5. Every day in America ______________.

　A. teachers and professors watch TV

　B.90,000,000 young people watch TV

　C. not only young people watch TV

　D.15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TV

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Fill in the blanks with the first given letters:

In England, weather is a common s　 1　 　of conversation. “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.” People often b　 2　 　a conversation with these words.

　 Many people think they can t　 3　 　what the weather is going to be. But they hardly ever a　 4　 　with each other.

　 Listen, there are two men talking about the weather. One man says, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” The other will say, “No, the weather is going to c　 5　 　up very quickly. We are going to have a fine day tomorrow.”

　 People often want the weather to be as what they like. When a farmer needs w　 6 , he wishes somebody could tell him: “It’s going to rain.” He won’t b　 7　 　anyone else.

　 When friends have a trip, they are so s　 8　 　the weather is going to be sunny so that they sit eating their lunch at an interesting place.

　 Almost everyone hears what the w　 9　 　will say. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want and sometimes he makes mistakes. Still he usually comes closer to being c 10　　 　than anyone else.

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The snow went on falling, and they could see only a few meters in front of them.

“We should go back.” Said Judy. She was afraid.

“But where is the path?”

Everything was covered with snow. The sky was grey. “What’s the time?” asked Paul. Judy looked at her watch. “Nearly 5 o’clock. It gets dark in an hour.”

“We must start walking and hope we find the path. I think the snow’s stopping.” Said Paul. But it wasn’t stopping. The wind was strong. It blew around them cold and wet.

“Just keep going downhill.” Said Judy. “We can’t go wrong.”

Then Paul fell on some rocks. He shouted, “Judy! I’ve hurt my leg.” He couldn’t stand up. His leg hurt too much.

“I’ll have to phone for help.” Said Judy, “I hope the mobile phone works up here!”

Luckily it did. They phoned the mountain service. “Don’t move. Stay where you are. We are sending a team there.” Shouted the man on the phone.

They were not far from the path, so the team found them easily. They were lucky! People often get into trouble when they climb the mountains. You must always tell someone where you are going, and take a mobile phone with you. Mountain is a dangerous place to be if things go wrong!

Decide the following statements are true or false:

4. In American, a child starts going to school _________.

　 A. when he is 3 　　　　B. when he is about 6 or 7

　 C. when he is able to understand TV D. after he starts to do school work

3. The first reason shows ____________.

　 A. now children go to school less often than their parents did

　 B. in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

　 C .a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours

　 D. parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough

2. How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

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

1. The main idea of this passage is ___________.

　 A.TV is more important than school

　 B. fewer and fewer children go to school

　 C. There is not a school which has no TV set in America

　 D.TV plays a great part in American people’s life

5. In the sentence "And they can also keep the classroom in order when something unusual happens", what does　 "they" refer to?

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Young people can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates. Liu Wei, a Junior 2 student from Hefei, could not understand his teacher and was　doing badly in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife.. Another student, 14-year-old Yan Fang from Guang zhou, was afraid of exams. She got very worried in one, and when she looked at the exam paper. She couldn’t think of anything to write. A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers have mental(心理的，精神的) problems. Their troubles include being　worried and very unhappy, and having problems in learning and getting on with people. Many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secret. Liang Yuezhu, an expert on teenagers from Beijing Anding Hospital has the following advice for teenagers: *Talk to your parents or teachers often * Take part in group activities and play sports *Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell

Decide the following statements are true or false: 1. The students will have a headache if they often become worried or have trouble getting on with others.　　 2. Liu Wei is good at his lessons.　　　　 3. Yan Fang’s problems happen when she takes an exam.　　　 4. Students won’t ask others for help because they don’t want to look stupid.　 5. One piece of advice from the expert is not to see the doctor if one feels unhappy. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8

Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(观看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.

4. What does Hua Sha think about no-teacher exams?

3. Does Liu Qingxi like to have invigilators in the classroom? Why?

2. Why did No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang hold a no-teacher exam?　

1. What does the passage mainly talk about?