My name is Rick.This is my room.There is a shirt 1 the bed.It's 2 .I also have a pair of 3 .They are blue,too Ther is a desk and a chair in 4 room.Afootball is under the 5.I like it very much.I6play football vevry well.I often play it with my friends.A picture is on the wall.You can see four people in it.The man and the woman are my 7.They work in a school and teach Chinese.They are8.The little girl is my9.She is very lovely.She is only three years old.She doesn't go to school,so she10.read or write.I have a happy family.
In many English homes people eat four meals a day.They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning.They eat porridge(粥),eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee at breakfast.Lunch comes at one o'clock.Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven.First they have soup,and then they have meat or fish with vegetables.After that they eat some other things,like bananas,apples or oranges.But not all English people eat like that.Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day.Their meals are breakfast,dinner,tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
(1)
Many English people have________meals a day.
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A.
two
B.
three
C.
four
D.
five
(2)
People may have________for their breakfast according to the passage.
Betty is not a traditional American beauty.She is unfashionable,has thick red glasses,untidy hair and large metal braces (牙套) on her teeth.But this hasn't stopped her from becoming one of America's favorite TV characters.So how did she manage to do it?
The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty.Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty.The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York.
The TV show has just started.Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories.Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around.But she manages to do better than others with her hard work,charm and wisdom.The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan.
Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us,it has still been a big success in the USA.It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes Awards,one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA.“I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us,and I mean men as well,because it's about the underdog (弱者) ”,says Ashley Jensen,who plays one of the characters on the show.
The program is so popular because of the performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty.She brings the character alive on the screen.
(1)
Betty is popular because of ________.
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A.
her clothes
B.
her charm
C.
her personality
D.
her appearance
(2)
In paragraph 4,the underlined word “it” refers to (指的是) ________.
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A.
the beginning
B.
the ending
C.
the story
D.
the show
(3)
Which is the reason for the success of the show?
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A.
A large number of viewers.
B.
Her life as an office worker.
C.
The wonderful performance.
D.
Two Golden Globes Awards.
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true according to the show?
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A.
Betty is a girl of wisdom.
B.
Betty acts as a beautiful swan on the show.
C.
Betty is an American favorite TV character.
D.
Betty is often looked down on by the people around.