People enjoy different indoor and outdoor activities in Britain. A recent European survey (调查) discovered that people in Britain spend about 45% of their free time watching television, 24% of their free time doing social (社会的) activities, 22-23% on sports and hobbies, and 10% on other activities. Other popular activities are listening to the radio, listening to music, reading, gardening, eating out and going to the cinema.
Television
The most common activity in the UK is watching television. People often spend 25 hours every week on TV. Almost every household (家庭) has at least one television set at home. In 1999, 13% of households had satellite television and 9% cable television.
Radio
People in Britain listen to about 15 hours and 50 minutes of radio every week.
Entertaining (娱乐)
Another popular activity in Britain is visiting or entertaining friends.
Cinema
About 123 million British people went to the cinema in 1998. It is the most popular cultural (文化的) activity in the UK.
Eating Out
More and more British people like to eat out. In 1999 every British person spent ＄5.63 every week on food outside.
1.What do most English people like doing in their free time?
A. Watching TV. B. Listening to the radio.
C. Doing some sports. D. Eating out.
2.How long do people in Britain listen to the radio every day according to the survey?
A. Less than half an hour. B. About fifty minutes.
C. More than two hours. D. About sixteen hours.
3.How many households could watch satellite television in 1999?
A. 13% of households. B. 9% of households.
C. 33% of households. D. 19% of households.
4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. English people spend most of their time eating out.
B. British people often listen to the radio and visit their friends.
C. Lots of English people like going to the cinema.
D. British people often do gardening by themselves.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. What are the common hobbies of British people?
B. How do people spend their free time?
C. How do children spend their holiday?
D. What are the special customs in Britain?
The word “pub” is short for the public house. There are about 60,000 ________in the UK (53,000 in England and Wales, 5,200 in Scotland and 1,600 in Northern Ireland). One of the _______ pubs, Fighting Cocks, is in St. Albans, Herts.
Pubs are _______ social meeting places. Pubs are an important part of British life. People talk, eat, drink and _______ there. Pubs often have two bars.
________is quieter than the other. Many pubs have a garden. People _______ sit there in summer. Children can also go to pub gardens ________their parents. Groups of friends normally ________‘rounds’ of drinks. One of them will buy drinks for all the members of the group there. It is sometimes hard to _______ drinks when pubs are busy. People do not queue (排队) there, _______ the staff will usually try to serve (招待) people who are waiting the longest at the bar first. If you spill(弄洒) a stranger’s drink by accident, it is polite to buy another drink for him immediately.
1.A. pubs B. houses C. gardens D. parks
2.A. weakest B. hardest C. strongest D. oldest
3.A. special B. popular C. strange D. new
4.A. study B. record C. relax D. sleep
5.A. That B. This C. It D. One
6.A. recently B. usually C. never D. really
7.A. on B. in C. for D. with
8.A. buy B. stare C. discover D. stop
9.A. get B. sell C. see D. make
10.A. because B. and C. but D. so
---Can you speak Japanese?
---No, I_______.
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t
You_____ go and see a doctor at once because you’re got a fever.
A. can B. must C. would
---May I take this book out? ----No, you______.
A. can’t B. may not C. needn’t
That boy _______ be Peter. He has gone back to England.
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t
