2016九江二中、临川二中高三联考英语试题答案

江西省九江一中、临川二中

2016届高三下学期联合考试

英 语 试 题

注意事项：1.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，答题时间120分钟。答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。

2. 第Ⅰ卷（选择题）答案必须使用2B铅笔填涂；第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）必须将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

3.考试结束，将答题卡交回，试卷由个人妥善保管。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

     听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the woman think of the man?

A. Very careful. B. Too careless. C. Quite dishonest.

2. What happened to the tape?

A. Michael brought it to the party.

B. Michael has returned it to Jim.

C. Michael couldn't find it.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. She forgot to cancel the reservation.

B. They can go to the restaurant tonight.

C. She hasn't made a reservation.

4. Why can't the woman contact the man?

A. He just had a long phone conversation.

B. His phone is out of order.

C. The phone line is poor.

5. How will the woman's problem be solved?

A. She'll get her money back.

B. She can exchange the T-shirt.

C. She'll have a talk with the manager.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. When will the speakers meet?

A. On Wednesday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Monday.

7. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To praise her for her progress.

B. To invite her to his office.

C. To make an appointment.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What is the woman doing outside?

A. Reading. B. Looking at the lights. C. Waiting for her kid.

9. What do we know about the woman?

A. She worked hard and achieved success.

B. She still lives a very hard life.

C. She will leave the city soon.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. At Leech's school. B. At the man's. C. On the phone.

11. How long has Leech been away from home?

A. The whole afternoon. B. A whole day. C. Two days.

12. What's the color of Leech's shirt?

A. White. B. Blue. C. Green.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. How does the woman feel?

A. Excited. B. Tired. C. Sorry.

14. What happened to the woman?

A. She was late for her flight. B. Her flight was canceled. C. Her flight was delayed.

15. What was the woman's flight like?

A. Noisy and uncomfortable. B. Quiet and relaxing. C. Crowded but nice.

16. What was wrong with the woman's bag?

A. It was broken. B. It was lost. C. It was left at the airport.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What's the discovery about hobbies?

A. They are profitable and fun. B. They are restful. C. They are tiring.

18. Which hobbies may become occupations according to the passage?

A. Painting and playing football.

B. Writing and taking photographs.

C. Writing and swimming.

19. What's the effect of hobbies in the doctors' opinion?

A. Help people choose jobs.

B. Make people busy with life.

C. Make people's lives more enjoyable.

20. What should people sitting all day at desks do?

A. Do some sports.

B. Raise some fish or flowers.

C. Collect stamps or bottles.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Shellharbour City Library provides a range of Library Special Needs Services for people who are unable to access our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Shellharbour City，we'll provide a full range of library services and resources including：

● Large printed and ordinary printed books

● Talking books on tape and CD

● DVDs and music CDs

● Magazines

● Reference and information requests

You will be asked to complete a ‘Statement of Need’ application form which must be signed by a medical professional.

Home delivery service

Let us know what you like to read and we will choose the resources for you. Our staff will deliver the resources to your home for free. We also provide a service where we can choose the resources for you or someone instead of you choose the things from the library. You can also choose the resources you need personally.

Talking books and captioned videos

The library can provide talking books for people who are unable to use printed books because of eye diseases. You don't have to miss out on reading any more when you can borrow talking books from the library. If you have limited hearing which prevents you from enjoying movies，we can provide captioned videos for you at no charge.

Languages besides English

We can provide books in a range of languages besides English. If possible, we will request these items from the State Library of NSW，Australia.

How to join?

Contact the Library Special Needs Coordinator to register or discuss if you are eligible(合适的) for any of the services we provide—Tuesday，Wednesday and Thursday 9am—5pm on 4297 2522 for more information.

21. Who are the Library Special Needs Services designed for?

   A. those who are fond of reading 

   B. only those who have walking disabilities

   C. those who can't get medical help in Shellharbour City

   D. people living in Shellharbour City with an illness or disability 

22. What will people with eye diseases choose if they want to learn about history?

   A. talking books B. captioned videos 

   C. magazines                     D. large printed books 

23. How will you get home delivery service?

   A. only choosing printed books B. registering ahead of time 

   C. paying the library ahead of time   D. having others choose the resources for you

B

I set out to help clean up the beach after a violent storm a year ago. The sight I saw was heartbreaking. The broken houses seemed to be weeping quietly. I couldn't describe how I felt. But something special among the debris (废墟) turned my day around.

I joined a club to clean up the beach after the storm last November. As I removed the debris from the beach, I noticed an object with shiny buttons in the wet sand. It was a jacket, and I was excited since Halloween was coming and I thought I had found a great costume. After picking it up, I was able to see that the jacket was from West Point (西点军校), the United States Military Academy, and it had the name “deGavre” written inside. I realized the jacket might be important to someone. I decided to find the jacket's owner and return it.

I called the West Point Museum, considering that if the family couldn't be found, the jacket should go there. The museum connected me with Kim McDermott, Director of Communications for the Academy's Association of Graduates. Kim soon ensured that the jacket had belonged to Chester Braddock deGavre, who was a 1933 graduate and a war hero, but passed away in 1993.

I sent Kim a photo of the jacket and she posted it to the West Point Association of Graduates Facebook Page, asking if anyone could help us find the family. In less than two hours, someone had found and called the hero's wife, Teresa. Soon I started to receive personal messages from members of the deGavre family, their friends and others who were touched by the story and they found me on Facebook.

Finding Chester deGavre's jacket and connecting to his family with the help of Facebook have been so meaningful to me. I've formed a bond with amazing people I might have never met.

24. How did the author feel when seeing the sight after the storm?

    A. surprised         B. upset         C. nervous        D. disappointed

25. What did the author think at first after he saw the jacket?

A. He should try to find its owner.     B. He could use it for special occasion.

C. He should return it to West Point.   D. He could send it to others for free.

26. The author called the West Point Museum because he thought ________．

   A. the museum may have collected the jacket B. the jacket's owner worked there

   C. the workers there needed the jacket           D. the jacket was made there

27. According to the text, Kim McDermott ________．

   A. happened to be the owner of the jacket   B. was a student graduating from West Point

   C. could find a record of the graduates     D. was a family member of the author

C

In his lifetime La Tour must have been one of the most admired painters, who was on close terms with courts in Lorraine and Paris and became the King’s Painter to Louis XIII in 1639. However, not many of his works survived. These can be divided into his early “day pieces”, and the later “night pieces”. His sometimes direct realism and unflattering(不恭维的) presentation of the miserable subjects does not at all mean a sympathetic attitude to the socially disadvantaged of the day, on the contrary, issues of this kind were intended to amuse high society, who enjoyed decorating the walls of their homes with such melodramatic scenes. La Tour, affected by Caravaggio, painted various scenes of gambling. In Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds, an inexperienced, wealthy and well- dressed young man is being cheated at cards in the dishonest company of a courtesan (交际花) with her lover and a servant girl. Wine and the promise of love adventure have made the young dandy (好打扮的男人) so light- headed that he does not notice the apparent trick of an ace being drawn from his opponent’s belt.

Most of the paintings by La Tour we have at our disposal the art historians date after 1640. In these works La Tour is captivated with lightning effects which create sharp outlines. This fascination with light brought him great success in his day. However, he was completely forgotten after his death, only to be rediscovered in our own day. La Tour is an example of how artists can pass in and out of favor of the public.

28. Why did La Tour present the socially disadvantaged in his works?

A. To show sympathy for them

B. To amuse people of high society

C. To show how miserable his subjects are

D. To decorate the walls of rich people’s homes

29. What do we know about Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds?

A. It shows a gambling scene

B. It has lightning effects

C. It bears no influence of other painters

D. It is about love between a young man and a courtesan

30. What does the underlined word captivated probably mean?

A. concerned   B. satisfied

C. connected   D. fascinated

31. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. La Tour wasn’t admired in his day

B. La Tour became The King’s Painter in 1639

C. La Tour didn’t always win favor of the public

D. Most of La Tour’s works were created after 1640

D

Why is it hard for many of us to do things for ourselves before we do for others? Maybe we believe the “good” woman sacrifices herself for her family and, increasingly, for her work. “ In terms of our relationships, women often feel they’re responsible for everything- which is not a complete misunderstanding,” says nationally syndicated （为多家报刊供稿的）columnist and life coach Harriette Cole. “We are the ones who usually lead the way. But somehow we get from there to the idea that the world won’t work if we don’t help it along.

Taking on responsibilities that might be well or even better handled by others is one of the ways we begin to lose our balance and slide down the slippery slope from generosity to martyrdom（殉道）. Because women are likely to be the primary caretakers for husbands and children as well as for aging parents, we have ample opportunity to fall into the pattern of serving the people we love before we serve ourselves. But there are good reasons to be careful about that, “ If you always put someone else first, there’s a tendency for others to depreciate you , to lose respect, because respect for another comes from an understanding that that person has her own wishes, dreams, and desires,” says Ethel S. Person, MD, author of Feeling Strong: The Achievement of Authentic Power. Besides, why must there be only one person in first place at a time? “It’s possible to have equal concerns for yourself and for loved ones,” says Person. “There aren’t always conflicting priorities.”

In fact, being skilled at taking care of yourself may improve your ability to care for others; if you’re not fulfilled, you’re only able to see other people through your own needs. And studies suggest that not taking care of ourselves is unhealthy for those who depend on us. At the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, researchers found that greater level of caregiver stress were associated with increased respiratory(呼吸的) problems among the babies in their charge.

32. What does Harriette Cole agree with?

  A. If women don’t help along, the world will still work.

B. Women should put themselves after others to provide proper care.

C. It is absolutely wrong for women to think they are responsible for everything.

D. If a woman doesn’t sacrifice for her family or work, she is not a good woman.

33. What can women do to avoid losing their balance?

A. Fall into the habit of putting others first

B. Shoulder as many responsibilities as possible

C. Develop some hobbies that can take them off their work

D. Try to have equal concerns for themselves and their loved ones

34. Where does respect for another come from according to Ethel S. Person?

A. Knowing that that person is the primary caretaker for the family.

B. Being aware that that person has her own wishes, dreams and desires.

C. Understanding that that person has made great sacrifices for others.

D. Realizing that that person often copes with a dilemma of conflicting priorities.

35. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Women should always put their own needs first.

B. Your stress may contribute to your infants’ respiratory problems.

  C. Taking good care of yourself allows you to take better care of others.

  D. The women unable to look after themselves raise unhealthy children.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

It’s acknowledged that there are two biggest wealth in life: your talent and your time. Talent increases and time decreases. Our life, in a way, is trading time with talents. Wasting time means our time decreases while our talents do not increase.     36     

 Get to know how you use your usual time and make improvements

Take a week and write down what you do every 30 minutes every day and make it into categories. After a week’s recording, you’ll see which part consumes most of the time.     37     And you could come up with a revised timetable for your next week.

 Use fragment(碎片) times and “dead times”

By time recording, you’ll be amazed how much time you’ve wasted in waiting for the bus, queuing, walking, etc. You could really put that time to better use.     38     Use your fragment times for insignificant matters so that you could have more time for things that really matter.  

     39    

There’re always things to be done every day, and the thing we could do is to identify whether it’s urgent or important. The things you need to do for the day rest only on the urgent as well as important things. Don’t become slaves to urgent but unimportant things.

 ·Use the 20%--80% principle 

At the most efficient time, 20% of time could generate 80% of efficiency and on the contrary, at the least efficient time, 80% of the time could only generate 20% of efficiency. We should be doing important works at the most efficient time. That time period differs from person to person,     40      Yet, generally speaking, it’s round 10 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. 

After being familiar with those tips, the next thing would be to implement and hold on to it. Do the right thing at the right time, and we shall make our time to its fullest. 

 A. Finish as many tasks as possible.

B. Make an analysis about the ways you could improve your efficiency.

C. That is why we shall save every second and make it count.

D. First things first.

E. Like memorizing English words or making necessary phone calls. 

F. Depending on your mentality and physical condition.

G. But everyone has a peak effect time.

第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In recent years, the population of the world has been increasing rapidly.

Why is this enormous increase in population __41_? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and the _42_ of what is coming to be called Death Control. You have heard of Birth Control? Death Control is _43_ rather different. Death Control _44_ the work of the doctors and nurses and the hospitals and the health _45_ in keeping alive people who, a few years ago, would have died of some of the _46_ serious killing diseases, _47_ they used to be. 

Squalid conditions, which we can correct by an improved _48_ of living, caused a lot of diseases and dirt. Medical examinations at school _49_ diseases early and ensure healthier school _50_. Scientists are at work stamping out malaria and other more deadly diseases. If you are seriously ill there is a ( an ) _51_ to take you to a modern hospital. Medical care helps to keep people alive longer. We used to think seventy is a _52_ age; now eighty, ninety, it may be, are coming to be considered as a normal age for human beings. People are living longer because of this Death Control, and fewer children are dying, so the population of the world is _53_ .

However, this enormous increase of population will create immense problems. By the year of 2050, unless something desperate happens, there will be as _54_ as 7,500,000,000 people on the surface of this earth! How to _55_ such a large number of people? This is the greatest problem which _56 _us.

A lot of things are going to happen in the next fifty years. It is very important to increase the _57_ of grain plants and _58_ has happened through the work of the geneticists in the last few years. For instance, there has been an enormous world increase in the production of _59_ Americans call corn (maize to us) owing to the development of new grains. And _60_ agriculture geneticists are working hard to get more food. 

41. A. taking up     B. taking off     C. taking on     D. taking place

42. A. experience         B. practice C. understanding D. awareness

43. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

44. A. knows B. recognizes C. approves D. dismisses

45. A. diets B. examinations C. activities D. services

46. A. probably B. slightly C. incredibly D. deeply

47. A. as B. when C. since D. because

48. A. interest B. strength C. belief D. standard

49. A. take B. make C. ignore D. catch

50. A. cooks B. principals C. children D. parents

51. A. car B. ambulance C. taxi D. school bus

52. A. good B. bad C. smart D. foolish

53. A. cheering up B. growing up C. shooting up D. getting up

54. A. much B. few C. little D. many

55. A. feed B. educate C. train D. increase

56. A. frees   B. forces C. faces D. finds

57. A. number B. quality C. yield D. taste

58. A. a great many B. a great deal C. a sum D. a majority

59. A. that B. which C. how D. what

60. A. about B. with C. towards D. throughout

第II卷

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Born in Ningbo, China in 1930, Tu Youyou, an old Chinese pharmacologist (药理学家),   61   (receive) her 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm on December 12, 2015. It was announced that she was one of the three scientists   62   (award) the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in   63   (develop) effective drugs against parasitic diseases (寄生虫病). She became China's first medicine Nobel laureate and she won the prize for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug that has   64   (sharp) lowered the number of people   65   die from malaria. Her discovery is a great   66   (contribute) of traditional Chinese medicine to human health.

After she graduated   67   the Pharmacy Department at Beijing Medical University in 1955, Tu was trained in traditional Chinese medicine for two and a half years.   68   (late) she worked in China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Now she   69   (be) looked on as a representative figure of the first generation of Chinese medical workers since the establishment of   70   People's Republic of China in 1949.

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加/删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用\划掉。

修改：在错词的下面画—横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均限一词

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分

A book corner will be set up in our classroom. Our teacher calls on everyone donate a book. I support the decision because of books are the stairs leading to success. Read is of great help to us. The book corner helps broaden our horizon, and making our out-of-class activities more colorfully.  

The book I donate is "How to Improve Your English Writing", that can be beneficial to students who have troubles in writing English compositions. First, it introduces different types of English writing or some skills to write well. Besides, it provides many useful expressions and structures. Also, we can get good tips give by some experts. So I hope it can help my classmates about their English writing as well.

第二节　书面表达(满分25分)

假如你是李华,你最近正在阅读英语小说Jane Eyre，但难以继续阅读下去，请依据下列要点写信给外教Peter，希望得到他的帮助。

内容要点：

1、生词使得自己难以顺畅阅读,如何处理生词。

 2、尝试复述故事时，记不住人物名字。

3、望得到Peter的指导。

注意:1、词数100左右;

2、可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter, 

…

Yours, 

Li Hua

联考答案

听力：1—5BCCCA 6—10BCBAC 11—15BBBAA 16—20BABCA

阅读：21-23 DAB  24-27 BBAC 28-31 BADC  32-35 ADBC  36-40 CBEDF

完形：41—45 DBABD  46—50CADDC  51—55BACDA  56—60CCBDD

语法填空:

61.received     62. awarded   63.developing     64. sharply     65. who/that 

66. contribution   67.from   68. Later     69. is   70. the 

改错：

A book corner will be set up in our classroom. Our teacher calls on everyone (增加to)donate a book. I support the decision because of (删除of) books are the stairs leading to success. Read (Reading) is of great help to us. The book corner helps broaden our horizon, and making (make) our out-of-class activities more colorfully (colorful).

The book I donate is "How to Improve Your English Writing", that (which) can be beneficial to students who have troubles (trouble) in writing English compositions. First, it introduces different types of English writing or (and) some skills to write well. Besides, it provides many useful expressions and structures. Also, we can get good tips give (given) by some experts. So I hope it can help my classmates about (with) their English writing as well.

作文：

Dear Peter,

I’ve been reading the English novel Jane Eyre recently. However, I find it challenging to continue with it. I’m writing to ask for your sincere proposal on how to read an English novel.

What puzzles me most is every single of strange word. Every time I come across a word unfamiliar to me, I’m inclined to look it up, which really distracts me from enjoying the plot of the book. But I just can’t help doing so. Moreover, the names of those characters never come to my mind whenever I’m trying to share a story of the book with my friends. With all these problems, hardly can I read on. So I’m wondering if you could spare your time to offer me some practical suggestions on how to read. I’d appreciate your early reply. 

Sincere thanks to you!

Yours,

Li Hua

听力原文

Text 1

M: I'm sorry. I've broken a glass. 

W: Oh, you should be more careful. 

Text 2

W: Did Michael find the tape he borrowed from Jim?

M: He looked everywhere for it, but in the end he had to go to the party without it. 

Text 3

M: I'm sorry. I need to work late tonight. So you'd better cancel our reservation at the restaurant. 

W: Oh, actually I've never got round to making one in the first place. 

Text 4

M: Hello?

W: Hi, David. You are very difficult to reach. I called you several times. But I kept getting a busy signal. Is your phone out of order?

M: No, not out of order. But we seem to have a bad connection on the phone line. I can't hear you clearly. 

Text 5

W: I'd like to talk to someone about the T-shirt. It has shrunk to half its original size. 

M: Sorry, madam, we've had a lot of complaints about the T-shirt. Don't worry. You'll be paid total compensation. 

Text 6

M: May I speak to Petty?

W: Speaking. 

M: Good morning, Petty. 

W: Good morning, Steward. 

M: ⑦I'd like to discuss your personal progress report with you as soon as possible. Would Tuesday be all right for you?

W: ⑥Tuesday? That's tomorrow?

M: Yes. 

W: Let me see. How about tomorrow, say, 8:30?

M: ⑥Then suppose I come to your office at 8:30 tomorrow. 

W: ⑥Good. I'll be expecting you then. 

M: Thank you. Good-bye. 

W: Good-bye. 

Text 7

M: What are you doing here alone?

W: ⑧Just looking at the lights. I like to look at the city at night. 

M: Everybody's standing around the piano and singing. Don't you want to join us?

W: I'd rather stay out here for a few minutes. Look down there where I'm pointing. 

M: I don't see anything special. 

W: That's where I used to live when I was a child. 

M: What kind of neighborhood was it?

W: A very poor one. Everyone was supposed to work hard and end up with a house in the outer area of the city. 

M: ⑨But you've ended up with a flat in the sky. 

W: Yes. I don't want to lose it. 

Text 8

M: ⑩Police Station. Can I help you?

W: Yes. It's about my son Leech. He went to the school this morning but hasn't been back yet and it's 7:00 pm now. 

M: Just a moment, please. May I have his name?

W: Leech Smith. 

M: Now Mrs. Smith, what is the matter exactly?

W: Well, Leech left home at 7:00 this morning, but just now his teacher called me and asked why Leech didn't go to school. 

M: Do you think it's possible that he went to his friend's home?

W: I don't think so. I called his friends and our neighbors, but none of them had seen Leech today. 

M: I see. Now, let's move to some details. How old is he?

W: 10 years old. And he is 1.5 meters tall. 

M: What's he wearing?

W: A blue shirt, and white shoes, carrying a green schoolbag. 

M: We'll do our best to find him, Mrs. Smith. Please try not to worry. 

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M: Kate! Welcome back!

W: Ah… I'm exhausted…

M: What happened?

W: I left my hotel in New York at 6:00 this morning, but I forgot my briefcase, so I had to go back and get it. And then I missed my flight… So I had to wait two hours for the next flight. It was so frustrating!

M: I bet. 

W: And I sat next to a lady who talked and talked, and a little kid kept kicking my seat! I almost lost my mind!

M: Oh, no! That's terrible. Where's your suitcase?

W: Well, when I arrived, my bag wasn't at the baggage claim!

M: That's so annoying. I can't believe it! Well, at least you made it!

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M: Many people have discovered that hobbies can be profitable as well as fun. Some people have fine collections of bottles, flags, stamps or even match boxes. 

Painting, writing and taking photographs are examples of hobbies that may become occupations. Every writer, artist and photographer probably started as a hobbyist before becoming a professional. Many doctors believe that hobbies help make our lives more enjoyable. They believe that people who raise fish or collect records are too busy to spend their time worrying. Doctors also think that an active person, such as a football player, should have a restful hobby such as reading, while a person who sits at a desk all day should have a lively hobby such as tennis, golf or swimming. Most people in the United States agree with the doctors. It is difficult to find an American who does not have a favorite.