Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. The American couch-potato becomes maybe even a part of the American tradition (传统)! 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 (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, when one watches TV, one is most often sitting on a couch. While watching TV,  most of these people look so frozen (冻僵的) that they almost look like dead things! Everyone is sitting still with eyes looking right into the same black box. 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 so still and fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now that you know what a couch-potato means, the next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

(   ) 35. The word “couch-potato” is used in _____.

        A. China        B. America         C. Japan         D. France

(   ) 36. If a person is called “couch-potato”, he or she ______.

       A. likes sitting on a couch         B. does nothing all day

       C. must be very fat and short        D. only watches TV in his free time

(   ) 37. The passage mainly tells us ______.

       A. how to watch TV                                  B. why couch-potatoes are very fat

       C. what a couch-potato means        D. where the new word is used

(   ) 38. Which of the following should be the writer’s suggestion?

       A. Take more exercise.               B. Never watch TV.

       C. Don’t sit on a couch.           D. Don’t watch TV too much.