Question

【题目】请阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，将选项前的字母写在答题卡上相应的题号后。
A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers. They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps.
People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship and relaxation. Hobbies help people relax after a long time of hard work, and provide a balance between work and play. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn new skills. Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients recover from illness. Hobbies give patients who can't move around something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves. Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.
In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies. But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies. People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.
Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free time 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.”
A. More people retire(退休) at an earlier age than before.
B. Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy.
C. The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood.
D. They also go to concerts, climb mountains, go fishing, skate and swim.
E. Anyone, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, can follow a good hobby, in spite of his age, health or money
F. As some hobbies have become less popular.

Answer 1

【答案】D；B；E；C；A
【解析】本文是一篇和爱好有关的文章。谈了爱好的各种表现形式。业余爱好几乎可以是一个人在业余时间喜欢做的任何事情，
（1） 根据文章第一句A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time业余爱好基本上是人们在空闲时间所做的一切事情，以及后文They collect... ,所以本句应该是承上启下的，故选D。
（2）根据后文Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients recover from illness. 医生发现业余爱好有助于病人康复，所以本空应该与patien有关，故选B。
（3）根据前文 Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.许多医院通过让病人养成有趣的爱好来治疗病人，所以本句应该是一个好的爱好不分年龄，健康和是否有钱，故选E。
（4）根据文章some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies. 有些空余时间的人的确喜欢业余爱好。可知此处应该是举例说明，故选C。
（5）根据前句Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.现在机器已经减少了人们必须花在工作上的时间。可知此处应该是更多的人在更早的年龄退休，故选A。