Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. Researchers in the USA has estimated(估计)that when most students leave school they have spent 11,000 hours in the classroom and 22,000 hours watching television. But what effect does this have?

Benefits(好处) of television:

1. Television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many mew things. Television can offer present information to us in a more effective way than books. It can also make things more memorable.

2. It entertains (使欢乐) us. It is an enjoyable way to relax. For millions of people around the world, television is a source of companionship and helps them to cope with everyday life.

3. It has increased the popularity of sports and arts.

4. It has made us aware of our global responsibilities. In 2000, for example, 1.5billion people in 147 countries watched a TV pop concert and helped to collect more than $100million for people in Africa.

Dangers:

1. Television can make us passive (消极的). We don't have to think and our brains become lazy.

2. It encourages us to buy things that we don’t need, and can make us unhappy with our own life.

3. It takes time away from activities such as reading, conversation, and games.

4. It gives a false picture of society. A study in 2003 showed that people who watch a lot of TV are more afraid of crime. They also think that there is a lot more crime than there really is .

5. Some critics(批评家) say that television make people violent. A ten-year study in the United States showed that children who watch violent television programmes are more likely to be violent themselves.

1. What’s the proper description of the time American students spend on TV and study?

A、They spend twice as much time on TV as in the classroom.

B、They spend twice as much time in the classroom as on TV.

C、They spend as much time on TV as in the classroom.

D、They spend less time on TV than in the classroom/

2. The underlined word “memorable” is closed in meaning to     .

A、easy to be remembered        B、remembered forever

C、interesting                  D、knowledgeable

3.Which of the following number is NOT true of the pop concert mentioned in the passage?

A、People in more than 140 countries watched it on TV

B、It helped to collect more than $100 million

C、It was held in 2000.

D、1.5million people watched it on TV.

4. According to the passage, the dangers of watching TV too much included all the following except that     .

A、television can make us active

B、television encourages us to buy things that we don’t need

C、television gives us a worse picture of society

D、television takes time away from a lot of activities

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Childish Voice

When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why   36   had such a big influence   37   a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now,   38   I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel   39  to express my own  40    on this saying. I know that I’m just a high school student with very   41   experiences. There are still many things   42   me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.

I once read this sentence: “To make this world a happy place to live, you’d better   43   yourself and your heart , instead of the whole world.” I was shocked. It made me think about life   44   . There are so many things around us that    45    our will. We can’t force life    46    our wishes. The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we   47   it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves  48   the world. I think we should learn to accept   49   life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.

Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to  50   every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more   51   that they slip by and leave you feeling   52   . I realize that I’m not just living   53   myself and that there are the others around me I should think of .They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it’s just a little progress.

Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or   54   .It doesn’t matter, I think. There is one   55   that should be obeyed—and that’s to make this world better.

A．man                      B．time        C．thing            D．parent

A．about            B．with             C．on                   D．in

A．before            B．after             C．as                D．when

A．anxious        B．worried          C．tired                D．glad

A．beliefs        B．opinions          C．confidences  D．expressions

A．a few             B．little         C．few                  D．a little

A．waiting for    B．sticking with  C．dealing with D．doing with

A．ask                    B．change            C．exchange          D．force

A．myself               B．itself            C．oneself      D．themselves

A．go with            B．go along              C．go ahead         D．go against

A. being followed  B. to be followed C. following    D. to follow

A．receive         B．accept             C．refuse         D．approve

A．fit in                B．suit                  C．beat                 D．match

A．what                B．whatever          C．which              D．why

A．miss                 B．catch                      C．escape          D．lose

A．probably          B．likely               C．possibly              D．unlikely

A．regretful          B．awful                   C．successful  D．terrible

A．for                          B．by                          C．on               D．with

A．wrong              B．false                       C．negative              D．true

A．point                B．rule                 C．thing                   D．word

Most parents and teachers would get angry when they hear that teenagers listen to their iPods while preparing for exams. But pupils who listen to music when doing their homework may be, in fact, working hard.

????????????? Thirty three schools have downloaded specially written pop and rock songs for their 10,000 pupils who are studying for GCSE (初级毕业证书). The professionally recorded music, based on texts in English literature, teaches teenagers about themes in the GCSE curriculum (课程). Two young men set up “Revise”, the company that produced the songs, and worked with teachers to make sure the lyrics (歌词) reflected the curriculum. Some of the songs were written by Geraint Brown, a director, and they are performed by professional singers and musicians.

????????????? Songs for the GCSE science and maths lessons are also being developed in 36 schools. They have also started using the program, called, “LearnThruMusic”.

????????????? Dave Matthews, the head of Hawthorn High School in the South Wales valleys, said the program aimed at helping teenagers who are unwilling to study. He said, “There are lots of pupils who don’t have a high level of home support. It’s almost cool to say you have no need to find a support and we have got to change that. With this, they don’t have to be sitting at their desk at home. They can be outside, walking around or even listening to it on the bus, which is very convenient for them.” Everyone has a phone, MP3 or CD player, and they’re more likely to listen to these than pick up a book. “I think everyone would agree that music had an important influence on us when growing up. Both boys and girls are very good at remembering the words and dancing to the music in the charts. There’s no one thing that will successfully engage (使…产生兴趣) every child, and some of them will make little or no use of this. But the fact that they don’t have to do any extra work makes this a very good deal for a kid,” Dave Matthews added.

1.The pop and rock songs used in 36 schools ________.

A. were written for the students to relax themselves

B. made most parents and teachers angry

C. were specially written for hardworking students

D. were closely related to the curriculum

2.Which benefit of the program is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. It saves students much extra work.

B. It offers different ways of learning.

C. It makes remembering easier.

D. It improves family support to kids.

3.Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?

A. The program is not expected to have equal effect on every student.

B. Some students used the song as an excuse for not reading textbooks.

C. It’s more difficult to create songs for science and maths lessons.

D. Students involved in the program needn’t go to school every day.

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Special-written Songs — A Reason Why Students Should Listen to IPods.

B. Special-written Songs — A New Way to Learn the Curriculum.

C. Special-written Songs — A Substitution for Textbooks.

D. Special-written Songs — Mothers’ New Concern.

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的作文。文中共有十处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个词。
增加：在缺词处加上一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改十处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I like music very much, pop songs particularly. Every evening then I am doing homework and at weekends when I at home, I always play some of my favorite songs on my tape recorder. The familiar patterns of notes attracts me into the colourfully world of music. Now and then I stopped to follow the songs. Sometimes, my mother comes in, asking me to fix my attention to my homework. She does not like the pop music. Like most grown-ups, she enjoys folk songs, because the peaceful music reminds her of their beautiful life when she was young. It is a truth which people of different age understand music differently and enjoy different kinds of music.