When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we don’t have a television. People think that we are strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. My wife and I have something that we’re interested in. We certainly don’t spend our evenings looking at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often goes to evening classes in foreign languages. This is very useful because we often go to other countries for our holidays. I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing cards together.
Sometimes there’s no electricity in the house. This does not worry us as we just light candles and go on with what we were doing before. Our friends are lost --- no television! So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full because they all come to us. They all have a good time, Instead of sitting quietly in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
1.When they come to the writer’s house for a visit, the writer’s friends seem very _________.
A. busy B. happy C. friendly D. strange
2. The writer doesn’t have a television because _______________.
A. he and his wife don’t know what to do when there is no electricity.
B. he is used to (习惯于) the quiet and lonely life.
C. he is not rich enough to buy a television.
D. he and his wife enjoy spending evening in their own ways.
3.From the writer’s words we know that he and his wife are interested in one thing, what is this?
A. Staying at home alone. B. Traveling.
C. Learning foreign languages. D. Watching people play games.
4.When there is a power cut (停电) at night, the writer __________.
A. has to go out for candles. B. only sits quietly in the house.
C. will have many visitors. D. has to go to a night school.
5.In this passage the writer tries to tell us that ______________.
A. life is enjoyable with many friends.
B. television is useful to everyone.
C. electricity is important to everyday life.
D. it is important to have something we’re interested in.
Life in the year 3044 is very different ____life in the 21st century. We still do many of the th ings you did, but we do them ____ . For example, we now have e-friends to help us and keep us company. An e-friend is a machine that looks just ____ a human being(人类).It can walk and talk and can do almost ____ we human beings do. My e-friend is a lot like me and we have ____ fun together. She helps me ____ my homework and weoften go swimming. She is programmed to take care of me ____anything happens, so I always feel safe when we are together. She can also send me messages, just like old-fashioned e-mail, and I can download information from her memory. It’s great ____ an e-friend ----- I am never lonely and I always have so meone to talk ____.I would like to tell you more about life in the year 3044, but I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room. Maybe ____ I will be able to travel back in time and visit you.
1.A. of B. from C. in D. with
2.A. different B. difference C. differently D. differences
3.A. like B. for C. at D. up
4.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
5.A. many B. quite a few C. a lot of D. the number of
6.A. with B. at C. on D. doing
7.A. if B. that C. what D. /
8.A. have B. having C. to have D. has
9.A. to B. about C. with D. Both A and C
10.A. one day B. in one day C. after one day D. with one day
You can improve your listening skills _____ watching English movies.
A. by B. with C. of D. in
______ in the near future, vision-phones will come into wider use in our ____ life.
A. Maybe, someday B. Maybe, every day C. May be, one day D. Maybe, everyday
Hey, boys, don’t ______ anything on the boat, take ______ with you.
A. forget, everything B. leave, something C. forget, something D. leave, everything
________, 90% of the money ____ hers.
A. In our surprise, is B. To our surprise, is C. To our surprises, are D. To me surprise, is