American boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV set. Some even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturdays.
TVs are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some programmers help children to understand the news, others show people and places from other countries or other time in history. With TV 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 a play, a concert or a game at home.
TV brings many places and events into our homes. Some programmers show crime 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 games
C. watching TV D. helping their parents
2.On TV children can see ____.
A. games B. big animals
C. oceans D. almost 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.“TV brings places and events into our homes” means “____”.
A. TV makes things happen in homes
B. We can know places and events without going to see them
C. We can see houses and building 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 bad program B. an animal
C. a game D. a play
My name is Maria. I’m 13. I live in New York City. I often go to school by bike. Riding a bike is good exercise for me. I like watching NBA matches on TV very much. I watch them every week. It’s real fun for me. I like pop music a lot, too. My favorite singing star is Michael Jackson. At school, music is my favorite subject. I have a good voice and I play the violin well. I have a dream of being a singer like Madonna.
I’m Linda. I’m 12. I live in Los Angeles. I like playing football and basketball. I play football or basketball every day with my friends after school. I like animals and I also like animal stamps. I have panda stamps from my pen pal. They are very good. On weekends I often go to the mountains to paint pictures. I have painted some very nice pictures. Painting is my life, so I want to be a painter when I grow up.
I’m Sophia. My home is in Washington D.C. I like reading and watching programs about travel and history. I often stay at home reading on weekends. At school, I like French very much and I’m good at it. I’d like to be a guide. I can go around the world and meet a lot of people. That would be great fun.
1.Maria goes to school _________.
A. on foot B. by bike
C. by bus D. by car
2.Linda wants to be _________ when she grows up.
A. a singer B. a guide
C. a painter D. a player
3._________ likes animal stamps very much.
A. Maria B. Sophia
C. Linda D. Linda’s pen pal
4.Sophia is good at ________ at school.
A. French B. history
C. music D. English
5.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Maria lives in New York City.
B. Linda likes ball games very much.
C. Sophia often reads at home.
D. Sophia can play the violin well.
One day Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben to go shopping. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping mall(购物中心). “Why do you buy things here, Mum?” Trudy asked. “Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store,” Mrs Wilson said. “Help me check(检查) the prices.” The Wilsons were not wealthy(富有的) and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries(杂货) in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said, “We don't think you saved（省） money by going to the supermarket there.” “Of course I did,” said Mrs Wilson, “everything was cheap there.” “We know,” said the children, “but we came home by taxi （出租车）because we had too much to carry. The cost(花费) of the taxi was more than the money you saved!” Mrs Wilson added(加) everything up and found her children were right. “Well done,”she said, “next time we will do shopping near our home.”
1.Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben ______.
A. to the supermarket B. to the zoo
C. to the park D. to the museum
2.Mrs Wilson bought things in the supermarket in the new shopping mall because ______.
A. goods there had good quality
B. there were many goods
C. goods(货物) there were cheap
D. goods there were expensive
3.Which of the following is right?
A. The Wilsons were rich and they bought a lot of things in the supermarket.
B. The Wilsons were not rich and they bought things in a cheaper supermarket.
C. The Wilsons enjoyed shopping in the shopping mall because it was large.
D. The Wilsons were poor and they seldom went shopping.
4.Mrs Wilson went home ______.
A. by bus B. by minibus
C. by taxi D. on foot
5.Mrs Wilson decided to go shopping ______next time.
A. in the shopping mall far away
B. in the cheapest shop
C. in the most expensive shop
D. near her home
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Dear Nancy,
You asked about places to go and things to do in our town. The Downtown Mall is always ____.lt’s a ____ place in the oldest part of town. There are some good stores and restaurants there. ___, Trendy Clothing Store is in Downtown Mall. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has the ____quality clothes. The shop assistants are friendly _ _ people. My favorite ___ in town is Nick’s Restaurant. It’s close to my house.It’s cheap and the hamburgers there are great. I like Dragon City Restaurant, ___.You can eat wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! But it’s more expensive than Nick’s. The Big Cinema is the best cinema in town.It has the biggest screen and the most ___ seats. The Del Ray Complex is also a good place to see movies .The Del Ray Complex doesn’t have ____ movies, but the tickets are the cheapest.
Anyway, there are lots of things to do and to see here. Come for a ___ soon!
Love,
Kate
1.A.funny B. fun C. silly D. expensive
2.A. fishing B.skating C. reading D. shopping
3.A.So that B. For example C. Such as D. In fact
4.A.better B. best C. worse D.worst
5.A. with B. for C. to D. at
6.A. school B. restaurant C.hospital D. park
7.A. too B. also C. either D. neither
8.A. dangerous B. comfortable C. important D. boring
9.A. the newer B. newer C. newest D. the newest
10.A. visit B. see C. walk D. dinner
His bicycle is the same as _______.
A.she B. her C. me D. Hers
At last , she made the boy ______and begin to laugh .
A.stop to cry B.to stop crying
C.stop crying D.to stop to cry
