When I lived in Spain,some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Be?fore they left,they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation. I suggested that they should stay at " bed and breakfast" houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice but they came back with some funny stories.

"We didn't stay at 'bed and breakfast' houses," they said. "Because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

  I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English and they thought "vacancies" meant "holidays",because the Spanish word for "holi?days" is " vacaciones". So they did not go to the house where the sign outside said " Vacan?cies",which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to the house where the sign said "No Vacancies",because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

  We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Span?ish,the word "diversion" means "fun". In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word "diversion" on a road sign,they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole.

  English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said "Thank you" in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away!Later I found out that "Thank you" in French means "No,thank you.”

(   ) 1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about        .

   A.learning English

   B.finding places to stay in England

   C.driving their car on English roads

   D.going to England by car

(   ) 2. Why didn't the author's friends follow his advice to stay in "bed and breakfast" hou?ses?

   A.Because most house owners were away on holiday.

   B.Because it was more expensive than expected.

   C.Because they confused the two expressions " vacancies" and "vacaciones".

   D.Because they confused the two expressions "Vacancies" and "No Vacancies". 

(   ) 3. If you see a road sign that says "Diversion" in England, you will        .

   A.fall into a hole

   B.have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself

   C.find that the road is blocked by crowds of people

   D.have to take a different road

(   ) 4. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I        .

   A.hadn't finished drinking my coffee

   B.was expecting another cup of coffee

   C.meant that I didn't want any more

   D.was never misunderstood

 Who can guess what would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 1       , reading,or studying?    Well,now it’s your chance to

turn off your TV and 2       TV-Turnoff Week is here.

The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 3        and participate in activities 4        drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network,a non-profit organization which started the event in

1995. In the 5         , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more

than 7. 6 million people participated, 6        people in every state inAmericaand in more than 12 other countries!This is the 11th year in which 7        are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on 8        According to the TV-Turnoff Network,the average 9        in theUSspend 10        time in front of the TV(about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in schooKabout 900  hours per year) . Too much TV 11        has made many kids grow fat. 12       ,in 2001,s TV-Turnoff Week,Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most 13        generation of youngsters in American history.  This week is about saving lives. ”  Over the years,studies have shown that watching a lot of TV  14        

poor eating habits,too little exercise,and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-  I

Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or 15        ,part of a healthy 

lifestyle”.  I “One of the great lessons of  16         TV-Turnoff Week is the realization  that 17         I turn on the TV,I’m deciding not to do something else,”  Vespe said.

TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 18        Recent US census(人口普查)  data 19        that about 72 per cent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s  20         about 63  per cent ten years ago. 

1. A. drinking   B. sleeping 

   C. washing   D. playing outside  

2. A. find out   B. go out   C. look out D,  keep out

3. A. off   B. alone   C. on   D. beside

4. A. like   B. as   C. from   D. such as

5. A. end   B. event   C. beginning   D. total

6. A. besides   B. except for   C. including   D. except I

7. A. governments   B. parents   C. organizers   D. businessTmen I

8. A. the light   B. the radio   C. life   D. the Internet I

9. A. grown-ups   B. kids   C. clerks   D. parents I

10. A. less   B. enough   C. little   D. more

11. A. programme   B. screen   C. hour   D. watching

12. A. However   B. On the contrary   C. In fact   D. As a result

13. A. overweight   B. overeaten   C. overgrown   D. overseeing

14. A. leads to   B. results from   C. develops   D. keeps away l

15. A. will be   B. should be   C. may be   D. could be I

16. A. organizing   B. taking part in   C. participating   D. asking for I

17. A. wherever   B. every day   C. every time   D. this time I

18. A. living   B. choice   C. difference   D. sense

19. A. shows   B. says   C. reads   D. writes

20. A. rising   B. down from   C. up to   D. up from

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