My grandfather never watched TV．He thought that people spent too much time watching it．Some of his friends often talked about sports shows，the movies and plays．My grandfather said to himself，“They never read any books or go out in the evening”．So he didn't buy a TV．

Two years ago my grandfather was 60 years old．He stopped working in the hospital．My father bought him a TV．He began to watch all the news．He knows much more about the world now．And he reads more books，too．

Now，my grandfather will get very angry（生气）if you trouble（麻烦）when he is watching TV．I can't know that one can change his idea when he is 60．

1．My grandfather didn't watch TV because

A．he had no time to watch it

B．he thought it took（占）people much time to watch TV

C．he couldn't buy the TV set

D．he thought watching TV is bad for people's eyes

2．My grandfather ________ when he worked in the hospital．

A．went to mountains                                   B．played sports

C．read books                                         D．watched TV

3．My grandfather didn't work in the hospital ________．

A．after he was 60                                                 B．before my father bought him a TV

C．when my father asked him not to work         D．after he liked watching the news

4．My grandfather is ________ now．

A．58                   B．60                    C．62                    D．61

5．Which is the following sentence right?

A．The writer knows why his grandfather changed his idea．

B．My grandfather enjoys watching TV every day now．

C．My grandfather bought a TV at the age of 60．

D．The writer as well as his grandfather likes watching TV．

Peter is thirteen. He is   1  Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often   2  newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.
Now Peter is having lunch. He is   3  the radio, too.  He is very happy   4  there will be a nice football match on TV at four   5  this afternoon. He wants   6  it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s   7  for him to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher   8  the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”
“Oh, I’m   9  to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But   10  is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

Peter is thirteen. He is   1  Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often   2  newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.

Now Peter is having lunch. He is   3  the radio, too.  He is very happy   4  there will be a nice football match on TV at four   5  this afternoon. He wants   6  it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s   7  for him to find a way.

“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher   8  the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”

“Oh, I’m   9  to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But   10  is that?”

“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

1．The girl is often heard  _______________（sing） in the next room.

2．_____________ （wait） for him for so long made me very angry.

3．I ___________ （make） quite a few friends by the end of last term.

4．Could you please _________________（not speak） so loud?

5．You should say " Thank you" when you ____________（ give ） something as a present.

6．David preferred _____________（sell） newspapers to doing the housework when he was young.

7．—You were not at home when I called you yesterday.

  —No, we weren't. We_______________ （drive） home on the highway.

8．Mrs. Green made Alice _______________（sweep） the floor after supper.

9．I don't know it good or bad for us _______________（watch） TV too much.

10．We had to put off ______________（visit） my grandma because my mother was ill.