2016年中考英语话题阅读理解专项练习 兴趣与爱好(含答案)

兴趣与爱好

一、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分）

A

How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to have a rest, but they try to do something more pleasant most of the time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away from their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.

Many Polish people like traveling. They look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains, others like to go to the sea or a lake to swim, because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.

Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team, so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation with the team. Watching sport and doing it are both good ways to relax.

In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for the health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep fit.

Besides these ways, Polish people have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.

1. Polish people have many different hobbies in order to .

A. solve their daily problems

B. finish all their work

C. make some friends

D. relax themselves in their spare time

2. Why do some Polish people like climbing mountains?

A. Because they hate traveling.

B. Because they can get exercise from it.

C. Because they can find a new place.

D. Because it is comfortable and funny.

3. Which of the following sports is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Playing sports.

B. Climbing mountains.

C. Skating.

D. Swimming.

4. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A. Football is many Polish people's favorite sport.

B. Young Polish people often go to the gym.

C. All the Polish people do sports in their spare time.

D. Most Polish people like watching sport.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Polish culture is colorful.

B. We can have many ways of spending our free time.

C. A doctor can give you good advice.

D. It is no need doing sport activities.

B

Habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes something that we do almost without thinking. Some of them are thought to be bad habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to achieve it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.

First, look at why you do it. In other words, what's the result of doing this thing? If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure, what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet!

Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework undone is a bad habit because you may be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things that you need to learn.

When you think that way, you'll find that it's not wise to keep your bad habit! Now it is time to make a decision. What will you choose? I'm sure you will choose to do what you think is more important.

6. From the first paragraph we know that .