第二节 阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。
Hobbies can be almost anything that people like to do in their free time, such as building model ships, watching birds, caring for animals, climbing mountains, planting flowers, fishing, skating and swimming. They also draw pictures, go to concerts and play instruments like the piano.
17. People take up hobbies because these activities offer friendship, knowledge and pleasure. Sometimes they even get money and success from their hobbies. Hobbies help people relax after hard work and provide a balance between work and play. Anyone rich or young, ill or well, can follow a hobby.
18. Doctors have found that hobbies are valuable in helping people get well after an illness. Many hospitals treat patients by advising them to take up interesting hobbies.
In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies. 19. The ancient Egyptians (埃及人) played games with balls made of wood.
People today have more time than ever for hobbies. With the help of machines they don't need to spend lots of time on their jobs. If a person has his own hobbies, he will never need to worry about his life after he retires (退休). 20. Sir William Osier, a famous Canadian doctor agreed with the value of hobbies by saying, "No man is really happy or safe without a hobby."
A. Hobbies can help with a person's health.
B. People take up hobbies for different reasons.
C. They collect everything from coins to stamps.
D. Hobbies bring meaning and colour to people's life.
E. But when people had free time, they did enjoy hobbies.

17. B 18. A 19. E 20. D

二、完形填空(共 10 小题，每小题 1 分；满分 10 分)
阅读短文，理解其大意，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Do you have any hobbies? My hobby is cooking, and I love it. My favourite cook is Thomas Keller from the US. I often 21 his videos of cooking food on the Internet.
Last Saturday, after seeing a video of Keller cooking a steak (牛排), an idea 22 me—why not make some food by myself?
So I went to the 23 and bought all the things I needed. I followed Keller's video step by step. I defrosted (解冻) the 24 to make it ready to cook and then I began to fry the the steak and eggs. After that, I fried the broccoli (西蓝花) and put everything together. I was so excited that I had a quick taste while cooking. Wow! It was really 25!
I 26 my parents to come and have a taste. "Unbelievable!" my mum said. I could tell from my parents' 27 that they were so proud of me.
I don't know whether this successful 28 was just beginner's luck or a real mark of my talent for cooking. But it certainly made me 29 in cooking. I'm planning to try 30 dishes in the near future.
()21. A. make
B. watch
C. take
D. record
()22. A. thought of
B. put up
C. came to
D. turned on
()23. A. park
B. bank
C. hotel
D. supermarket
()24. A. chicken
B. honey
C. steak
D. turkey
()25. A. delicious
B. terrible
C. sweet
D. different
()26. A. taught
B. finished
C. asked
D. found
()27. A. feet
B. hands
C. legs
D. eyes
()28. A. meal
B. taste
C. article
D. video
()29. A. afraid
B. interested
C. weak
D. popular
()30. A. fewer
B. less
C. more
D. worse

21. B 22. C 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C