__________ bad news it is！We can’t go to Hainan for our holiday．

A．What    B．How    C．What a    D．How a

A TV Talk Show—What do you think of TV?

Host：Hi，Judy．What do you think of TV?

Judy：I think it's a bad and dangerous “idol（偶像）”．

Host：How can you say such a thing，Judy? How can TV be dangerous? What do you mean by saying it's an idol?

Judy：I mean that it sits in the center of the living room，like a great idol．Think of all the time we waste watching it．And there's no time to collect family news or talk together because we always want to see what's on the box!

Host：OK．Let's see what David thinks of TV．

David：I don't agree with Judy．Think of all the educational programs．We can learn English，Japanese and lessons in other subjects．Think how helpful these could be．TV also keeps the family together! We stay at home and watch TV and don't go out drinking or dancing．And that saves money，too!

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．What is the TV talk show about?

A．travel．                                                  B．Idols．

C．TV．                                                        D．Judy and David．

2．How many people join the show except（除了）the host?

A．Second．            B．Two．                C．Three．                  D．Four．

3．Which of the following are Judy’s ideas about TV?

①It always takes a long time for people to watch it．

②There's no time for the family to talk with each other because of it．

③TV is helpful to people．

④We always want to know what's on TV．

A．①②③④              B．①②③                C．②③④                D．①②④

4．What does the underlined word “educational” mean?

A．教育的                B．宣传的                C．传统的                D．娱乐的

5．What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A．Judy and David can't mind TV．               B．David doesn't like TV．

C．The host loves TV．                                   D．Judy can't stand TV．

For hundreds of years, the people of a Scottish town believed that a dinosaur-like strange creature(生物) lived in a nearby lake called Loch Ness. Many said they saw the creature, but no one could prove it was real.

In 1934, a London doctor, Robert Kenneth Wilson, gave a newspaper a photo of the strange creature. He took the picture, he said, when he suddenly saw the animal in the lake one morning. The news traveled around the world. People came from everywhere to see this creature, now called the “Loch Ness Monster.” Then, in 1993, a man named Christian Spurning surprised everyone. He said the photo of the “Loch Ness Monster” was a lie. He and some friends created the famous picture themselves, and then Wilson gave it to the newspaper as a practical joke.

Today, tricks and jokes like this are common, and many are spread using e-mails. Some can be funny, but others can cause trouble. In August 2000, an e-mail was sent from a large British supermarket chain(连锁店)---Safeway---to thousands of its shoppers. It said, “Store prices are going to increase 25 percent. If you don’t like this, go to another store.” It was signed(签名), “the Safeway Team.” The e-mail worried many of Safeway’s shoppers and caused big problems for the supermarket. Later, Safeway discovered what happened. Someone broke into the company’s website and sent the cheating e-mail.

Not all tricks are as bad as this one. Some make us laugh, and others surprise us. In the end, they all show us that seeing is not always believing.

1  Who took the photo of the “Loch Ness Monster?”

         A. A Scottish.                     B. Robert Kenneth Wilson.               

       C. Christian Spurning.         D. Nobody.

2   How did the supermarket Safeway get its trouble?

       A. It received an e-mail from a dangerous person.                           

B. Its price would have to increase by 25 percent. 

C. Its website got broken into.

D. It lost a lot of shoppers. 

3  Which of the following is TRUE?

       A. Wilson gave the picture to the newspaper as a joke.

B. A dinosaur-like creature lives in the lake Loch Ness.

C. Most people use e-mails as tricks and jokes to trouble the world.

D. Because of the cheating e-mail the store prices are going to increase.