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 of food 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.

1. 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

2.Kids learn language skills best by .

A. reading B. talking

C. playing with others D. all of the above

3. 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.

4.Which of the following is true?

A. An American child will watch 12,000 fighting acts on TV a year.

B. It’s good for kids to learn from fighting acts on TV.

C. Too much TV is good for people’s health.

D. It’s easy for kids who watch a lot of fighting shows to fight.

5. “Couch potatoes” are people who watch too much TV and become .

A. thin B. fit

C. fat D. strong

Do you know what Oscar is? When did it start? Maybe you can find the background of the awards in the following passage.

The awards started in 1929. Their full title is “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards”. The Academy is a group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years. They decide who will receive the awards. The awards are often referred to as the “Oscar”. This is a nickname given to the awards by a lady called Margaret Herrick. She was once the director of the Academy and she once said that the little gold statue reminded her of her uncle Oscar!

The Oscar is always an exciting event. Each year, at least one unusual thing happens. When the Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni won an Oscar for best foreign film, he danced on stage! When Gwyneth Paltrow, the star of Shakespeare in Love won the Oscar for best actress, she could not make her acceptance speech because she was crying so much with happiness!

In 1987, Roberto Benigni won the award for best director for a film about the last emperor of China. Since then, Chinese film and actors have started to make an impact at the award. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a huge success and it won the award for best foreign language film in 2001. It also won several technical awards for its amazing “flying” people. We expect to see more awards for Chinese film in the near future.

It’s time for the Oscar again. Once more, the stars will dress up in their finest and go to Kodar Theater. There, they will find out who had won the awards for best actor, best actress and best director. Millions of people watch the awards every year to find out who the winners are. Some people watch it to see the stars crying and laughing as they receive their awards.

1.Who give the awards?

A. In 1927.

B. Oscar.

C. The Academy of Nicknames.

D. A group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years.

2.What did Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar for?

A. Best Director. B. Best Foreign Film.

C. Best Actress. D. Best Actor.

3.Which Chinese film won an award for best foreign film?

A. Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger.

B. Crouching and Hidden Dragon and Tiger.

C. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

D. Crouching, Dragon, Hiding Tiger.

4. Where are the Oscars held?

A. At the Academy.

B. in a Los Angeles restaurant.

C. At Oscar’s house.

D. At Kodar Theater.

5.Why do some people watch Oscars?

A. To see the restaurant.

B. To see the fashion.

C. To see a film.

D. To see the stars crying and laughing.

Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna（维也纳）. He was also a man full of humour. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words.“Well,”said Freud, “we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering.”

As a devoted son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summer in a small mountain town in Austria. The King Josef usually spent his summer there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday.”She believed him and had a wonderful day.

1. Freud was a famous ______ of ______.

A. doctor, Austria B. general, Vienna

C. King, Austria D. doctor, Australia

2.From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party, we can see that he was __.

A. a brave man B. a sick man

C. a devoted man D. a man full of humour

3.One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ______.

A. his 70th birthday

B. the King Josef’s birthday

C.his mother’s birthday

D. for his holiday

4.Which of the four sentences is wrong?

A. Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summer in the same place.

B. Freud’s mother’s birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day.

C. Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.

D.She knew that the band was playing for the King.

5.Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because ______.

A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate her birthday

B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday

C. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday

D. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully

根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。（每题1分，计10分）

Everybody likes music. But do you know that music is different from songs? Some express feelings with lyrics (歌词), but music with songs with tones (音调). Unlike songs, music tones have no specific (具体的) meanings.

Different people get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people like different music: some love classical music, and others like pop music. Most young people like pop music.

Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 1960s.

The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of local music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller than that in the 1950s and earlier. And it now becomes the most popular one. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers like Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. Today people still have a great interest in pop music. Its concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

根据句意及所给汉语或单词提示，写单词。（每小题1分，计10分）

1.Zhang Yimou is one of the greatest __________(导演) in the world.

2.The Autumn Festival is one of the most __________________(传统) festivals in China.

3.In the film , a _______________ (富有的) man become poor in the end.

4.Watching TV ads is just a ___________(浪费) of time.

5.My pen has gone ___________(丢失)， I need to buy a new one.

6.Be friendly and you will make more friends and fewer ____ (enemy).

7.It’s very important to teach young children about road ____ (safe).

8.Don’t believe in advertisements because they may hide the ___ (true).

9.Tan Dun is one of the most famous ___________________ (music) in the world.．

10.Qian Xuesen’s death was a great _______ (lose) to the whole world.

用所给动词的适当形式填空。（每小题1分，计5分）

1.He was made ____________（work）from morning till night .

2.The doctor told us he would do what he could ____________( save ) the patient.

3.After hundreds of experiments, Edison (succeed) invented the light bulb.

4.Take down the key points to go over them later while _______ (listen) to his talk.

5.In fact, the tigers in India ___________(disappear) much faster than pandas now.

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示，填写所缺单词。（每空1分，计10分）

Audrey Hepburn was one of Hollywood’s greatest a____1.______. Her successful career lasted for about 40 years. In 1951, while a_____2.____ in France, she met Colette, a famous French writer. Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s a____3._____.She i___4.____ that Hepburn was the right person for the lead r__5._____ in the play Gigi. Two years later, she was c_____6.__ to play in Roman Holiday. During her l___7.___, Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations. Her a_____8.____ went beyond the film industry. She won many awards because of her e__9.____ in this area. On 20 January 1993, she passed away p____10._____ in her sleep.

根据汉语提示完成句子翻译。(共5 题，每题 2分， 计10分)

1.一周体育新闻摘要及最新消息。

A ____________________what is happening in sport, with_________________.

2.这部电影的主人公坠入了爱河并最终结婚。

The main characters of the film and ____________each other.

3.他被指控在去年一年中闯入数个电脑系统。

He __________________________several computer systems over the last year.

4.他看见三名男子手中持枪，正从大楼里出来。

He saw three men ______________ the building_________in their hands.

5.我的音乐就是梦想无边。

My music is ____________________________.

书面表达（共1题，计15分）

假如你是张明，是个中学生，喜欢看电影，特别是动作片。请根据要点给你的笔友Steven写一封信，开头已给出，不少于80词。

1.你很喜欢看电影，特别是……

2.你最喜欢的影星是李连杰(Jet Li)，他1963年出生在北京，他是最著名的演员之一，他把他的很多时间奉献给了慈善事业。

3.你平时忙于功课，通常是在周末看电影。

4.父母不允许你看太多的电影（原因自拟），但你有你自己的观点（观点自拟）。

Dear Steven,

My name is Zhang Ming,_______________________________________________

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Best wishes,

Zhang Ming

—I will go to Hong Kong Disneyland with my parents tomorrow. —________!

A. My pleasure B. Have a nice trip

C. All right D. Congratulations