Question

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题解析:本文大意：你知道沙发土豆的意思吗？在美国，这个词经常被用到，许多人坐在沙发上看电视度过空闲时间，有许多频道选择，电视能非常有趣吸引人。他可能不间断地几个小时坐着看电视!整天什么事也不做，除了看电视，这样的人被称为沙发土豆。因为被电视吸引，他们不运动，通常变得非常胖，所以，在许多方面，这些人看上去像个真土豆。因为看上去胖，在沙发上看电视，所以被称为沙发土豆。

1.细节理解题。根据 Well, in America, the word is now often used.在美国，这个词经常被用到， 可知答案C

2.细节理解题。根据Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.整天什么事也不做，除了看电视，这样的人被称为沙发土豆，可知答案D

3.细节理解题。根据they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat.他们不运动，通常变得非常胖，可知答案D

4.主旨大意题。根据Do you know what couch-potato means?你知道沙发土豆的意思吗？可知答案B

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