阅读理解 A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his free time. Hobbyists raise pets, watc...

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2016年新目标英语中考知能综合检测十二：八年级下册 Units 5、6

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A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his free time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers. They also go to concerts, climb mountains, go fishing, skate and swim. They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps.

People follow hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship，knowledge and relaxation. Sometimes they even make money by following a hobby. Hobbies help people relax after hard work, and provide a balance between work and play. Hobbies also offer interesting activities for persons who are retired. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, can follow an interesting hobby.

Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy. Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients (病人) recover 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. Anyone, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, can follow a good hobby, in spite of his age, health or money.

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. People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs. More people retire at an earlier age than before. 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 of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby. ”

（1）、Which of the following is TRUE?

A、A hobby is a kind of activity that a person likes to do in his free time. B、A hobby is one's regular activity in his office. C、A hobby is a kind of activity only for old people. D、A hobby is a kind of activity only for young people.

（2）、It seems that people who _______ may spend more time enjoying their hobbies than others.

A、have little money B、have much money C、have left school D、have retired from work

（3）、The underlined word “recover” in the third paragraph means “_______”.

A、get back B、become calm C、get well again D、become happy

（4）、In early times, most people spent less time on their hobbies because _______.

A、they were brave B、they were busy making a living C、they were healthy D、they were not interested in hobbies

（5）、What does the writer think about hobbies?

A、People should have hobbies in their free time. B、Machines also have their hobbies. C、Hobbies are popular among people in Egypt. D、People all over the world have the same hobby.

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Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. you remember the following information，your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside late at night. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens，you can find them easily.
●Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back。When a bus is full of people，it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
●If you are followed by someone you don't know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next，don't go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
●If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. On the bus，don't sit alone. Sit behind the driver or other people. Don't sleep.

Try this: for a whole day, forget about the clock. Eat when you're hungry and sleep when you're tired. What do you think will happen?
You may be surprised to find that your day is much like most other days. You'll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Even though you don't know what time it is, your body does.
Inside our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a 24- hour cycle. Everyone is unique, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister always wants to go to bed early.
Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse on tests and quizzes. And working shifts at night leads to higher rates of heart disease.
"There is a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are," says Steven Shea, Director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
"During the night, we are prepared to sleep," Shea says. "During the day, we are prepared to eat and move around, If you reverse ( 颠倒) what you are doing, everything is out of phase. "That can have adverse consequences.

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Many people thought a computer wasn't supposed to be able to beat a top master at the ancient Chinese game, Weiqi, for at least another 10 years. But AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent system (人工智能系统) designed by Google, made it. It easily beat Lee Sedol last year, one of the best players in the world. It challenged the world's top players to show how much progress it had made over the past few years.

In late May, 2017, AlphaGo appeared in China and played against 19-year-old Ke Jie in Wuzhen, China. He is No. 1 player now in the world. However, the result wasn't out of people's expectation. He lost the match. Though Ke Jie tried his best and he once saw the victory just a step away, he lost his best chance when he became excited.

At the press conference (新闻发布会) after the match, Ke Jie was interviewed by the reporters. He said he had realized how powerful AlphaGo was, and it was getting perfect. When a Chinese reporter asked him in English, the reporter spoke so fast that the interpreter (口译员) couldn't catch him. Ke Jie got kind of angry and told him that it was unnecessary for two Chinese to speak in English. The reporter apologized to him and offered to ask him for a coffee.

The cat and mouse game is over, but the challenge between man and robots will still go on.

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In the Bay Area in California, you can find many amusement parks with fun rides.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

This theme park has rides for kids of all ages. You can also have fun with

animals here. You can ride an elephant, feed a giraffe and see other animals.

Travel time from San Francisco: 1 hour

Ticket prices: Daily pass (单日票) $49.99 per person

Train Town

This park has rides themed around trains. The most popular one is the

20-minute ride through the park on a mini train. The park is open every day

from June to August.

Travel time from San Francisco: 1 hour

Ticket prices: $7.50 per ride, per person; free for children below 12 months old

California's Great America

This amusement park is known for its thrill rides. However, there are fun rides for younger kids, too. The best part about this park is that you can visit a water

park, Boomerang Bay, at no additional (额外的) cost.

Travel time from San Francisco: 45 minutes

Ticket prices: Daily pass $39.99 per person

Children's Fairyland

It is one of the oldest theme parks in the Bay Area. The park has a puppet (木偶)

theater, which has puppet shows every day (at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.).

Travel time from San Francisco: 30 minutes

Ticket prices: Guests age 1+: $12

Guests under age 1: Free

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The speech bubble* is a way to show words spoken by characters in comics* or cartoons. The birth of the speech bubble was in the seventeenth century in England. Since then, it has been used together with drawn characters. At that time, cartoonists used the speech bubble sometimes. A cartoon called Hogan's Alley began to use it all the time in 1895. In Japan, they still had to wait until the 1930s to have the speech bubble.

A speech bubble usually has two parts – the bubble and the tail. The bubble has the messages that the character wants to express. The tail helps tell who has spoken the words. So the tail is always pointed to the character. If a character can't be seen in the picture, the tail may be pointed towards the bubble itself.

There are diverse speech bubbles. One of the most common bubbles is the thought bubble. It usually shows what the character is thinking about or an idea in a cloud-shaped or square bubble. How about expressing strong feelings? The jagged edge bubble can help to show anger or excitement. But when you want to make your character express a secret or just whisper some words, a bubble with dashed lines may be the best choice. One of the funniest bubbles is the wavy bubble with a wavy tail. It sends readers the message that the character is so tired.

The speech bubble is necessary for expressing spoken dialogues. Comic artists must carefully choose and place it in order to express the proper meaning and not to puzzle the reader. The proper use helps bring characters on the paper to life, for they have a "voice".

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