American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Sunday.
Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some shows help children to understand the news and places from other countries or other times in history. With television 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.
Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crime and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them find other interesting things to do.
1.American children usually spend ________ a day in school.
A. six hours B. more than eight hours
C. only a few hours D. four hours
2.Some children spend eight hours or more ________ on Sunday.
A. studying B. playing
C. watching TV D. helping their parents
3.On television children can see ________.
A. games B. big animals
C. oceans D. almost everything
4."Television brings many places and events into our homes." means ________.
A. television makes things happen at homes
B. we can know places and events without going to see them
C. we can see houses and buildings 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. an uninteresting film
When we think of Hollywood (好莱坞），we will think of film and famous film stars. Today people make films in other places, too. Not all the famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles, California.
You can easily see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills，it says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous landmark (标识）in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
In the hills of Hollywood, there is also an open-air theatre called the Hollywood Bowl. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very special stage (舞台）.The design of the stage was by the great American architect Frand Lioyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of music at the Hollywood Bowl.
1.We can learn from the reading that____________.
A. “HOLLYWOOD” can just be seen from far away
B. Hollywood is now a place only for travelers
C. all the films are made in Hollywood
D. Hollywood is one part of Los Angeles
2.The underlined(画线的）word “special” in the reading means __________ .
A. new B. rich C. unusual D. famous
3.At the Hollywood Bowl,__________.
A. all the postcards are made
B. only 7,000 people can get together
C. people can enjoy the music
D. you can hardly listen to different kinds of concerts
4.It seems that___________.
A. some famous film stars don’t live in Hollywood
B. film stars don’t think Hollywood is a good place to make films
C. the Hollywood Bowl is larger than any other open-air theatre in the world
D. the Hollywood Bowl is a hill in Hollywood
5.The best title(题目）for the reading should be________________.
A. Hollywood
B. Famous Films and Film Stars
C. the History of Hollywood
D. Famous Hollywood Film Star
Some years later, Disney moved to the west coast(海岸)of the USA. He tried to get work as an artist but still he was unsuccessful. One day he found a mouse got____of his home. He _____his pencil and started ____. Day after day he practiced and drew ____ pictures of the mouse that he had known. At last he was ____ with one of the pictures of the mouse. He ____ it Mickey Mouse.
Disney’s success as a cartoon-maker had begun. He soon drew other cartoon characters and during the 1920s and the 1930s he made______cartoons about___ These cartoons were all _____ones. Before the days of television, they used to be shown in______all over the country before the main film was shown. Later Disney made longer films.
1.A. in B. at C. from D. out
2.A. picked up B. looked up C. got up D. wrote with
3.A. to draw B. draw C. to drawing D. wrote with
4.A. important B. different C. wonderful D. same
5.A. bored B. angry C. tired D. pleased
6.A. bought B. drew C. called D. asked
7.A. a lot of B. a lot C. lot of D. lot
8.A. their B. them C. they D. it
9.A. short B. small C. long D. big
10.A. homes B. offices C. cinemas D. classrooms
—What do you think of tomorrow’s football match?
—__________difficult___________ us__________ the match.
A. We’re; of; to win B. It’s; for; winning
C. It’s; for; to win D. It’s; of; to win
—How nice that Lucy has been invited to the party too!
—Well, Lucy not come. She is not certain whether her mother will allow her to.
A. might B. would C. must D. need
—How do you like the TV sitcom“ Home with Kids” ?
—It’s very___________, and many kids_____________ it.
A. fun; don’t like B. funny; don’t like
C. funny; like D. fun; likes
