From Monday until Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evening and on weekends they are free to relax and 1 them selves. Some watch television 2 go to the cinema, others take part in sports. It 3 on individual(个人的)interests. There are many different 4 to spend our 5 time.

　　Almost everyone 6 some kind of hobby. It maybe 7 from collecting stamps to 8 model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others are valuable 9 to their owners.

　　I know a man who has a 10 collection 11 several thousand dollars. A short time ago, he bought a 12 fifty cent piece worth $250! He was very 13 about his purchase(购买物)and thought the price was reasonable. On the other hand, my youngest brother 14 match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth 15 money. However, to 16 they are extremely valuable. Nothing 17 him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

　　That' s what a hobby 18 , I guess. It is something we like to do 19 our spare time simply for the 20 of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives is.

　　1.A.enjoy B.like C.help D.sleep

　　2.A.and B.but C.so D.or

　　3.A.lies B.works C.depends D.waits

　　4.A.ideas B.ways C.places D.periods

　　5.A.full B.work C.spare D.busy

　　6.A.likes B.has C.finds D.develops

　　7.A.nothing B.everything C.something D.anything

　　8.A.making B.buying C.selling D.inventing

　　9.A.only B.especially C.fully D.simply

　　10.A.stamp B.coin C.money D.ring

　　11.A.with B.including C.worth D.of

　　12.A.common B.usual C.rare D.new

　　13.A.happy B.careful C.worried D.anxious

　　14.A.gathers B.picksout C.chooses D.collects

　　15.A.some B.any C.no D.much

　　16.A.me B.others C.mybrother D.myfamily

　　17.A.makes B.lets C.keeps D.helps

　　18.A.is B.means C.includes D.remains

　　19.A.for B.to C.on D.in

　　20.A.benefit B.good C.fun D.money

　　(B)

　　New York-a team of engineers with expertise in high-rise design, collapse and blasts prevention will 1 why the damaged World Trade Center(WTC)buildings and part of the Pentagon broke in to pieces after September 11's 2 attack, they will determine 3 future buildings can be designed to protect more lives 4 disasters.

　　A 5 of well-known engineers and members of the American Society of Civil Engineers will begin analyzing video tape sand photo graphs of the attack and the 6 collapse of the two 7 towers as soon as the rescue efforts come to an end, W. Gene Corely, senior vice president of Construction Technologies Laboratories Ince, said.

　　In addition to studying the crashes, the 8 and the collapses, the team will analyze modifications made at both sites-the World Trade Center's repair after the1993 basement bombing there and the Pentagon's 9 renovation.

　　The team also will analyze the size, speed and fuel load of the speeding jet sand their 10 as they cut through the buildings.

　　"From this,we11 we will be able to determine some things that might be done differently if the building were designed to resist this type of attack and make some 12 related to 13 construction of buildings that might be subjected to this sort of attack."Corely said.

　　The WTC towers built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were designed to with stand the impact of a Boeing 07 jetliner. But those plans did not 14 in the effect of the fuel explosion 15 created fireballs at the giant towers.

　　Based 16 a preliminary review of the events, Corely said the WTC steel-framed towers collapsed not so much because of the impact but 17 the fire that followed. As the 18 from the fire rose, the steel weakened.

　　Although the towers once were the tallest buildings 19 , their height was not a factor in their collapse, but the fire, Corely said. A shorter building, 20 , would likely have resulted in fewer deaths.

　　1.A.lookinto B.lookafter C.lookfor D.lookup

　　2.A.dead B.deadly C.badly D.dying

　　3.A.whether B.why C.how D.that

　　4.A.against B.with C.in D.during

　　5.A.largeamount B.number C.plenty D.gooddeal

　　6.A.following B.followed C.follows D.follow

　　7.A.110storey B.110stories C.110-story D.110 story

　　8.A.attacks B.constitutions C.repairs D.fires

　　9.A.later B.ongoing C.former D.frequent

　　10.A.distance B.time C.positions D.height

　　11.A.expect B.suggest C.think D.consider

　　12.A.advices B.use C.promises D.suggestions

　　13.A.change B.worse C.better D.protect

　　14.A.work B.takepart C.result D.bring

　　15.A.what B.which C.one D.it

　　6.A.in B.on C.for D.at

　　17.A.because of B.also C.as well D.because

　　18.A.ruins B.air C.heat D.temperature

　　19.A.inearth B.on the earth C.after all D.on the world

　　20.A.yet B.but C.however D.otherwise

　　答案及解析：

　　(A)

　　1.A。据空格前的relax及后句的watch television, go to the cinema, take part in sports可知，晚上和周末应该玩得愉快(enjoy oneself)。

　　2.D。空格前后为选择关系。

　　3.C。it指代前句的内容，它与个人的兴趣是依附关系，故选depend on。

　　4.B。上下文讲述的是度过业余时间的具体做法，故选ways。

　　5.C。呼应上下文，"度过我们的业余时间"。

　　6.B。本段后两句是直接信息。

　　7.D。一个人的兴趣不可能包罗万象，排除B；A选项与前句矛盾；C选项虽然讲得通，但不如D选项更能呼应文章前后关系。

　　8.A。业余爱好是兴趣所致(文章最后一段)，非利欲熏心，排除B、C；D意为"发明、创造"与全文相悖。

　　10.B。暗示信息是后句的fifty cent piece和dollars。

　　11.C。"值好几千美元。"

　　12.C。common"普通的"，usual"一般的"，rare"稀罕的"，new"新的"，按句意选C。

　　13.A。从本句thought the price was reasonable可知。

　　14.D。暗示语为第10空格后的collection及第7空格后的collecting stamps。

　　15.B。据本句的转折意境推知。

　　16.C。前文有信息my youngest brother。

　　17.A。句型：make sb. happy。

　　18.B。从其后的I guess及后两句所提供信息知，本句想表达的含义为"爱好的含义所在"，而不是"爱好是什么"。

　　19.D。固定搭配。

　　20.C。"只是为了娱乐，而不是为了钱财或利益"，呼应全文。(B)

　　1.A。look into"调查"，look after"照顾"，look for"寻找"，lookup"抬头，查字典"。根据句意，应选A。

　　2.B。指遭受致命的(deadly)打击。

　　3.C。指未来的建筑将如何设计以减少伤亡。

　　4.A。固定搭配。

　　5.B。a large amount of +不可数名词，plenty of +可数名词复数/不可数名词(plenty前无a),a good deal of常接不可数名词。A number of +可数名词复数。

　　6.A。表"随后的"之意。

　　7.C。数词与名词用连字符相联时，名词用单数。如：a ten-year-old boy。

　　8.D。根据9·11事件，先爆炸，后起火，最后倒塌。

　　9.B。表示该事件发生时，五角大楼正在修葺。

　　10.C。据as they cut through the buildings(它们穿过大楼时)可知，应考虑其位置(position)。

　　11.A。本句意为"我们期望对已设计抵御这种袭击的大厦能做出不同的防卫措施，并且对可能遭受这种袭击的大厦提出改善构造的建议。"

　　12.D。advice为不可数名词。suggestion此处指"建议的内容"，是可数名词。

　　13.C。better此处是动词，意为improve。例：The government hopes to better the conditions of the peasants.

　　14.A。世贸中心早期设计能抵御波音707的冲击，但这些设计在燃油爆炸中并未能起到作用(work)。

　　15.B。定语从句。

　　16.B。base on...是固定搭配。

　　17.A。由not...but连接并列成分。

　　18.D。由下文the steel weakened(钢筋变脆),可知是大火的高温所致。

　　19.B。"on the earth"means"in the world"。

　　20.C。前后都有逗号，不能用but，只能用however。

　　(文/张士辉；英语通高三版2004年第1期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)