From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the ev

From Monday until Friday most people arebusy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free torelax (放松) andenjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part insports. It depends on individual interests. There are many differentways to spend our spare time.

Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies.It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Somehobbies are very expensive, but others don’t cost anything at all. Somecollections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collectionworth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (稀有的) fifty-cent piece worth$250! He was very happy about his buying and thought the price was reasonable (合理的). On the other hand, myyoungest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt (怀疑) if they are worth any money.However, to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him happier thanto find a new matchbox for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I guess. It issomething we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it. The valuein dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

1.The underlined word “individual” in thefirst paragraph most probably means____ .

2.In the writer's opinion, ____.

3.Something that one enjoys doing in one'sspare time is a____ .

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】略