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Collecting Barbie Dolls is a favorite hobby of many women and girls throughout the world. Since Barbie first appeared (出现) at the American International Toy Fair in 1959, she has become the most popular doll in the world.
Many collectors of Barbie Dolls collect the dolls just for fun. They often collect some dolls they like or think are special. However, there are some serious collectors. They have hundreds of dolls, and spend almost thousands of dollars each year.
Many Barbie collectors not only collect the dolls, but also collect items (部件) of the dolls. Many collections include different items of Barbie's fashion clothes. If you become a serious collector of Barbie Dolls, you will be likely to want to join a Barbie collectors’ club. The more you know about Barbie and her history, the more you want to grow your collections.
No matter which kind of collector you are, casual (随意的) or serious, Barbie dolls can be a fun and interesting hobby for girls and women of all ages.
1.How many years of history do Barbie Dolls have?
A. More than eighty years. B. About one hundred years.
C. Less than ten years. D. About fifty years.
2.What does the word “include” mean in Chinese?
A. 包括 B. 酝酿 C. 生产 D. 分配
3.Which of the following is NOT right about the serious collectors of Barbie Dolls?[来源:学#科#网]
A. They have great interest in Barbie Dolls.
B. They sometimes even collect items of Barbie Dolls.
C. They spend much money on Barbie Dolls.
D. They don’t like Barbie Dolls from America.
4. What do we know from the passage?
A. Barbie Dolls first appeared in England.
B. Casual collectors may just collect Barbie Dolls for fun.
C. Collectors collect items in order to repair the dolls.
D. Old people didn’t like Barbie Dolls before 1959.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Barbie Dolls. B. Different hobbies.
C. How to repair a toy. D. How to be a collector.
科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：054
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Stamp collecting is perhaps the most popular hobby in the world. Many people have been collecting stamps from different countries, for different reasons and in different ways.
I collect stamps from Singapore, Malaysia, Canada and the U. K. only. I 1 collect stamps from every country because there are too many.
My father and sister work in offices, 2 sometimes they bring foreign stamps home. If I don't want a stamp. I try to swap (交换) it with a friend. I don't buy any stamps because they cost too much money. Most of my stamps are 3 ones, which are stuck (贴) on paper at first. I have to get the stamps off the paper 4 damaging (毁坏) them. 5 wants to collect damaged stamps. I put the stamps into water. After ten to twenty minutes, the water makes the paper wet. Then it is 6 to peel off the stamps carefully and let them dry. After that, I put them in one of my stamp albums (集邮册) . I have 7 albums, one for each country. I can learn many things from my stamps. They make my school subjects 8 . They show me what birds, animals and plants there are in a country. They let me 9 about the people and events in different countries. Some old stamps are very valuable. Perhaps one day some of my stamps will be 10 , too.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011年广西省桂林市中考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
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. 【小题1】 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 (平衡) 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. 【小题2】 Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients (病人) recover (恢复) 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 (治疗) patients by having them take up interesting hobbies. 【小题3】
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. 【小题4】 People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.
【小题5】 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 (价值) of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.”
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| A. More people retire 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. |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013年初中毕业升学考试（浙江杭州卷）英语（解析版） 题型：选词填空
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To: Christin foo@hotmail.com
Date: 23rd March
Subject: The Riding for the Disabled Association
Hi Christine,
Sorry I haven’t emailed lately —I’ve been very busy since becoming a volunteer for the Riding for the Disabled Association.
Every Saturday, I help to get the horses 1.___________ for the disabled(残疾) riders. Many more disabled people want to ride 2.___________ than you’d imagine. It’s a disadvantage that I don’t know how to ride —I’d love to got on long rides with the riders— but I’ll learn soon 3.___________. Right now, I’m just happy to be able to lead the horses around for the disabled riders.
I’m4.___________ helping to organize a sale, which will be 5.___________ next month. It’s a lot more work than helping the disabled. I need to collect second-hand things to sell at the sale. There are 6.___________ things available(获得的) than I thought, but I’m sure we’ll have enough7.__________ next month.
I hope the sale raises more money than last month’s walk. It was rainy, so too few people took part in the event. Last week, we held an auction(拍卖). The auction took much less 8.__________ to organize than the walk. 9.__________, for some reason, people offered too little money for the things, so we didn’t raise enough money.
I’m 10.___________ you some pictures in the letter, as well as a speech I gave last week.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012届度江苏省初二下学期期末考试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother’s birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn’t do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother’s birthday present?
Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn’t. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard（纸板）, plastic（塑料）bottles and cans（易拉罐）. When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.
Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother’s birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.
When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I’ve ever received.”
1.How old was Joyce?
A. Seven. B. Eight. C. Nine.
2.Why couldn’t Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?
A. Because she had no money.
B. Because she didn’t know what her mother liked.
C. Because she didn’t love her mother at all.
3.What was Joyce’s idea?
A. Doing part-time jobs.
B. Collecting waste things and selling them.
C. Asking her best friend for help.
4.How long did Joyce collect the waste things?
A. A week. B. A month. C. More than a week.
5. How did Joyce’s mother feel when she got the present?
A. Very sad. B. Very happy and moved. C. Very surprised.
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