Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.
In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”
1.The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.
A. China B. France C. America D. Germany
2.If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.
A. does nothing all day B. often listens to music
C. often watches TV in his free time D. must be very fat
3.Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato? Because he or she ______.
A. is fat and cannot take exercise
B. is fat and round
C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV
D. almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat
4.The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .
A. how to watch TV
B. what couch-potato means
C. why couch-potatoes are very fat
D. where you can find couch-potatoes
Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them. Though they were very young.
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing… The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong… And the government never charges for them.
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps.
1.Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the .
A. holiday camps B. science holiday camps
C. English holiday camps D. Chinese holiday camps
2.When students in Hong Kong are in the holiday camps their parents .
A. must be with them
B. aren’t with them
C. must stay at home
D. have to look after them nearby
3.The cost to take part in a holiday camps is .
A. very dear B. not so cheap C. very high D. very low
4.The students who often take part in the holiday camps .
A. must be very beautiful
B. must be very thin
C. must be very tall
D. must have much knowledge about many things
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hair, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do such things? As we know, most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It does not have all these important things, especially nitrogen( 氮 ). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
1.The Venus flytrap is a kind of _______.
A. food B. animal C. plant D. meat
2.Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because _______.
A. plants are dangerous to animals
B. animals are dangerous to plants
C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat
D. plants want to protect themselves against animals
3.Where can most plants get what they need?
A. From the people B. From the animals
C. From the soil D. From the sun, the air, and the ground
Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens _he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”
“Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Alan’s mother smiled _ . We should learn from him.
1.A. in B. at C. with D. for
2.A. said B. told C. thought D. spoke
3.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
4.A. when B. because C. while D. after
5.A. now B. right C. just D. only
6.A. take B. catch C. carry D. put
7.A. friendly B. kind C. wrong D. possible
8.A. taught B. gave C. made D. asked
9.A. that B. when C. what D. where
10.A. sadly B. happily C. politely D. happy
People who have finished education often admire students for their carefree life. But they don't know how difficult it is to _____ a student. He can never finish his homework. Furthermore, he has to ______ the great pressure of examinations. Everyone wants to get the first ____ in exams. And after school, there are also many extra classes waiting for him. The worst of all is that students can hardly do ______they really love to do, for they _____ almost all their time on studies.
1.A. grow B. take C. as D. be
2.A. use B. become C. face D. wait
3.A. place B. top C. position D. desk
4.A. how B. why C. what D. which
5.A. take B. spend C. take D. have
---Your new blouse looks very beautiful. Is it _____silk?
---Yes. It’s _______ Hangzhou.
A. made of, made in B. made from, made into
C. made in, made in D. made for, made by
