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What do you do for fun in your spare time? Do you like reading? Do you often go to a book store? There is a store that is so different from others.

The World’s Smallest Bookstore, whose official name is just these three words, sits quietly about 100 miles northeast of Toronto.

The bookstore is about 10 feet by 10 feet, so it is easy to imagine how tiny it really is. The bookstore is open 24 hours a day. Inside the bookstore are various books, especially literary books and classic authors’ works. So if you are looking for something less popular, you may get a bit disappointed there.

Another special feature of this bookstore is that each book only costs three dollars. All the expenses are paid on the honor system, which means buyers should make a note of what they’ve bought and leave their money by themselves. So the tools of the trade in this bookstore are quite simple: pens, papers, light bulbs and a label-maker.

In order to catch passers-by’s attention, the billboards (广告牌) of the bookstore are several times bigger than the store itself. With these large eye-catchers, many people are willing to stop by and have a visit.

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. A strange way of selling books.

B. The popular bookstores in the world.

C. The world’s smallest bookstore.

D. The popular books nowadays.

2.Which of the following books might you most probably get in the store?

A. Books on less popular science.

B. Books on economic control.

C. The year book of a university.

D. Literary books.

3.How could you buy a book from the store?

A. Choose the book(s) and leave the money there.

B. Pay on the net and then get the book(s) in the store.

C. The salesman will help you find the book.

D. The salesman will get the money for the book.

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1.When do the volunteers help others?

A．In their spare time   B．At weekends       C．on weekdays       D．In the evenings

2.________ can be a volunteer．

A．Children          B．Old women        C．Anyone aged12—70 D．Young people

3.Volunteers want to get________when they help others．

A．money           B．computers         C．everything         D．nothing

4.Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ________.

A．animals           B．children           C．computers         D．older people

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Do you have a hobby—something you really enjoy doing in your spare time? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could spend more time on your hobby and less time at work? Maybe it’s not an either/or situation. Perhaps you can do both at the same time.

When choosing a career, one of the things you must consider is your interests. Why then do so many people not even think about their hobbies when a hobby is, in fact, an interest? Perhaps it’s because even Webster’s Dictionary defines a hobby as “a pursuit (消遣，嗜好) outside one’s regular occupation (职业)”. Maybe this is a rule you should break. After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation. In addition people are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination of interest and skill is a very compelling (令人信服的) reason to choose a particular career.

“Who’s going to hire someone who loves making beaded (串珠状的) jewelry?” you may ask yourself. Good question. Don’t wait for someone to hire you. Start your own business. That may be the best way to combine your hobby with your career. Those with hobbies that involve creating things, i.e. jewelry, clothing, or pottery, may do well to sell those items on their own. Before you go forward with your plans, though, you should find out whether being an entrepreneur (企业家) is for you.

When you attempt to turn your hobby into a career, don’t forget to do your homework. Even though you may have enjoyed training your pet birds to sing the national song, that doesn’t mean you’re suitable to be an animal trainer. Be sure to research your career choice completely. There may be aspects（方面）of it that just aren’t for you. In that case, stick to your day job, as they say, and save your hobby for your free time.

1. Why does the writer ask two questions in the first paragraph?

A. To lead in the topic of hobby and career.

B. To describe what can be a hobby.

C. To compare hobbies with work.

D. To explain what a hobby is.

2. We can infer（推断）from paragraph 2 that many people ___________.

A. always mix their interest with their hobbies

B. often separate their hobbies from their jobs

C. daren’t break a rule of choosing their jobs

D. don’t know the true meaning of a hobby

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Doing one’s homework may be a hobby.

B. A day job can’t be a hobby in your spare time.

C. Not every hobby is suitable to become a career.

D. An animal trainer has a hobby of singing songs.

4. By writing this passage, the writer wants to introduce ___________.

A. how to choose a hobby for your free time

B. how to develop your own hobby

C. how to treat your job as a hobby

D. how to turn a hobby into a career

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Do you have a spare room in your house? What about a driveway for your car? Both of these can help you make money.Many people who are feeling the pinch are taking advantage of what’s been called the “sharing economy”.

Perhaps the best-known example of a company in this field is Airbnb---an American web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers.It says it operates in 34,000 cities and it has over 1,500,000 listings.It seems to have concerned the market!

A British company is doing something with parking spaces.JustPark’s founder, Anthony Eskinazi, says ,“When I had the original idea,Ispotted a driveway close to a sports stadium.It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in commercial car park.” And he has a big clientele（客户）:around 20,000 people have advertised their spaces on the site,and he says around half a million drivers use it.There are other sites doing very similar things,like Uber and Lyft---these let drivers share their cars with other passengers.Any driver knows how valuable a place to park is .A church near Kings Cross in central London has apparently made over £200,000 by renting out space in its yard to travelers!

Because this is a new business world,those rules aren’t there yet and many people are happy to share...as long as it pays!

But the sharing economy has its critics:the competitors of these new companies.People who run things like traditional B&B, commercial car parks and taxi services are afraid of ending up out of pocket.And there is another issue:regulations on these new business are unclear.How will renting out your driveway affect your neighbor?

1.What does the underlined phrase “feeling the pinch” probably mean?

A.Lacking in money B.Full of curiosity

C.Willing to help others D.Unsatisfied with their life

2.Who may be against the sharing economy?

A.A taxi driver who can’t find a a parking　 place B.A priest in the church near Kings Cross

C.A traveller who needs accomodiation D.A well-known high-end holiday hotel

3.Why are many people pleased to share according to paragraph 4?

A.They can gain huge profits B.They needn’t pay any fee

C.There are few rules to limit them D.The new business has no risks

4.Which of the following words can best describe the booming business?

A.Creative and developed B.Competitive but unpractical

C.Effective and worrying D.Traditional and acceptable

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---What do you enjoy most in life?

---____________ time _________ books. It’s really good fun.

A. Spend; read   B. Spending; to read    C.To spend; to read    D. Spending; reading

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Which do you enjoy ____ your spare time, surfing the Internet or building up your strength?

A. to spend              B. spend            C. spending             D. to spending

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—How do you       your spare time？

—Reading and surfing the Internet

A.employ   B.take   C.choose   D.cost

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A hobby is any activity a person likes to do in his spare time.So those who get busy in their activity never get bored in their free time.Hobbies vary from person to person.Hobbies are of different kinds.They can be indoors or outdoors.Some are costly and some are cheap.Pursing a particular hobby is a matter of personal choice.

My favorite hobby is coin collection.It is also one of the oldest hobbies of the world and is also called "hobby of the Kings",as in the old times,it was only done by kings and elite（精英）class of the society.It started for me some years back when my father used to come back from his foreign tours and give me coins of different countries.I started collecting then in my money box and after that I always used to wait for my new coins as much I used to wait for my father.

Since then,it has become my favorite hobby.This hobby has given me information about different countries of the world.I have got to know about important personalities of the different countries.

This hobby has made me be responsible to take care of important things at very young age.I have learnt dealings of different currencies（货币）on my foreign tours and save money for my favorite hobby.I feel extreme pleasure in showing my collection to others.It has also taught me this lesson that A LIFE WITHOUT A HOOBBY IS JUST LIKE FOOD WITHOUT SALT.

1.What decides a person's hobby?

A. Whether he has free time.

B. Whether the hobby can be indoors or outdoors.

C. Whether the hobby is expensive or cheap.

D. It is up to himself.

2.Why was coin collection called "hobby of the Kings"?

A. Only the king could collect coins.

B. The king could collect coins from all over the world.

C. In the past,only the kings and upper class could collect coins.

D. Kings had enough money to collect coins.

3.From the passage,we can infer　　　　 .

A. the author goes to foreign countries to collect coins

B. the author's father used to go abroad

C. the author likes to save money

D. collecting coins has changed the author's life greatly

4.What's the purpose of the author writing the passage?

A. The author tells readers the advantage of coin collection.

B. The author introduces his hobby—coin collection.

C. The author explains why he collects coins.

D. The author tells readers the importance of hobbies.

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Are you thinking about what to do in your free time? Come and join us —Youth Club! Join in lessons and activities. It’s fun! For more information, call 34789256!

1.On which of the following days can’t you have computer lessons?

A. Monday　　 B. Wednesday

C. Friday　　 D. Sunday

2.Rose is free after 7:20 p.m. Which lessons can she take?

A. Computer lessons.　　 B. Dance lessons.

C. Cooking lessons. 　　 D. Both computer and cooking lessons.

3.If Dick wants to swim after playing basketball, when can he go to the club?

A. Monday and Wednesday.　　 B. Monday and Sunday.

C. Saturday and Sunday.　　 D. Monday and Sunday.

4.How often can you enjoy music in the club?

A. Twice a month.　　 B. Twice a week.

C. Four times a month..　　 D. Five days a week.

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Can you imagine a cloud floating in the middle of your room? Do you want to know what it feels like to fly like a bird? Find your answers in Time Magazine's 25 "Best Inventions". Here, we have picked out the most interesting 4 to share with you.

Talking Gloves

Ever felt confused by the sign language used by disabled people? Here is the "helping hand" you need. Four Ukrainian students have created a pair of gloves that helps people with hearing and speech problems communicate with others. The gloves are equipped with sensors that recognize sign language and translate it into text on a smartphone. Then the smartphone changes the text to spoken words.

Google Glasses

Google Glasses are like a computer built into the frame of a pair of glasses. With its 1.3-centimeter display, the glasses allow you to surf the Internet and make calls without even lifting a finger. The glasses also have a camera and GPS mapping system. Users can take and share photos, check maps and surf the Internet just by looking up, down, left and right.

Indoor Clouds

It's not virtual.That's a real world. Dutch artist Smilde managed to create a small but perfect white cloud in the middle of a room using a fog machine. But it required careful planning—the temperature, humidity（湿度）and lighting all had to be just right. Once everything was ready, the cloud formed in the air with the machine. But it only lasted for a short while.

Wingsuits

The suit fulfills your dreams of flying like a bird.Well, not exactly flying, but gliding（滑翔）through the air. It increases the surface area of the human body, which makes it easier for people to float in the air. Fliers wearing wingsuits can glide one kilometer in about 30 seconds.

1.Who will probably be the users of “Talking Gloves”?

A.Disabled people B.Normal people.

C.Trained people. D.Working people.

2.How can users of Google Glasses surf the Internet?

A.By moving the mouse. B.By tapping the keyboard.

C.By moving the eyeballs. D.By pressing the button.

3.Which of the following can help you fly?

A.Talking Gloves. B.Wingsuits.

C.Google Glasses. D.Indoor Clouds.

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