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（电视）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．频道 B．节目 C．新闻 D．小品
John and Henry studied in the same school. John lived in fear of Henry — every day he gave his lunch money to Henry, but Henry still beat (揍) him up. He said that if John told anyone he would beat him up in front of all the other kids in his class. John had to ask his mom for more and more lunch money, but he seemed 1 than ever and came home from school hungry every day.
John even cried one day, and a girl told everyone that he was just like a baby and had cried. John was 2 and felt so bad about himself and about school.
One day, John met Jimmy, a boy 3 also had to give his lunch money to Henry. John told Jimmy how he 4 bullying (欺侮), and found that Jimmy felt the same. They finally thought of a good way of dealing with their 5 .
The following day, Henry came to John to ask him for his lunch money.
“I don’t want to give my money to you,” said John.
“What?” Henry shouted.
John said 6 , “I want to have my lunch today, and you, get away (滚开)!”
“You want to get beaten up?!”
Just then Henry’s fist (拳头) was hitting John’s face, they heard 7 shout, “Stop!” Henry was very angry to hear that. He turned around 8 found that his teacher Ms Brown was standing just behind him. He felt very surprised. Jimmy had taken Ms. Brown to John’s class and she 9 the bullying with her own eyes. Henry was taken to the head teacher’s office. 10 that, he never bullied others again. John and Jimmy helped not only themselves but Henry and other kids.
1. A．better B．thinner C．heavier D．happier
2. A．embarrassed B．excited C．relaxed D．pleased
3. A．which B．whom C．who D．/
4. A．liked B．suggested C．appreciated D．hated
5. A．accident B．task C．trouble D．friendship
6. A．strongly B．politely C．sincerely D．fortunately
7. A．nobody B．anyone C．everybody D．someone
8. A．but B．and C．or D．however
9. A．listened B．saw C．looked D．heard
10. A．Before B．Behind C．After D．Except
— What did Jim say ?
— He said he _____ to the park every Sunday.
A．go B．goes C．went D．will go
Are ______ her parents?
A. this B. these C. she
The number of the films ____________ than before.
A．is larger B．is more C．are larger D．are more
—You are nice in this dress.
—____
A．It’s right. B．No, it isn’t. C．Thank you. D．OK.
