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Tom , Nancy, Lily and Jack are my good friends. They all love to watch different TV shows. Tom likes sports, so he likes sports shows. He says they are exciting. Nancy likes to watch comedies and sitcoms. She says they always make her laugh. But Lily can’t stand them. She thinks they are meaningless. She loves game shows. Jack doesn’t mind sitcoms. He enjoys talk shows and talent shows. He likes Zhou Libo’s talk shows very much.
1.Does Tom like sports shows?
__________________________________.
2.What does Jack think of sitcoms?
__________________________________.
3.What does Nancy love to watch?
__________________________________.
Most people like watching T
V.
So does Mary.
She
doesn't mind soap operas or talk shows. But she can't stand sitcoms，for(因为)they are too boring. Sports
shows are her favorite program. She likes sports very much，and she likes watching football matches on TV.
Mary likes women's volleyball，too. She often watches matches on TV，sometimes on the Internet. Her favorite team is the Chinese team. She thinks all the members are fantastic.
Mary enjoys volleyball，but she isn't good at it. She is good at table tennis. She often plays it with her best friend after school. They are both on the school table tennis team. Sometimes they play with teams from other schools. They have a lot of fun with it.
1.Mary thinks sitcoms are ______.
A．interesting B．boring
C．exciting D．surprising
2.______ are Mary's favorite program.
A．Talk
shows B．Soap operas
C．Beijing opera D．Sports shows
3.How many kinds of shows are mentioned(提及)in the passage?
A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Mary often plays table tennis after school.
B．Mary is good at 
playing
volleyball.
C．Mary only watches volleyball matches on TV.
D．Mary's favorite team is the Japanese team.
Last Monday we asked our students about how often they do the housework in Beishan Middle School. Here are the results.
Most students do the housework twice or three times a week. They often clean their rooms. Some students do the housework five times a week. They often clean the floor(地板). Some students help their parents on the farm. They think their parents are too busy, so they help them.
The results for “wash clothes” are interesting. Some students wash clothes once or twice a week. They often wash clothes on Saturdays or Sundays. Some students wash clothes three to four times a week. They only wash their own（自己的） clothes. But most students wash their clothes once a week. And they wash clothes on Sundays.
Liu Ying, a girl in Class 6, Grade 8 has lots of
housework to do. She washes the dishes and cleans the floor every day. She
often cooks. Sometimes three times a day. She says, “My mother isn’t healthy.
My father works in another city
.
So I have to do most of the housework at home.”
1.Some students help their parents on the farm because .
A. they think they are old enough
B. they think their parents are too busy
C. they don’t have too much homework
D. it is fun
2. How often do most students wash their clothes?
A. Once a week. B. Twice a week.
C. Three to four times a week. D. never
3.From the passage we know that .
A. Liu Ying is not a healthy student
B. Liu Ying is good at housework
C. Liu Ying doesn’t want to do housework.
D. Liu Ying has to do much housework.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Most students don’t do the housework.
B. Liu Ying is a student from Class 6, Grade 8.
C. Liu Ying cooks three times a day sometimes.
D. Liu Ying washes the dishes and cleans the floor every day.
Sophie is a middle school student. Her mother is a dentist and her father is a writer. Sophie wants to be a cook. Sophie went to take part in（参加） a cake（蛋糕） making competition yesterday.
Everyone began to make a cake. But Sophie hadn’t decided what kind of cake to make.
There was only half an hour left. Sophie had not even
begun. So she began to panic (恐慌). Then she got an idea
.
She ran out and came to a cake shop. She gave fifty dollars to the shop keeper
and said, “Please give me a chocolate cake.”
Then Sophie came back and put the chocolate cake on the table. But a little boy saw her do that.
When the judges (裁判员) were just about to taste Sophie’s cake, the little boy said to the judges, “Please don’t taste her cake. She didn’t make it and she bought it from a cake shop.”
The judges were angry and said, “That was terrible, Sophie.”
From that day on, Sophie never cheated.
1. Sophie wants to be a .
A. teacher B. writer C. cook D. dentist
2. Sophie began to panic because .
A. she was too tired B. she didn’t begin to make her cake
C. she didn’t have money D. her cake tasted bad
3.Sophie spent on the chocolate cake.
A. $5 B. $10 C. $15 D. $50
4.The underlined word “cheat” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 作弊 B. 前进 C. 承诺 D. 解决
We have a terrible school trip last weekend. Some students were late. Then we waited half an hour for the school bus, but it didn’t arrive. Finally, our teacher took us to take the subway. It took us about an hour. After we got off the subway, we walked and got lost. When we finally arrived at the zoo, we were tired and hungry. We wanted to see dolphins, but there weren’t any. There were some really smart seals, but we didn’t see the show because we arrived too late. We left our camera at school, so we didn’t take any photos. Then it started to rain, and no one had an umbrella. So we went for lunch. My friends had some ice cream. But I didn’t have any, because I don’t like it. We didn’t see many animals because of the rain. Finally we went back to school. We were wet, tired and stressed out(紧张). I didn’t enjoy my school trip at all.
1.What did the writer think of the school trip?
A. Terrible B.Great C.Fun D. Exciting
2.The students were when they arrived at the zoo.
A. excited B. tired C.happy D. lucky
3.How was the weather?
A. Sunny B.Cloudy C. Windy D.Rainy
Alan is much heavier than he wants to be. He to
get thinner. So he tries to eat and
he eats very little sugar(糖) because it will make
him . He also takes exercise every
.He swims very o
ften,
he runs about five kilometers a day. Now he
is than before. Alan’s sister Tara is than
Alan. She is also younger and thinner than he is. She takes every
day, too. She doesn’t much meat. But she eats a
lot of fruit and vegetables because she thinks are
better for her health.
1.A. wants B. asks C. thinks D.enjoys
2.A. few B.fewer C. a little D.less
3.A. ill
B. heavy C. thin
D.worried
4.A. day B. month C. year D.minute
5.A. but B. and C. when D.because
6.A.thinner B.longer C. shorter D.heavier
7.A.healthyer B. healthier C. more healthy D.healthy
8.A.homework B. shopping C. washing D.exercise
9.A. bring B. cook C. eat D.drink
10.A. theirs B. them C. they D.their
