Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.
In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。(10分)
1.The word couch-potato is widely used in Germany.
2.Couch-potato is used to call the people who like eating potatoes very much.
3.A person who is called Couch-potato always spends lots of time watching TV.
4.Couch-potatoes usually get fat because they don’t like doing exercise.
5.The passage mainly tells us how to choose TV programs.
口语运用: 根据对话内容，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全对话。
A: Good morning. Granny, you look so weak. What’s the matter with you?
B: Oh, boy. 1.
A: How long have you been like this?
B: 2.
A: That sounds terrible!
B: The chemical factory produces terrible gas. The bad air makes my chest hurt. 3.I can’t sleep well at night because of the noise.
A: 4.
B: I’m always in a bad mood because I can’t stand the environment here. Anyway, I’ll manage to leave this place.
A: 5. But now you’d better go to see a doctor.
A. The factory makes too much noise, too. B. It’s difficult for me to breathe. C. That’s too bad. D. I think I should write to the newspaper about these problems. E. I have been like this since last month. |
完形填空: 从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some ask for more food than they can eat, some students to turn off the water taps after they finish washing, and others often forget to turn off the when they leave the classroom. They say these things are cheap, I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Though China is rich in some resources, we are of others. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we say no to the students who waste things every day. should stop wasting as soon as possible. If we do our best, waste can be stopped and many natural resources can be saved.
1.A. people B. students C. workers
2.A. forget B. remember C. have
3.A. lights B. radio C. fridge
4.A. Or B. and C. but
5.A. sure B. full C. short
6.A. make B. use C. choose
7.A. how B. when C. what
8.A. can B. shouldn’t C. should
9.A. Anybody B. Everybody C. Somebody
10.A. One day B. Two days C.some days
— What did he say just now?
— He asked me ________.
A. when my sister came back
B. when did my sister come back
C. When my sister will come back
—Thanks a lot for offering me so much help!
— !
A. It’s a pleasure
B. With pleasure
C. You’re kidding
—Did you get up early to do exercise in the morning, Bruce?
—Yes, quite early. I have to it.
A. used B. became used C. got used
