Most children like watching TV. It" s very interesting. By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world. Of course, they can also learn over the radio. But they can learn better and more easily with TV. Why？ Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can" t see anything over the radio.
TV helps to open children" s eyes. TV helps to open their minds (智力), too. They learn newer and better ways of doing things. They may find the world is now smaller than before.
Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy with their lessons. But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. They can" t have a good rest. How about you, my young friend？
小题1:A few children go to bed late because they _________。| A．are busy with their lessons | B．do their homework | C．watch TV | D．listen to the radio |
小题2:Children can"t see anything_________。| A．in the book | B．on the radio | C．on TV | D．by watching TV |
小题3:TV helps to open children" s _________。| A．eyes and minds | B．minds | C．eyes or minds | D．eyes |
小题4:_________children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. | A．A lot | B．Much | C．A lot of | D．A little |
小题5:Children can study better and more easily with TV because_________.| A．they like to watch TV | B．they can hear at the same time | | C．they can watch at the same time | D．they can listen to and see something at the same time |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D |
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了孩子们看电视的好处。
小题1:根据最后一段But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. 描述，可知选C。
小题2:根据第一段But they can" t see anything over the radio. 描述，可知选B。
小题3:根据第二段TV helps to open children" s eyes. TV helps to open their minds (智力), too.描述，可知选A。
小题4:根据最后一段Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening.描述，可知选C。
小题5:根据第一段But they can learn better and more easily with TV. Why？ Because they can hear and watch at the same time.描述，可知选D。考点：
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试题【Most children like watching TV. It" s very interesting. By watching TV they can 】；主要考察你对
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Brian is my good friend. He has a five-year-old daughter, Lydia. Lydia likes animals very much and always 1 to have a dog. This Sunday is Lydia"s birthday. Brian wants to buy 2 a dog. So he goes to the 3 near his home. He says hello to Paul, the owner（主人）of the store. Paul says hello to him, too. Brian says, "This is a clean and 4 pet store." Then he walks around the store. 5 he doesn"t see any pets. "Excuse me. 6 are the pets?" he asks. "The pets are right here," says Paul. Then Paul 7 him a catalog（目录簿）. Brian sees 8 pictures of pets in it, like dogs, cats and birds. "You only need to 9 me the pet you like," says Paul. "We can mail（邮寄）it to you." "What if I don"t like it?" asks Brian. " 10 mail it back," says Paul. "Oh, sounds interesting," says Brian.
| 小题1: | | A．forgets | B．wishes | C．stops | D．writes |
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| 小题3: | | A．pet store | B．zoo | C．clothes store | D．library |
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| 小题4: | | A．quiet | B．boring | C．lazy | D．young |
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| 小题7: | | A．works | B．shows | C．keeps | D．walks |
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| 小题10: | | A．Sure | B．Also | C．Still | D．Just |
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It"s a fine day. The White family get up at seven o"clock. They have breakfast at seven forty. And then they go to the park. They take a basket of food and a carpet（地毯）. The park is not far from their home, so they ride bikes there. Then they get to the park, it"s half past eight. Mr. and Mrs. White are talking with each other. Their son, ted, is playing with a ball. Their daughter, Jenny, is taking photos.
After about an hour, Ted and Jenny sit down to relax. At that time, they see a squirrel eating a pine nut（松子）in a big tree. When they see the squirrel eating, they feel hungry（饥饿的）. They go to help their parents take the food out of the basket. Ted has a hamburger. Hamburgers are his favorite food. Jenny has an apple. Mr. and Mrs. White have some bread. They have a great time in the park.
小题1:What do the family take to the park?| A．A basket of food and a book. | B．A carpet and a dog. | | C．A basket of food and a carpet. | D．Food and clothes. |
小题2:When do they get to the park?| A．At 8:30 a.m. | B．At 8:00 a.m. | C．At 7:40 a.m. | D．At 7:00 a.m. |
小题3:What is Jenny doing in the park?| A．She is reading a book. | B．She is taking photos. | | C．She is playing with a ball. | D．She is drawing pictures. |
小题4:What does the underlined word "squirrel" refer to（指）?| A．A kind of fruit. | B．A kind of animal. | C．A kind of drink. | D．A kind of sport. |
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．The White family ride bikes to the park. | B．Ted plays with a ball for about an hour. | | C．Four people are in Mr. White"s family. | D．Hamburgers are Jenny"s favorite food. |
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For many school in Thailand, there are two terms. The first term is from the first week of May to the first week of October. The second term starts from the first week of November and finishes at the last week of February or the first week of March. The students don"t get a break for Christmas（圣诞节）. But they get a 3-4 days" break for the New Year.
For many students, a school day is very long. They usually get to school at 7:30 a.m. Classes begin at 8:00 a.m. there are three classes in the morning and they are 50 minutes each（每个）. Students have lunch at 11:00 a.m. they don"t have dining halls so they have to eat in the classroom. Lunch time finishes at 12:25 p.m. there are three classes in the afternoon. School finishes at 3:15 p.m. many schools have a "homework" lesson after school, so students usually go home after 4:45 p.m.
小题1:How long is the first term in Thailand schools?| A．For six months. | B．For five months. | C．For four months. | D．For three moths. |
小题2:What does the underlined word "break" mean in Chinese?小题3:When do students usually get to school?| A．At 7:00 a.m. | B．At 7:30 a.m. | C．At 8:00 a.m. | D．At 8:30 a.m. |
小题4:Why do students have to eat lunch in the classroom?| A．Because their dining halls are very small. | | B．Because they must do their homework after lunch. | | C．Because they don"t have dining halls. | | D．Because they bring lunch to school. |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?| A．There are three terms in Thailand schools. | | B．Students don"t go to school in November. | | C．Students usually go home at 3:15 p.m. | | D．Students have six classes a day. |
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Christmas was coming and my ten-year-old Alice told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her bike was too 1 , and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas 2 , her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn"t say it again. We were busy 3 some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than 4 .
Now we didn"t know 5 to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing 6 presents, parents" presents, a brother"s present and friends" presents till midnight. So there was 7 time to take to buy the "right hike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and 8 .
Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (黏土) and writing a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully __9__ with clay to make a small bike.
10 Christmas morning, we were so excited for Alice to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the 11 loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real 12 _?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Alice had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would 13 trade in this beautiful bike Daddy made me. I __14 _ keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present 15 I have ever got in my life!"
| 小题1: | | A．new | B．old | C．beautiful | D．modern |
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| 小题2: | | A．came nearer | B．was over | C．went by | D．passed |
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| 小题3: | | A．buy | B．bought | C．to buy | D．buying |
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| 小题4: | | A．something else | B．anything else | C．else something | D．else anything |
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| 小题6: | | A．children | B．children"s | C．boy | D．girls |
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| 小题7: | | A．enough | B．no | C．much | D．still a little |
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| 小题8: | | A．happy | B．excited | C．sad | D．angry |
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| 小题9: | | A．works | B．worked | C．working | D．to work |
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| 小题11: | | A．book | B．story | C．note | D．newspaper |
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| 小题13: | | A．usually | B．certainly | C．never | D．of course |
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| 小题14: | | A．am going to | B．would like to | C．had better | D．would rather |
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In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
小题1:Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.| A．want to be as rich as their neighbours | | B．want others to know or to think that they are rich | | C．don’t want others to know they are rich | | D．want to be happy |
小题2:It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.| A．live outside New York City | B．live in New York City | | C．live in apartments | D．have many neighbours |
小题3:Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.| A．an important name | B．a popular name in the United States | | C．his neighbour’s name | D．not a good name |
小题4:If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.| A．do as the poor persons around him do | | B．do everything he likes to do | | C．do as his neighbours do | | D．do as the rich people around him do |
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