（1）
American boys and girls love to watch television．Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set．Some children even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday．May parents let their children watch only during certain hours．
Television shows are like books or films．A child can learn bad things from some of them and good things from others．Some shows help children to understand the news from Washington and other parts of the world．Some programmes show people and places from other countries or other times in history．With television a child does n ot have to g o to the zoo to see animals or to the sea to see a ship．Boys and girls can see a play，a concert or a basketball game at home．Some programmes even teach children how to cook or how to use tools．
It is fun to watch television ，but it is also fun to play games，to read a book or to visit with friends．
根据短文，选择正确答案。
1．American boys and girls spend ．
A．six hours at school on Saturday
B．four or six hours on television shows on Saturday
C．eight hours or more watching television every day
D．some more hours in front of the television sets at the weekend
2．The parents of the boys and girls ．
A．let their children learn thin g s from TV in stead of going to school
B．choose the time for their children to watch TV
C．think that TV prog rammes are better than their textbooks
D．ask their children to watch what they like to
3．With television boys and girls can ．
A．learn good things and bad things
B．only learn interesting news and places
C．learn from each other and play basketball games at home
D．read books at home and see films in the cinemas
4．Boys and girls like to w tch TV because ．
A．they have nothing to do at home
B．their parents choose certain hours for them
C．they do not want to play games or visit friends
D．it is fun
5．The writer's opinion（意见）is that ．
A．boys and girls must spend some time both on TV and other things
B．children shouldn't watch television shows
C．parents mustn't buy TV sets
D．children should stop watching TV
（2）
“Tom ？Are you in bed yet？”called Mrs White．There was no answer．Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room．Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen（屏幕）on which a colorful drag on（龙）jumped and shouted．
“Oh，Tom ！You're still playing on that computer．You must stop now ，it's half past eleven．If you don't go to bed soon，you'll be very tired tomorrow ，”said Mrs White．
“But I've nearly beaten the drag on ，”said Tom．Mrs White could see the excitement（激动）on her son's face．She sat down beside him．
“You are always playing on that computer．You spen d more time with this machine than with your family，”she said with a smile．“What's so special about it？ Show me what it can do！”
Tom was very excited．“I think this is a GREat computer，Mum ！”he said happily．“The hardware（硬件）is good．There's so much memory（内存）and it has some wonderful software programmes．This game，Dragons player，is my favourite， but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends．I don't have to w orry about any in fected（被感染的）disks（磁盘）because I have a virus（病毒）detector（监测器）which can go over any disk and check it for viruses．Let me show you！” Tom began tapping（敲打）keys on the keyboard．The screen changed in answer to his orders（命令）．
“Oh，Tom ，”laug hed Mrs White．“I'm sure it's a wonderful computer，hut I'm afraid I don 't know what you're talking about．”
1．When Mrs White was calling Tom ，he was ．
A．lying in bed readin g a book
B．on the computer with a drag on
C．standing in fron t of the screen of the computer
D．playin g com puter games in his bedroom
2．From the passage we know that the story happened ．
A．before Tom went to school in the morning
B．before Tom went to bed at night
C．just as the drag on jumped and shouted
D．after Tom had slept for some hours in the evening
3．Tom was very excited because ．
A．he had a radio detector in his computer
B．he was worrying about the in fected disks
C．he had nearly beaten the drag on in computer game
D．his mother come upstairs to ask him to go to bed
4．Which of the following is true according to the passage？
A．Tom liked playing computer games．
B．Tom enjoyed Playing w ith real dragons．
C．Tom hated tapping on the keyboard．
D．Tom hated teaching his mother how to play the computer．
5．How did Tom get on with his mother？
A．Mrs White was very hard on her son．
B．Mrs White loved her son and took good care of him．
C．Tom didn't want to talk about the computer with his mother．
D．Tom thought his mother was as wonderful as the computer game．
参考答案：
A）1—5 DBADA
B）1—5 DBCAB
