Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But watching too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists find that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot offood while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people “couch potatoes”.
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will .
| A．learn language skills more easily |
| B．be healthier |
| C．find it hard to learn to read |
| D．eat less food |
Kids learn language skills best by .
| A．reading | B．talking |
| C．playing with others | D．all of the above |
While watching TV, what DON’T people do?
| A．Eat a lot of food. | B．Have less time for reading. |
| C．Hardly move. | D．Focus on their work. |
| From：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
To：jenny@compail.ca |
| Subject：School term |
Date：01/09 6:00 p.m. |
| Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong |
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| From：jenny@compail.ca |
To：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
| Subject：Repeat! |
Date：01/09 8:00 p.m. |
| Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny |
The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．
| A．高质量的 | B．高品质的 | C．高科技的 | D．高价格的 |
Where do you probably read these two letters?
| A．In a magazine. | B．In a book. | C．In a guide-book. | D．On a website. |
Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．
| A．they like to listen to music |
| B．mobile phones are useful for their studies |
| C．they want to show off these things |
| D．they want to contact with their classmates |
Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．
| A．make money | B．contact with friends | C．listen to music | D．study well |
From the passage we know that ____________．
| A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates |
| B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things |
| C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things |
| D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students |
Some things can carry(携带) messages, for example, a sign（标志） at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. Signs on the door tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?
People can communicate on many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.
Books, magazines（杂志）, TVs, radios（广播） and films all help us to communicate（交流） with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
1. What can help you if you want to know which bus to take?
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2. What do the signs on the door do?
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3. People can communicate in many other ways, can’t they?
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4. What can help us to communicate with others?
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5. What do they help us to do?
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1. Who lives in the same street?
A. Zhou Jiang and Liu HaipingB. LiuHaiping and Wang Dong
C. Wang Dong and ZhangHongboD. Zhang Hongbo and Zhou Jiang
2. If you want to know something about medicine（药），what number can you call?
A. Tel: 021- 69673081B. Tel: 028- 66630492
C. Tel: 022- 27364085D. Tel: 022- 27308691
3. Who can’t we write an e-mail to?
A. Zhang JiangB. Liu Haiping
C. Zhang Hongbo and Wang DongD. Zhang Jiang and Liu Haiping
You may hear someone say, ‘It’s raining cats and dogs.’ We know it means it’s raining hard. Here is how it comes.
There are many large rats in a country. People need cats. But there are many mountains in the country. It’s hard for a plane to land (着陆）． So the cats come down by parachute（降落伞）．
In another country, the people need dogs to find people in the snow. Where can they get the dogs? You can guess. The dogs also come down by parachute.
These cats and dogs are helping the people. And the people often say it rains cats and dogs.
5. What does the sentence ‘It’s raining cats and dogs.’ mean?
A. We put the cats and the dogs in the sky. B. It means ‘It’s raining hard’.
C. people like cats and dogs. D. Cats and dogs are helping the people
6. Why do the cats come down by parachute?
A. Because it’s not safe (安全的). B. Because there are many mountains in the country:
C. Because people need cats.D. Because it’s quick to carry the cats.
7. From the article, we can know rats mean ________.
A. 大象 B. 猴子 C. 老鼠 D. 熊猫
Tony is six years old. He is a good boy. But he can’t get up early. He sleeps until nine or ten o’clock in the morning. He is often late for school.
Tony’s mother doesn’t want him to be late for school. So she buys him an alarm clock. She tells Tony, ‘ you must get up when you hear the clock ring.’
‘Yes, Mum,’ said Tony. After that Tony get up at seven thirty when he hears the clock ring.
One day his mother forgets (忘记）to make the clock ring. And the next morning Tony doesn’t get up at seven thirty. It’s time for breakfast. Mother goes to see him. Tony is in bed and his eyes are open.
‘Why don’t you get up?’ His mother is angry.
‘I am waiting for the bell.’
1. Tony’s mother buys him a clock, because ________.
A. he can’t get up early in the morning B. the clock is good
C. Tony likes itD. she wants to give her son a present
2. This article（文章） is ________.
A. a piece of news B. a joke C. a letter D. an introduction（介绍）