Ⅳ. 阅读与回答问题(每小题 2 分,共 10 分)
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。(每题答案不超过 10 个词)
Is turning a hobby into a career ever a good idea?
(2024·杭州期中改编)How do you know if you should turn a hobby into a business? This is a dilemma many of us face. We know we want to go our own way in the world,but will the day-to-day hustle(忙碌喧嚣) ruin the hobby for us?
Tracy was a translator and one day,she found her work boring. She loves cycling,so she trained as a bicycle mechanic and worked in a cycle shop doing bicycle maintenance(维修). She loved it and decided to set up a women's bicycle shop.
However,it didn't take long before she realized it was the cycling that she loved,not the bicycle maintenance so she changed her approach. She organized cycling events that she could take part in and got other people to fix bikes. It's almost a new business model and took her a while to find the right course. But now she loves it.
Another man,Jack,was a highly respected professor of international law who had become disappointed with law. He began making sculptures on the beach with his children. He realized that the time he spent in making these artworks was when he felt happiest. The more he worked at it,the better the artworks would be. It was hugely satisfying.
Jack had a range of questions：Should he spend more time on this and less on his other work? What would this mean for his status(社会地位) in the world? To his friends? To his family? Should he sell the artworks?
He decided he loved it too much to make money from it,so he decided not to make a business of it.
However,Jack did want others to see and enjoy his artworks,so instead of selling them,he exchanged them for other items and services. He has now decided to go part-time in his law work while spending more time on his art. He has also produced a major exhibition in Brussels.
These stories show the different sides to the dilemma and there are big questions to ask yourself to avoid making the wrong decision. Is your hobby a passion or a pastime? How much time and effort do you want to spend on your hobby? Do you want to make money from your hobby? If not,what would you like to do for a living?
1. What is Tracy crazy about?
______
2. How does Tracy like her new career?
______
3. What does the word “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
______
4. Why did Jack exchange his artworks for other items and services instead of selling them?
______
5. Do you want to change your hobby into a career? Why or why not?
______
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。(每题答案不超过 10 个词)
Is turning a hobby into a career ever a good idea?
(2024·杭州期中改编)How do you know if you should turn a hobby into a business? This is a dilemma many of us face. We know we want to go our own way in the world,but will the day-to-day hustle(忙碌喧嚣) ruin the hobby for us?
Tracy was a translator and one day,she found her work boring. She loves cycling,so she trained as a bicycle mechanic and worked in a cycle shop doing bicycle maintenance(维修). She loved it and decided to set up a women's bicycle shop.
However,it didn't take long before she realized it was the cycling that she loved,not the bicycle maintenance so she changed her approach. She organized cycling events that she could take part in and got other people to fix bikes. It's almost a new business model and took her a while to find the right course. But now she loves it.
Another man,Jack,was a highly respected professor of international law who had become disappointed with law. He began making sculptures on the beach with his children. He realized that the time he spent in making these artworks was when he felt happiest. The more he worked at it,the better the artworks would be. It was hugely satisfying.
Jack had a range of questions：Should he spend more time on this and less on his other work? What would this mean for his status(社会地位) in the world? To his friends? To his family? Should he sell the artworks?
He decided he loved it too much to make money from it,so he decided not to make a business of it.
However,Jack did want others to see and enjoy his artworks,so instead of selling them,he exchanged them for other items and services. He has now decided to go part-time in his law work while spending more time on his art. He has also produced a major exhibition in Brussels.
These stories show the different sides to the dilemma and there are big questions to ask yourself to avoid making the wrong decision. Is your hobby a passion or a pastime? How much time and effort do you want to spend on your hobby? Do you want to make money from your hobby? If not,what would you like to do for a living?
1. What is Tracy crazy about?
______
2. How does Tracy like her new career?
______
3. What does the word “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
______
4. Why did Jack exchange his artworks for other items and services instead of selling them?
______
5. Do you want to change your hobby into a career? Why or why not?
______
答案
Cycling./She is crazy about cycling.
