19．Nowadays，most of us live a busy life．What do you do to keep yourself relaxed？Besides spending time with family，having a glass of wine with friends or reading a book，how about a hobby？
Personally，I'm a collector．I like blue and white pieces the best---blue and white anything﹗Plates，jars，vases，cups，bowls---I love them all．Collecting items is like something you can't get enough of．You get one，and you want to have more．
I find collecting to be a fun and inspirational hobby．In many ways，it's like a puzzle I'm never tired of solving．I look high and low for new pieces to add to my collection．I can often be found visiting Marshell's，looking over their inexpensive offerings．In fact，I found one of my favorite pieces there．
I've mixed inexpensive pieces from Marshell's with more expensive finds．A lot of times，it's the piece I'm not looking for that falls into my lap； I find a way to make it part of my blue and white family．What I love about my collection is that when I get inspired，I can move them around the house，mix and match and make things look fresh and new．
Ever since I was a little girl，blue has been my favorite color．I think I got it from my aunt in Mexico．Some of my earliest memories are visiting her in Mexico and sitting on a chair in her kitchen，which had blue and white tiles（瓷磚）from the floor to the ceiling．I would spend countless hours admiring all the beautiful blue and white plates and shiny blue tiles around her kitchen．Once I had a home，I began to build my own blue and white collection．
54．We can infer that in the writer's opinion，A．
A．having a hobby can help us relax
B．reading a book alone is really boring
C．keeping a hobby is not easy for most of people
D．having a glass of wine with friends is not a good idea
55．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean？D
A．Collecting things requires a lot of money．
B．People always want less than they need．
C．People may not know what they want to collect．
D．Once you start collecting things，it's hard to stop．
56．If something falls into your lap，it means youC．
A．have been looking for it
B．don't know what it is
C．get it unexpectedly
D．like it very much
57．What's the last paragraph mainly about？B
A．When the writer started collecting things．
B．When the writer started liking blue things．
C．What kind of thing the writer collected first．
D．Why the writer liked her aunt's things so much．
分析 本文作者主要介紹了在繁忙的工作之余，令自己放松的愛好---收藏藍(lán)色與白色的物品；文中詳細(xì)介紹了作者從收藏中得到的樂趣，收藏習(xí)慣以及自己喜歡藍(lán)色的起因等．
解答 答案：
54．A 觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題 根據(jù)第一段提到了：在繁忙的工作之余，（包括愛好在內(nèi)的）幾種可以令人放松的方法，以及第三段中的"I find collecting to be a fun and inspirational hobby．（我發(fā)現(xiàn)收藏是有趣的和鼓舞人心的愛好）"可知，作者認(rèn)為：愛好可以使人放松；故選A
55．D 句意解釋題 根據(jù)第二段中"You get one，and you want to have more．（你得到一個(gè)，你還想要更多）"可推測出此處的意思是：收藏起物品來就好像永遠(yuǎn)都得不到滿足一樣；故選D
56．C 句意解釋題 根據(jù)上文作者提到了自己收藏了許多藍(lán)色以及白色的物品以及收藏起物品來總覺得像得不到滿足一樣；可知此處講述的應(yīng)是這些藏品的來由，即：很多時(shí)候，它并不是我要找的物品，卻突然出現(xiàn)在了我的面前；故選C
57．B 內(nèi)容歸納題 在最后一段中，作者主要講述了開始喜歡藍(lán)色的時(shí)間以及起因；故選B
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