I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Nowadays people                            hours sitting in front of computers.

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

2. I think you should take up swimming _____it is suitable for your health condition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 colors.

                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 members love                    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 of                                 C. some                                 D. all

21. Hoa likes music. She often …………. to music in late evenings.                                      

A. listen                 B. listening                            C. listens                                D. to listens

22. I enjoy …………. badminton after school.

                A. doing                 B. playing                             C. seeing                                D. going

23. Ann has a large …………. of stamps.

                A. collect                               B. collection                         C. collecting          D. collections

24. How …………. you go to the library after school?

                A. often                 B. much                C. many                D. usually

25. My sister usually goes to the library with me. She likes___ comic books very much.

                A. read                   B. reading                             C. to read                              D. reads

26. In big cities, there are many kinds of _____ for young people.

                A. entertain                           B. entertains                         C. entertainment D. entertaining

27. What _____ does Minh like playing in his free time?

                A. activities                           B. sports                C. things                                D. subjects

28. He goes swimming when he ______ free time.

                A. have                  B. is having                          C. has                                    D. will have

29. My uncle likes ______ the vegetables we grow ourselves.

                A. to eat                B. eat                                     C. eats                   D. eating

30. My close friend draws very well. She will be a …………. artist one day.

                A. fame                 B. famous                             C. famously                         D. famed

31.  We ________ swimming because it’s fun and good exercise.

                A. like                                    B. are liking                             C. will like                            D. liked

32. My grandparents don’t like ________ in the city because it’s noisy and crowded.

                A. live                                    B. lived                                    C. living                                D. to living

33. Fire needs oxygen to burn. It ________ without oxygen.

                A. burn                                  B. burns                                   C. don’t burn                       D. doesn’t burn

34. How much time do you spend ________ the Internet per day?

                A. surf                                   B. to surf                                  C. surfing                              D. to be surfing

35.I don’t mind ________ a DVD, but I prefer ________ to the cinema.

                A. to watch - to go                                                                B. watching – go                

                C. to watch – going             D. watching – to go

36. _____ is her father's hobby. He likes going to the zoo to see beautiful parrots or canaries.

A.     Collecting birds                                                               B. Raising pets

C. Bird-watching                                                                    D. Arranging flowers

37. My mother loves_______ ____ She usually grows vegetables and takes care of them when she has free time.

A. cooking food B. gardening                                                C. cycling                             D. eating fruits

38. My brothers would like to________ mountain climbing. They think they will

enjoy themselves and _____ some nice photos.

A. go/ take                              B.     pick/take                         C. take/collect                     D. go/pick

39. I prefer listening to music____ very much. Gentle and nice lyrics of old songs always attract my attention.

A. Head phones         B.        noise                                         C. colours                            D. melodies

40. My father will go_____ on the sea when my family goes to the beach this week.

A. gymnastics            B. camping                                         C. horse-riding    D.            surfing

41. I love making ____ because I can create some nice and unique clay bottles

or cups to give my friends.

A. pottery                               B. paper kites                          C. architectures  D.            lanterns

42. __ is my unusual hobby. I like moving on the ice and feel like a beautiful swan.

A. Swimming                                                                          B. Eating ice-creams

C. Ice-skating                                                                          D. Making models

43. She took_______ playing the piano when she was a young girl.

A.     in                                      B. over                                    C. up                                      D. on

44. He     ____ karate club next month. He_____ to improve his health.

A.     will join/ wants                                                              B. joins/wants

C. will join/ will want                                                          D. is joining/ wants

45. Our grandfather______ he ___us how to carve eggshells this weekend.

A.     will promise/will show                                 B. is promising/shows

C. promises/will show                                                         D. promised/shows

46. My mother____ me to the museum tomorrow because she______    to finish

a lot of her work.

A.     doesn't take/ has                                                            B. won't take/ has

C. won't take/ doesn't have                 D. doesn't take/ doesn't have

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48. My brother hates______ horror films. They make him________ scary a lot.

A.     to watch/ feel                                                                B. watching/ to feel

C. to watch/ to feel                                                             D. watching/ feel

49. It's interesting______ a puppy. I enjoy_____ after it very much.

A. having/ looking                                                              B. to have/ to look

C. having/ to look                                                               D. to have/ looking

50. One of my favorite hobbies is______ comics. I love_______ more famous ones.

A. read/ collecting                                                               B. reading/collecting

C. to read/ to collect                                                           D. reading/ collected