For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping—watching TV and buying things by phone.Now teleshopping is starting in Europe (欧洲).In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example.The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made ＄100 million.In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about ＄20 million a year to buy things through these channels.
In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day.Then the government allowed (允许) more telepshopping.Other channels can open for telebusiness, including (包括) the largest American teleshopping company and a 24?hour teleshopping company.German businessmen are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes .With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason.But at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping.They call teleshopping “junk (垃圾) on the air”.Many Europeans usually worry about the quality (质量) of the things for sale on TV.Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.
The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies.They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell.They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.
(   )11.Teleshopping is ____ in Europe.   
　　A.not popular    B.growing    C.not possible    D.cheap
(   )12.People like teleshopping because it is ____ .
　　A.American     B.cheaper     C.easier         D.more popular
(   )13.Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they ____ .
A.don't like to buy things              
B.don't watch TV
C.believe the things sold on TV are expensive
D.think the things sold on TV are bad quality
(   )14.In Germany, teleshopping may ____ .
A.help businessmen get more money     B.keep the shops open longer
C.have fewer buyers                   D.bring better TV programmes
(   )15.The best title of this passage is ____ .
A.American Teleshopping           B.Teleshopping Companies
C.Teleshopping in Europe           D.Teleshopping—Junk on the Air

A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburge. An injured man was brought in, and the doctor turned to one of his students and asked him, “What’s wrong with this man ?”
“I don’t know, sir,” the student answered. “Shall I examine him and find out?”
“There’s no need to examine him,” said the doctor. “You should know without asking questions. He has hurt his right knee. Didn’t you notice the way he walked? He hurt it by burning it in the fire. You see his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee. This is Monday morning. Yesterday was fine, but on Saturday the roads were wet and muddy. The man’s trousers are muddy all over. The man fell down on Saturday night.”
The doctor then turned to the man and said, “You had your pay on Saturday and went to a public house and drank too much. You got muddy and wet on the way home. Because you had drunk too much, you fell on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?
“Yes, sir,” said the man.
【小题1】The medical students were having a lesson ______.

A．at the library	B．in a classroom
C．at a well-known hospital	D．in a medical school

【小题2】 The man hurt his knee  _______.

A．on Monday

B．on Sunday night

C．on Saturday night

D．yesterday

【小题3】 How did the doctor know that the man burnt his knee?

A．From the way he walked.	B．By seeing his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee.
C．By seeing the man’s trousers are muddy all over.	D．Both A and B

【小题4】Which is the right order according to the passage?
① He burnt his knee. ②He got drunk. ③He fell down and got muddy. ④He had his pay.

A．①②③④

B．④③②①

C．③④①②

D．④②③①

【小题5】 From the passage we know that _______ is very important for medical students.

A．watching and thinking	B．taking good care of others
C．learning from others	D．teaching

Good morning,  boys and girls. Today I'll talk about going online.
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the In­ternet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing com­puter games. We can send e-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat freely online with our friends. It can help us to get in touch with people from all over the world.
But every coin has two sides. Net bars also bring us a lot of trouble. For example,  some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online,  so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don't study well any more. I think we mustn't get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays or at the weekend.
At the same time,  if we have lots of free time,  we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activ­ities from 4' 50 to 5- 50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football on Monday or Thursday afternoon. We can join some interests groups in school,  such as drawing or reading on Tuesday afternoon,  or singing and dancing on Wednesday afternoon. We can go to the English Corner on Friday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities.
【小题1】Many of us like going online because it can help us_________.

A．learn English and send e-mails	B．get more information
C．play computer games	D．all of the above

【小题2】According to the speaker,  in our spare time we should_________.

A．go online for longer time

B．stay in the classroom doing more exercises

C．go to the English Corner every afternoon

D．do more out-of-class activities at school

【小题3】If you are free on Tuesday afternoon,  what out-of-class activities can you have at school?

A．Playing basketball or football.	B．Singing and dancing.
C．Drawing or reading.	D．Going to the English Corner.

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.
When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man,“ Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”
“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.
They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”
“I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?”
“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”
【小题1】The doctor ____ when the doorbell started to ring.

A．was sleeping upstairs	B．was sleeping downstairs
C．was working upstairs	D．was working downstairs

【小题2】 The man asked the doctor _____.

A．to go out for a walk	B．to go to a place out of town
C．to see a patient	D．to go for a vacation

【小题3】They left _____.

A．on foot

B．by bike

C．by bus

D．by car

【小题4】What the man wanted to do was only _____.
A. to fool the doctor         B. to give the doctor money
C. to get home in the doctor’s car     D to invite the doctor to his home
【小题5】The doctor must be ______ when he heard the man’s words.
A. happy          B. angry       C. sad      D cry

Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists found 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. Yong people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.
【小题1】Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will ______. 

A．learnlanguageskillsmoreeasily

B．behealthier

C．findithardtolearntoread

D．eatlessfood

【小题2】Kids learn language skills best by ______. 

A．reading

B．talking

C．playingwithothers

D．alloftheabove

【小题3】While watching TV, what DON’T people do? 

A．Eatalotoffood.

B．Havelesstimeforreading.

C．Hardlymove.

D．Focusontheirwork.

【小题4】Which of the following is true? 

A．AnAmericanchildwillwatch12,000fightingactsonTVayear.

B．It’sgoodforkidstolearnfromfightingactsonTV.

C．ToomuchTVisgoodforpeople’shealth.

D．It’seasyforkidswhowatchalotoffightingshowstofight withothers.

【小题5】Couch potatoes are people who watch too much TV and become____.

A．thin

B．fit

C．fat

D．strong