What’s on TV?
6:00③Let’s talk! Guest: Animal expert Jim Porter ⑤Cartoons ⑧News ⑨News 7:00③Cooking with Cathy Tonight: Chicken with mushrooms. ⑤Movie “A laugh a Minute”(1955) James Rayburn. ⑧Spin for Dollars! ⑨Farm Report 7:30③Double Trouble(comedy) The twins disrupt the high school dance. ⑨Wall Street Today: Stock Market Report 8:00③NBA Basketball. Teams to be announced ⑧Movie “At day’s End”(1981) Michael Collier, Julie Romer. Drama set in World WarⅡ. ⑨News Special “Saving Our Waterways: Pollution in the Mississippi”. |
1.If you were a housewife, which program would probably interest you most?
A. Let’s Talk! B. Wall Street Today.
C. Cooking with Cathy. D. Farm Report.
2.If you’d like to watch something about pollution, you could turn on the TV to.
A. Channel 5 at 6:00 B. Channel 9 at 8:00
C. Channel 8 at 7:00 D. Channel 3 at 7:30
3.Which is most probably the News Channel?
A. 3.B. 5. C.8. D. 9.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When Dave was 18, he bought an secondhand car for$200 so that he could travel to work more than by bus. It worked quite well for years, but then it got so old, and it cost him much in repairs that he decided that he had better it.
He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so of them wanted to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was worried one evening, and said, “What's , Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's was right, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, very little oil, only two owners. Bargain (成交) at$50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no . But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to see the car. Dave felt very happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, waiting there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to admit(承认) that the car really like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this to us yet, sir?”
1.A. directly B. safely C. properly D. easily
2.A. soB. suchC. very D. too
3.A. keepB. repairC. sell D. throw
4.A. someB. neither C. none D. most
5.A. onB. up C. it D. that
6.A. learnB. missC. get D. find
7.A. message B. advice C. request(要求)D. description
8.A. usesB. losesC. has D. spends
9.A. doubt B. help C. troubleD. answer
10.A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late
11.A. follow B. meetC. bring D. introduce
12.A. praise B. getC. admireD. test
13.A. looked B. smelled C. tasted D. sounded
14.A. asB. that C. soD. such
15.A. bargain B. saleC. accidentD. result
—Jim looks so sleepy that he keeps nodding his head in class.
—Just as the saying goes, “____________.” It is bad for his health to stay up too late.
A. Better late than never
B. Burn the candle at both ends
C. No pains, no gains
D. You are never too old to learn
—Bill, can I get you anything to drink?
—______.
A. You are welcome
B. No problem.
C. I wouldn’t mind a coffee
D. It doesn’t matter
—Never give up! I am sure you will succeed.
—But I don’t know __________.
A. how can I improve my English
B. how to do first
C. how I can improve my English
D. what I can deal with my English
—Mr. Smith is as busy as a bee.
—If he is not working in his office, he _________ to his office.
A. will drive B. has driven
C. is driving D. drives