Many people like to watch TV．  1   （watch）TV is one of the most important activities（活动）of the day．TV   2  （bring）the outside world closer to people's homes．Some people   ___3  （say）the world is smaller than before because of TV．What    4  （go）on in the other countries now? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's life in the deepest part of the sea?

If you want   5  （answer）these and other kinds of questions，just turn on the TV．Turn it on and watch．You can see a lot and learn a lot．Of course，people can also learn by reading or __6  （1isten）to the radio．But with TV they   7  （learn）better and more easily．Why? Because they can hear and watch，too．TV helps   8  （open）our eyes and minds．TV often  __9  （open）our eyes to the outside world．We learn newer and better ways of   10  （do）something．

Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U.S.A. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
At summer picnic, there is often an informal（非正式的） baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to play. There are nine players on each team.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes（英雄）. At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.
【小题1】 There are           players on each baseball team.

阅读理解.

    Baseball(棒球)is one of the favorite sports in the USA．Children play baseball in sports field or parks．

　　At summer picnic，there is often an informal(非正式)baseball game．Boys and girls，young and old take turns to bat．Each team has nine players．

　　The baseball season goes from April to September．During this time, baseball matches are shown on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes(英雄)．At the end of the season the two top teams play against each other．Many baseball fans go a1ong to watch the game．Millions of others listen to the radio and watch television．People seem to talk only about the game．Even long after it is over，they will still talk about the result and players．

　　American baseball is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA．The football season begins when the baseball season ends．More people are interested in football than baseball．When there is an important game，thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television set to hear the result．

根据短文内容，选择正确答案.

（1）According to (根据) the short passage，which is WRONG?

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A．Boys and girls all like baseball．

B．Baseball is played in the open air．

C．A baseball match has nine players,

D．Children sometimes play baseball in parks．

（2）American people play baseball in ________.

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A．April, May, June, July, August and September

B．September, December, November, December, January, February and March

C．January, February, May, April, May and June

D．October, November, December, January, February and March

（3）What happens at the end of the baseball season?

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A．People talk only about football games.

B．Many baseball fans become members of top teams.

C．A lot of people join the games.

D．Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game.

（4）________follows the baseball season in the USA．

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A．The baseball season

B．The football season

C．The baseball match

D．A football match

（5）This passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．something about the football season in the USA

B．that football is more interesting than baseball in the USA

C．something about the difference between baseball and football

D．something about the baseball season in the USA

阅读理解.

    Baseball(棒球)is one of the favorite sports in the USA．Children play baseball in sports field or parks．

　　At summer picnic，there is often an informal(非正式)baseball game．Boys and girls，young and old take turns to bat．Each team has nine players．

　　The baseball season goes from April to September．During this time, baseball matches are shown on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes(英雄)．At the end of the season the two top teams play against each other．Many baseball fans go a1ong to watch the game．Millions of others listen to the radio and watch television．People seem to talk only about the game．Even long after it is over，they will still talk about the result and players．

　　American baseball is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA．The football season begins when the baseball season ends．More people are interested in football than baseball．When there is an important game，thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television set to hear the result．

根据短文内容，选择正确答案.

（1）According to (根据) the short passage，which is WRONG?

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A．Boys and girls all like baseball．

B．Baseball is played in the open air．

C．A baseball match has nine players,

D．Children sometimes play baseball in parks．

（2）American people play baseball in ________.

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A．April, May, June, July, August and September

B．September, December, November, December, January, February and March

C．January, February, May, April, May and June

D．October, November, December, January, February and March

（3）What happens at the end of the baseball season?

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A．People talk only about football games.

B．Many baseball fans become members of top teams.

C．A lot of people join the games.

D．Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game.

（4）________follows the baseball season in the USA．

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A．The baseball season

B．The football season

C．The baseball match

D．A football match

（5）This passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．something about the football season in the USA

B．that football is more interesting than baseball in the USA

C．something about the difference between baseball and football

D．something about the baseball season in the USA

Chinese space trainer Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the meaningful challenge(挑战) Another five volunteers are all space lovers., including three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They are about to feel what it’s like to travel to Mars, only without leaving the earth. They are locked up together for a year and a half under a similar condition to the red planet during the whole process. So the experiment is called Mars-500.

When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 520-day special life, French trainer Charles said:”For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air.”

The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow, Russia. Although the people won’t leave the building, they will fell as if they are on a real trip to the Mars. The most difficult thing will be to be separated(分离) from the people that they used to live with. The trainer won’t see sunsets, sunrises, won’t feel rain for 18 months. That will be hard.

The main task is to study the “Man and environment”. It’ll care about the astronauts’ getting experience and physical effects. The 520-day-test is divided into three parts,the first 250days to Mars, the middle 30days of landing on Mars, the last 240 days to return to the earth. Everyone will stay there alone for a long time and will work lonely. They will have to make decisions themselves and only then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.

Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. It is learned that they will be launched（发射）early in June. And the experiment will end in November 2011.

1. _______ members were chosen as volunteers.

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

2. The most difficult thing for the trainers is ______.

A．no vegetables to eat

B．they can’t watch TV

C．they can’t see many people

D．they must lie all day

3. Mars-500 test will be done in ______

A．Moscow                              B．a red planet

C．November                             D．Xichang

4. It will take trainers _______ days to land on Mars.

A．250              B．30               C．240              D．520

5. Which sentence is NOT true about the 520-day-test?

A．The trainers won’t see rain or snow

B．The experiment will begin in June.

C．Trainers are all astronauts.

D．Trainers will report to the earth.

　　Now radio is still with us. And the number of listeners is becoming larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor （半导体） radio. A transistor radio is sometimes very small. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or on your bike when you go to work. It is better for blind people （盲人）. The sight （视力） of many old people is not good enough to watch TV. Then when people are working, they can't watch TV But they can listen to music or news over the radio. What's more,radio is much cheaper than TV.

A．see what is happening in the world

B．hear what is happening to the world

C．know what the world is like

D．see what the people on the earth are doing

A．the radio is easy to carry

B．the radio is good for blind people and many old people

C．the radio can be used at any time

D．the reason is A,B and C

　　What's going on in other countries? _____3_____ do people live in faraway places? Is there a good sports game somewhere（在某处）? What's life in the deepest part of the sea? If you want to _____4____ these and other questions, just turn on the TV and watch it. Of course people can also learn through reading and listening to the _____5_____, but TV can help them learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch too. TV can give us new _____6______. It's an interesting thing.

完形填空.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填写出单词的正确形式完成短文.

　　Most American families like to have a holiday（1）________ summer．Summer is a good season（2）________holidays．It is very hot during the months of July and August．Children do not go to school during these（3）________ months．

　　Some（4）________ like to stay at home during the holiday．They work in the garden，visit friends，（5）________ books，or（6）________ TV．Many families（7）________ their lunch to a park or somewhere far（8）________ the city．They like to eat where are many trees or there is a nice lake．If they live near the sea，they often go to the beach (海滨)．They Can fish，swim or enjoy the sun there．

　　America is a large country．Many families travel by（9）________ or by train to see interesting places．They also travel by plane to a foreign country．Many big cities have many famous buildings，theatres，shops and other places（10）________ travelers．

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