Question

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1. This is a text about a hobby turned into a full-time job. Read it and fill each gap with a word from the table. (30p)

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Searching her mind for ………. (1) present ideas, housewife Val Moir had the inspiration of giving her two grown-up sons eight-inch-high ……….. (2) replicas of their houses. Encouraged by her pottery tutor, she made a miller’s cottage for one and a pretty Victorian house for the other. They were so ………. (3) that Val decided to turn her hobby into a full-time ………. (4). Working from home, she ……….. (5) between £ 50 and £ 80 for her models of customers’ homes, which range from three-bedroom flats to grand country mansions. Each house ……….. (6) between 16 and 20 hours to make. Val, 57, first ……… (7) pottery in her early 20’s. she went to local classes but found that she didn’t have enough time to pursue her ………(8). When she took it up again, it was for good. Now most of her………. (9) can be admired in local craft ……… (10).

2. The following sayings are all connected with food. Match the two halves of each saying. Write the full sentences on your answer sheet. (30p)


a) A hobby is hard work….

b) My only hobby is laziness, …

c) A hobby is only fun if …

d) People are spending more on their hobbies ….

e) It’s something I do as a hobby, …

…to make their free time more enjoyable.

…so I have to fit it in wherever I can.

…you wouldn’t do for a living.

… which naturally rules out all the others.


…you do not have time to do it.

3. Read the following quote and answer the questions on your answer sheet. (30p)

”To be really happy and safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they all must be real.” Sir Winston Churchill.

a) What is Churchill’s opinion about hobbies? Do you agree with him? Why? Why not?
b) Do you have a hobby? What is it?
c) Do you know anyone who has an unusual hobby? What is it?

Answer 1

Răspuns:

A) I BELIEVE CHURCHILL IS RIGHT BECAUSE HOBBIES MAKE US HAPPY EVERY DAY

B) MY HOBBY IS DANCE I FEEL GOOD WHEN I DANCE BECAUSE I DO WHAT I LIKE.

B) I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS AN UNUSUAL HOBBY BUT I THINK I WILL KNOW SOMETIMES.( exercițiul 3)