中考英语试题阅读理解(还原短文类)

英语阅读理解（还原短文）

七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）

Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa. They have a big family. Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny. Natalie, Alexis and Nathan. They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? __6l_They are septuplets!

It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time,

62_. In the beginning, many people helped them. They helped to

feed, clean, and dress the babies. Every week, the septuplets used

about 170 diapers (尿布) ! _63 .

Now the children are older. The septuplets started school this

year. But they go to school at home, like their big sister, Mikayla.

When Mikayla was ready for school, Kenny and Bobbi decided to

teach her at home. 64 . Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight

of her children.

A. They drank a lot of milk, too

B. Because they were born together

C. Last year, Bobbi was Mikayla's teacher

D. Kenny and Bobbi are interested in cooking

E. But Kenny and Bobbi didn't look after them alone

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. 66 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. 67 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. 68

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. 69 People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.

70 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.”