Do you have a hobby—something you really enjoy doing in your spare time? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could spend more time on your hobby and less time at work? Maybe it’s not an either/or situation. Perhaps you can do both at the same time.
When choosing a career, one of the things you must consider is your interests. Why then do so many people not even think about their hobbies when a hobby is, in fact, an interest? Perhaps it’s because even Webster’s Dictionary defines a hobby as “a pursuit (消遣，嗜好) outside one’s regular occupation (职业)”. Maybe this is a rule you should break. After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation. In addition people are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination of interest and skill is a very compelling (令人信服的) reason to choose a particular career.
“Who’s going to hire someone who loves making beaded (串珠状的) jewelry?” you may ask yourself. Good question. Don’t wait for someone to hire you. Start your own business. That may be the best way to combine your hobby with your career. Those with hobbies that involve creating things, i.e. jewelry, clothing, or pottery, may do well to sell those items on their own. Before you go forward with your plans, though, you should find out whether being an entrepreneur (企业家) is for you.
When you attempt to turn your hobby into a career, don’t forget to do your homework. Even though you may have enjoyed training your pet birds to sing the national song, that doesn’t mean you’re suitable to be an animal trainer. Be sure to research your career choice completely. There may be aspects（方面）of it that just aren’t for you. In that case, stick to your day job, as they say, and save your hobby for your free time.
Why does the writer ask two questions in the first paragraph?

A．To lead in the topic of hobby and career.

B．To describe what can be a hobby.

C．To compare hobbies with work.

D．To explain what a hobby is.

We can infer（推断）from paragraph 2 that many people ___________.

A．always mix their interest with their hobbies

B．often separate their hobbies from their jobs

C．daren’t break a rule of choosing their jobs

D．don’t know the true meaning of a hobby

What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Doing one’s homework may be a hobby.

B．A day job can’t be a hobby in your spare time.

C．Not every hobby is suitable to become a career.

D．An animal trainer has a hobby of singing songs.

By writing this passage, the writer wants to introduce ___________.

A．how to choose a hobby for your free time

B．how to develop your own hobby

C．how to treat your job as a hobby

D．how to turn a hobby into a career