spend our (4)______ time.
　　Almost everyone has some kind of (5)____: it may be something from collecting stamps to (6)_______ model planes. Some hobbies are very (7)_____, but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth (8)_____ of money, others are valuable only to their owners.
　　I know a man who has a coin collection worth several (9)_____ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which (10)______ him ＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder (11)______ they are worth any money. However, (12)_____ my brother they are quite valuable. (13)_____ makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
　　That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we (14)_____ to do in our free time just for the (15)______ of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
　　( )1. A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play
　　( )2. A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in
　　( )3. A. lives B. interests C. jobs D. things
　　( )4. A. working B. free C. own D. whole
　　( )5. A. hobby B. thing C. job D. way
　　( )6. A. make B. making C. makes D. made
　　( )7. A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive
　　( )8. A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number
　　( )9. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of
　　( )10.A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent
　　( )11.A. that B. if C. what D. why
　　( )12.A. to B. on C. with D. in
　　( )13.A. Everything B. Anything C. Nothing D. Something
　　( )14.A. have B. need C. refuse D. like
　　( )15.A. money B. work C. fun D. time
名师解析

这是一篇说明文，任何人在业余时间都有自己的喜欢做的事情，这就是爱好。文章通过举例子的方法进行了介绍。
　　1.C. enjoy oneself 是一个固定短语，意思是”玩得高兴，过的愉快”。
　　2.D. look like的意思是”看起来像”，take care of 的意思是“照看，照顾”，think about 的意思是“考虑”，take part in 表示“参加”。根据它们的不同的意思就可知答案了。
　　3.B. 人们看电视，看电影，作运动都是以个人爱好为基础的。
　　4.B. 文章下面介绍的都是在空闲时间人们所进行的活动。
　　5.A. 这一段介绍的都是人们的爱好。
　　6.B. from…to…是一个介词短语，可以用名词，代词，动名词做介词的宾语。
　　7.D. 根据“but others don't cost anything at all” 可知有一些爱好是需要投资的。这是一个带有转折含义的并列句。
　　8.C. a little, a few 都单独使用，a lot of 表示”很多”，a number of 表示”一些”。根据下句“others are valuable only to their owners”可知有些收藏品是很昂贵的。
　　9.A. 基数词在表达固定数目时应该使用单数形式。
　　10.B. 用表示物的词语做主语时，应该用cost 表示”花费”和含义。
　　11.B. 根据四个词的意思可知答案。
　　12.A. 这里的to 是”对于”的意思。其他几个介词则没有这一含义。
　　13.C. 对作者的弟弟来说，搜集火柴盒是最大的乐趣，再也没有其他事情能超越它了。
　　14.D. 爱好则是人们喜欢做的事情。
　　15.C. 爱好是业余时间的乐趣。这是贯穿全文的思想