I.Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1.A. bird                B. girl                                C. first                              D. sister

2.A. burn               B. sun                                C. hurt                               D. turn

3.A. nurse             B. picture                          C. surf                               D. return

4.A. neighbour      B. favourite                       C. culture                          D. tourist

5.A.hobby             B.hour                               C.hotel                              D.hot

II.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

6.A. reporter         B. collector                       C. gardener                       D. newspaper

7.A. stamps           B. album                           C. collector                       D. mountain

8.A. skating          B. climbing                       C. gardening                     D. horse-riding

9.A. hate               B. enjoy                            C. love                              D. like

10.A. unusual        B. favourite                       C. popular                         D. common

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

11.There are many                   why it is important to have a hobby.

A. answers            B.reasons                          C.details                           D.facts

12.Will you                 making models in the future?

A.pick up              B.look for                         C.take up                          D.find

13.Do you think that hobby is                        and boring?

A.easy                   B.difficult                         C.danger                           D. interesting

14.I love my sister’s paintings because she is very               in using colours.

A.careless             B.care                                C.creative                         D.imagine

15.A hobby helps you to connect with                       people.

A.other                  B.others                            C.another                          D.the other

16.I join a photography club, and all the members love                   a lot of beautiful photos.

A.take                   B.taking                            C.make                             D.making

17.What does your father do              his free time?

A. in                      B. at                                  C. on                                 D. while

18.I think a hobby will always give you                    and help you               .

A. pleased - relax B. pleasure - relaxed        C.pleased - relaxing         D.pleasure - relax

19.You can share your stamps                       other collectors                        a stamp club.

A. with - at            B. to - at                            C. with - in                       D. to - in

20.I think this hobby does not cost you much, and                you need is time.

A. most                 B. all                                 C. some                             D. all of

21.Nowadays people               hours sitting in front of computers.

A. take                  B. last                                C. set                                 D. spend

22.I think you should take up swimming                    it is suitable for your health condition.

A. so                      B. because                         C. although                       D. but

23.My family enjoys               because we can sell vegetables and flowers                          money.

A. garden - to        B. gardening - for             C. gardening - with          D. garden - of

24.If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your                        to your friends as presents.

A. hobby               B. money                          C. greetings                      D. products

25.My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the                    magazines.

A. fashion             B. cooking                        C. sports                           D. science

26.My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is                     .

A. danger              B. in danger                      C. dangerous                     D. endangered

27.My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three                   a week.

A. time                  B. a time                                                                     C. times    D. timings

28.We often read the instructions carefully in order to make                       of the things we like best.

A. meanings          B. models                          C. copies                           D. uses

29.You need to be                    to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell.

A. careful              B. interested                     C. fit                                 D. patient

30.If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will                   your own clothes.

A. do                     B. make                             C. take                              D. get

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VI. Read the following passage carefully, and then answer the questions.

  We send young people of different nationalities on expeditions around the world. Our volunteers get the chance to work with local people to learn about different cultures.

  There are ten expeditions every year. Each expedition lasts for ten weeks and takes 150 volunteers. They go to countries such as Chile, Namibia, Mongolia and Viet Nam. Some of our volunteers work with local people to provide facilities, for example, building schools. Others work in national parks or help scientists to do environmental research.

  These adventurous, young people come from all over the world. To become a volunteer, you have to be between 17 and 25; you have to speak some English and you also have to be enthusiastic, flexible and hard-working members of a team.

1.Who goes on the expeditions?

2.How many expeditions are there every year?

3.How long does each expedition last?

4.What do the volunteers help scientists?

5.Which language must we know to become a volunteer?

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