American boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.

Television（電視）is like books and films . A child can learn good things and bad things from it. Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places from other countries. With TV, children do not have to go out to see films, they can hear interesting music or watch a game at home. But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting and useful things to do.

1.In America, some children spend eight hours or more _____ on Saturday .

A. studying                B. playing games   

C. watching TV            D. helping their parents

2. With TV, children can ________ at home.

A. play football             B. hold a sports meeting  

C. see some films            D. have a swim

3. What does the underlined word “programs” mean?

A. 頻道 　　　  B. 節(jié)目 　　　  C. 新聞　　　   D. 小品

 

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage

There is a saying in England which goes; ‘the rain in Spain(西班牙. falls mainly on the plain’. I can tell you now that it is a        . The rain in Spain seems to fall mostly on me. I am spending a year in Galicia and, although it is certainly a beautiful part of the world, I think it rains more than in England.

There are no plains here. It is a coastal area, and clouds and storms directly get pushed in from over the ocean with force. As I write, there is a heavy rain outside. I have three umbrellas. Two big ones and a little one which I keep on me          ,  just in case. Believe me what I tell you is all true.

The problem is that very often, umbrellas offer no help at all. The wind is so strong that even the best umbrella in the world becomes useless.        , I often arrive at work with a dry head and shoulders (protected by my umbrella., but with wet feet and legs. The rain falls hard and fast, and there is no escaping it.

When people from England think of Spain, they imagine beaches and sunshine. Those things are a world away from my experiences here in Galicia. But I’m not        . It is because of all this rain that the countryside here is so green and beautiful. In the town a very nice white wine is made. And there are beautiful beaches here in Galicia, although there probably is         on them at the moment.

And most important of all is the people. They are very friendly here. Most people I have spoken to are helpful. So I think that’s worth having a bit of         for. Anyway, I love my life here in Galicia.

1.A. story                    B. warning                       C. lie                              D. tradition

2.A. at all times          B. in the future          C. for the time being D. in time

3.A. In addition          B. After all                            C. In all                                  D. As a result

4.A. studying              B. complaining           C. dreaming                         D. questioning

5.A. somebody           B. anybody                           C. everybody                       D. nobody

6.A. money                          B. wine                                  C. rain                                   D. work

 

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “what is the most important in your life?” maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”

  The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster, What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

  The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.

  Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex（性別）. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends “that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others in many subjects because of that.

  We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

1.The Internet can not be used for______.

A.  studying

B.  shopping

C.  thinking

D.  playing

2.When the computer was invented, it was______.

A.  large and worked quickly

B.  small and worked slowly

C.  large but worked slowly

D.  small but worked quickly

3.The Internet was born in about______.

A.1960    B. 1970     C. 1980     D.1985

4.Which of the following is true ?

A.  Few students like going into the Internet.

B.  Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends.”

C.  These “unreal friends” often meet each other.

D.  Students know the friends on the Internet very well.

5.What does the writer think of the Internet?

A.  It is wonderful.

B.  It can make students study harder.

C.  It is not good for students.

D.  It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it.

 

American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Sunday.                                                   Television are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some shows help children to understand the news, others show people and places from other countries or other times in history. With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see play, a concert or game at home. Television brings many places and events(事件) into our homes. Some programs show crime(犯罪) and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.

1.Some children spend eight hours or more _____ 

A studying

B. playing game

C. watching TV

D. helping their parents

2.On television children can see _____ .

A．games                                B．big animals

C．oceans                               D．a(chǎn)lmost everything

3.Children usually spend _____   a day in school.

A．six hours

B．more than eight hours

C．only a few hours

D．four hours

4.“Television brings many places and events into our homes” means “_____ ”.

A．Television makes things happen in homes

B．We can know places and events without going to see them

C．We can see houses and buildings on TV

D．We can find them easily.

5.Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is ____ for children.

A．a(chǎn) bad program                         B．a(chǎn)n animal

C．a(chǎn) game                               D．a(chǎn)n uninteresting film

 

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Maria Gomez was born in Peru（秘魯）.She grew up in a small village. She  1  when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she 2 to high school. Her family was very  3 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  4 in a shoe factory.

When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   5  to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria  6  in the United States，she was not very happy.

She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  7 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  8  worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  9  at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   10 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（將來(lái)）in the new country.

1.A. went to school B. go to school   C. goes to school   D. begins school

2.A.went            B. didn’t go         C. began      D. wasn’t

3.A.rich            B. poor           C. happy          D. glad

4.A.works       B. is working   C. is going to work D. worked

5.A.moved       B. go             C. stayed         D. lived

6.A.reached     B. arrived      C .got             D. moved

7.A.tell            B. talk           C. know           D. say

8.A.when        B. so             C. or             D. and

9.A.studying        B. studied        C. study          D. studies

10.A.to do      B. do             C. to be          D. be