According to research, an average (普通的) American kid watches TV for about 3 to 4 hours a day. That means he or she spends more than one and a half months a year in front of the TV. But some American kids are just saying “No” to TV.
Take Meghan Kelley from Pembroke, Massachusetts for example. She used to spend a lot of her free time in front of the TV. But several years ago, Meghan gave up her TV habits. Her days of watching TV ended when she and her classmates took part in Screen-Free Week. Screen-Free Week is on the first week of May every year. It is an event where children, families and schools are encouraged to turn off their TVs, computers, DVD players, iPads and so on and “turn on life” — read, enjoy nature, and spend time with family and friends.
After the first week, Meghan decided to test herself further (进一步). “I wanted to see how long I could go without TV,” said Meghan. “Could I do it for a year?” The answer was yes!
Although sometimes she misses TV, Meghan finds life without TV more interesting. She joined two soccer clubs and now plays basketball. Because Meghan is studying more, she’s also getting much better grades.
根据材料内容判断正（T）误（F）。
1.An average American kid watches TV for more than 20 hours a week.
2.The writer thinks older kids could watch TV more often.
3.Screen-Free Week helped Meghan Kelley give up her TV habits.
4.Meghan Kelley found it hard to live without TV at first.
5.Meghan Kelley has never missed TV since she gave up her TV habits.
When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, once at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Language do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master(掌握) the rules(规则) for word order in the study of English, too. If the sentences put words in a wrong order, the listeners can’t understand the speakers’ sentences easily. Sometimes when the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.
“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”
“I’ve seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实质) of the language and use it as the English speakers do.
1. From the passage we know that when we are learning English.
A. we shouldn’t put every word into our own language
B. we shouldn’t look up every word in the dictionary
C. we need to put every word into our own language
2.The writer thinks it is in learning English.
A. difficult to understand different sounds
B. possible to remember the word order
C. important to learn the rules in different ways
3. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of
the words
B. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence
C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaning
4. “She only likes apples,”
A. is the same as “Only she likes apple”.
B. is different from “Only she likes apple”.
C. means “She likes fruit except apples”.
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Different Orders, Different Meanings
B. How to speak English?
C. How to Learn English?
Who can help you ? Maybe you think your parents, teachers or others can help you. In fact, all these people only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. They had few people to help them. They could not get good education, either. But they tried their best to learn and never gave up. One famous teacher in England once told his students, “I cannot make you great men, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
However, some young people do nothing and they depend on others. If these young people can see their weak points and change their ways, they can be successful. They must take the advice of their parents and teachers, and most importantly, depend on themselves.
1.Many great men in history succeeded because _______.
A. they got good education.
B. their families could help them.
C. they worked hard and never gave up.
2.The famous teacher thought a teacher could _______.
A．do everything
B. help his students make men of themselves .
C. make his students become great.
3.Which of the following is true?
A. Young people should completely depend on others.
B. Young people should take the advice of their teachers and parents.
C. people in the past were cleverer than people today .
4. The writer of the passage________.
A. praise(赞扬) those who are working hard to be successful
B. likes those who depend on their parents and teachers
C. hopes to a famous person
5.Which of the following is the best title?
A. Others’ Help Is Important
B. How to Be Famous
C. Depending On Yourself.
Of all the stars the sun is the nearest to the earth. Millions of other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun. They look small only because they are much farther away. You can’t see them in the daytime. But if you go out at night, you’ll be able to see thousands of them.
The earth is one of the sun’s planets, and the moon is our nearest neighbor in space. Men have visited it already. No man has traveled farther than the moon, but spaceship(宇宙飞船) without people have reached other planets.
Many countries have sent up man-made satellites(人造卫星) to circle the earth. With their help, people have done much research in many fields of science.
Our country sometimes uses man-made satellites to send and receive TV programs. This has helped the people of China and other countries to understand each other better.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.The sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars because ________.
A. we can’t see millions of them.
B. it is the nearest one to the earth
C. it is much farther away from other stars.
2.Our nearest neighbor of the earth in space is _______.
A. the earth B. the moon C. the spaceship
3.Man-made satellites can help us _______.
A. to visit the stars
B. to get to other planets
C. to do much research
4.Our country has sent up man-made satellites _______.
A. to travel to other stars
B. to circle the moon.
C. to sent and receive TV programs.
5.Which is true in the following sentences ?
A. The sun has only one planet in the place.
B. We can’t live on the earth.
C. Man-made satellites have helped the people of China and other countries to understand each other.
Mr. White is a blind man who likes traveling alone. However, as a blind man, he has met a lot of during his trips.02
Once Mr. White traveled to Texas. It was his first time to go there. On the plane, he sat next to a woman who Texas. The woman told him that everything was and better in her city. When Mr. White arrived, he found a and decided to spend the night there.
After dinner, Mr. White went to a wine bar (酒吧) and ordered a glass of wine. When the waiter (服务员) brought him one, he was . “Wow! How big!” he said. Mr. White doesn’t drink often, he was a little drunk (喝醉) after drinking the wine. He wanted to go to the restroom, so he asked another waiter for . “Turn right at the information desk and it is the second door on the right,” said the waiter.
When Mr. White walked past the first door, he fell down. He missed (错过) the and went towards the third door instead. He walked forward and then into the swimming pool. At that time he that everything there was bigger. “Don’t flush (冲洗)! Don’t flush!” he shouted as soon as he got his head above water.
1.A. troubles B. strangers C. visitors
2.A. came from B. heard from C. arrived at
3.A. bigger B. newer C. older
4.A. supermarket B. restaurant C. hotel
5.A. surprised B. upset C. bored
6.A. although B. until C. so
7.A. addresses B. directions C. suggestions
8.A. second B. third C. fourth
9.A. got B. fell C. jumped
10.A. remembered B. dreamed C. discovered
My parents are happy with me. They are always criticizing(批评 ) my clothes , my hair and the music I listen to .They hate my friends and they keep when I go out with them. I’m not to stay out as my friends do, so I can’t have any fun. My parents only seem to care about my school grades that aren’t bad. I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, why can’t they understand me ? How can I make them me ?
1.A. never B. always C. often
2.A. complain B. complaining C. complained
3.A. allow B. allowed C. allowing
4.A. But B. If C. Although
5.A. understanding B. understand C. to understand
