阅读理解。 Zach Linsky, 11, watches TV for 3 and a half hours a day and plays vid
阅读理解。
Zach Linsky, 11, watches TV for 3 and a half hours a day and plays video games every other day.
Zach, a sixth grader in Washington, D. C., is an American. But unlike many kids, he doesn"t have a TV,
VCR, or computer in his bedroom. He only has a boom box (手提录音机).
The survey of 3,155 kids, aged 2 to 18, shows that they spend 5 hours and 29 minutes on average (平
均的) a day using some types of media outside of school, including 2 hours and 46 minutes watching TV,
21 minutes on the computer, 20 minutes playing video games, and 8 minutes on the Internet. The good
news: The total includes 44 minutes spent reading.
The survey also shows that those aged 2 to 7 spend 3 hours and 9 minutes watching TV every day and
shows that 32 percent in that age group have TV sets in their rooms. Among those aged 8 to 18, 21
percent have computers in their rooms, 65 percent have TV sets, and 61 percent say their parents don"t
stop them from watching TV. Nearly 1 in 4 say they watch more than 5 hours a day.
"Kids are living much more lonely lives than ever before," says Kay S. Hytnowitz. "They just
disappear into their rooms and spend all of their time with these media."
1. At what age do children in America spend about five and a half hours on the media a day?
A. Aged 2 to 7.
B. Aged 2 to 18.
C. Aged 8 to 18.
D. Aged 2 to 11.
2. How long do kids aged 2 to 18 spend reading?
A. 46 minutes.
B. 21 minutes.
C. 20 minutes.
D. 44 minutes.
3. How many kids aged 2 to 7 have TV sets in their rooms?
A. 32%.
B. 21%.
C. 61%.
D. 40%.
4. Why do the children spend all of their time with these media? Because _____.
A. they have too much free time
B. they feel very lonely
C. they like these media
D. they want to find out something
5. What"s the problem of the kids in Americ
a according to the passage?
A. There are too many media now.
B. Kids spend too much time on the media.
C. Kids are too fat.
D. Kids would rather be with friends than the TV.
to grow.
"We needed furniture (家具) for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn"t have enough
money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs." John got married six months ago,
and like many young people these days, they are trying to make a home at a time when the cost of living
is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week lesson for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their
furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe
making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420. "I was surprised and worried about
it. Now I"ve finished a car repair class, I should be able to fix the car by myself."
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to
save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a "do-it-yourself", you can go
to DIY classes. And for those who don"t have time to take a lesson, there are books that tell you how
you can do things yourself.
A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. have DIY lessons with their friends
D. never go to a store to buy things
2. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _____.
A. open a DIY shop
B. make or repair things
C. save time and money
D. improve their lives
3. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim _____.
A. makes shoes in his home
B. does another job at night
C. does his own car and home repairs
D. keeps house and looks after his children
4. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Fun of DIY
B. You Can Do it Too!
C. Welcome to Our DIY Class!
D. John and Jim: Believers in DIY
Do You Go To Sleep In Class?
The "Acronym", our student newspaper, reports that most students go to sleep at 1: 30 a. m. Even if
that"s an exaggeration (夸张), it"s too close to the truth. Scientists say teenagers should sleep nine hours
each night. But that"s hard to do.
Some even "pull all-nighters". These are lazy students who have homework due (到期) the next day
that they haven"t done. In the morning they don"t look healthy and you can tell who has been doing it.
One of my classmates did a survey (调查) on the problem. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to
finish homework, but some do it for other reasons, such as playing computer games!
Maybe our lack of sleep is because of laziness-I think I"m a lazy student-or maybe it"s because we have
too much to do in American high schools.
I usually go to bed around midnight. If I stayed up past 1: 30 a. m, I wouldn"t get any work done. I"d be
falling asleep at my computer. My classes begin at 7:30 a.m. I"m partly awake in my first class. By the
second, I"m slightly tired and sleepy. By my third class, I"m sleepy. By midday I"m finally wide-awake.
But by 3: 00 p. m., I"m slowing down again.
Most American high schools seem to have such a problem.
High school classes start at 7: 30 a. m., so students have to wake up one and a half hours before that to
get ready and catch the bus. It"s believed that lack of sleep can damage both grades and health.
Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 a. m.
1. What"s the problem talked about in the passage?
A. Many kids have too much homework to do.
B. Many teenagers don"t have enough sleep.
C. Many children are crazy about playing computer games.
D. Many kids are too lazy to finish their homework on time.
2. The underlined expression "pull all-nighters" most probably means _____.
A. 开夜车
B. 上夜班
C. 睡懒觉
D. 补作业
3. Which of the following is NOT a reason mentioned in the passage?
A. Laziness.
B. Homework.
C. Housework.
D. Computer games.
4. What"s the idea suggested at the end of the passage?
A. Later start of classes.
B. Less homework.
C. Going to bed early.
D. Eating healthy food.
will be __2__ people in the cities tomorrow.
It may be __3__ for any family to live in a house with land around it. There__4__ enough space for
them. __5__ to solve this problem may be the skyscraper city (摩天城). The highest building in the world
today is in Taipei. It"s about 509 metres high. The skyscraper cities in the future will be many times
__6__ .
In a skyscraper city about 250,000 people will live. Nearly a million people can __7__ in four of these
great buildings. Each skyscraper city will have four towns in it and each town will have ten villages. They
will live, work and __8__ their free time in them. They won"t need to leave the city __9__ they want to.
They will be able to move about in the city by transport controlled __10__ computers. Let"s imagine how
the life will be then!
( ) 2. A. many
( ) 3. A. impossible
( ) 4 A. aren"t
( ) 5. A. A way
( ) 6. A. lower
( ) 7. A. live
( ) 8. A. spend
( ) 9. A. until
( ) 10. A. by
B. much
B. possible
B. won"t be
B. A road
B. shorter
B. study
B. cost
B. when
B. at
C. more
C. important
C. won"t have
C. An answer
C. taller
C. work
C. pay
C. while
C. with
D. larger
D. necessary
D. haven"t
D. An idea
D. higher
D. be
D. take
D. unless
D. in
Life in the 21st century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take
place in the new century. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will
live longer than before. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in
every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in schools.
People will work fewer hours
than they did in the 20th century
, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And more people will go to
other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for buildings, new towns and houses.
Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat
it every day, instead, they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots (机器人).
Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a new problem.
1. People may not have as much _____ as they did in the 20th century.
A. fruit
B. milk
C. bread
D. meat
2. In the 21st century people don"t have to_____.
A. travel
B. work fast
C. work long hours
D. eat meat
3. Traveling will be_____ in the 21st century.
A. less interesting
B. more difficult
C. more expensive
D. much cheaper and easier
4. In the 21st century there will be_____.
A. more cows and sheep
B. more people
C. fewer people
D. fewer buildings and houses
5. Every family will have at least one_____ in the 21st century.
A. computer
B. TV set
C. VCD
D. robot