Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

1.The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.

A. China    B. France   C. America   D. Germany

2.If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.

A. does nothing all day        B. often listens to music

C. often watches TV in his free time D. must be very fat

3.Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato?  Because he or she ______.

A. is fat and cannot take exercise  

B. is fat and round

C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV

D. almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat

4.The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .

A. how to watch TV   

B. what couch-potato means

C. why couch-potatoes are very fat      

D. where you can find couch-potatoes

Most people like watching TV. So does Mary. She doesn't mind soap operas or talk shows. But she can't stand sitcoms，for(因为)they are too boring. Sports shows are her favorite program. She likes sports very much，and she likes watching football matches on TV.

Mary likes women's volleyball，too. She often watches matches on TV，sometimes on the Internet. Her favorite team is the Chinese team. She thinks all the members are fantastic.

Mary enjoys volleyball，but she isn't good at it. She is good at table tennis. She often plays it with her best friend after school. They are both on the school table tennis team. Sometimes they play with teams from other schools. They have a lot of fun with it.

1.Mary thinks sitcoms are ______.

A．interesting                                                        B．boring

C．exciting                                                             D．surprising

2.______ are Mary's favorite program.

A．Talk shows                                                        B．Soap operas

C．Beijing opera                                              D．Sports shows

3.How many kinds of shows are mentioned(提及)in the passage?

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

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mary often plays table tennis after school.

B．Mary is good at playing volleyball.

C．Mary only watches volleyball matches on TV.

D．Mary's favorite team is the Japanese team.

2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut（初次登台）on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points（得分）in another game.
Yao Ming , 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really tough.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem.
While Yao Ming faces this new challenge,  the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese

1. 1.

   On October 23, 2002, Yao Ming played his______ game in the NBA

   1. A.
      first
   2. B.
      second
   3. C.
      third    D fourth
2. 2.

   Yao Ming got __________ points in the two games for the Houston Rockets in October ,2002

   1. A.
      6
   2. B.
      13
   3. C.
      19
   4. D.
      23
3. 3.

   Yao Ming thinks that _____

   1. A.
      it is boring to play basketball
   2. B.
      playing in the NBA is not easy
   3. C.
      it is difficult to watch NBA games on TV
   4. D.
      he is an NBA star
4. 4.

   From the passage we can learn that ________

   1. A.
      Yao Ming will work hard for his team
   2. B.
      Yao Ming often watches TV
   3. C.
      Yao Ming is the best player in the team
   4. D.
      The Rockets has lost several games