American boys and girls love to watch television.Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set.Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Sunday.

Televisions are like books or films.A child can learn bad things and good things from them.Some shows help children to understand the news and places from other countries or other times in history.With television a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship.Boys and girls can see a play,a concert or a game at home.

Televisions bring many places and events into our homes.Some programs show crime and other things that are bad for children,so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.

1.Children usually spend    a day in school.

A. six hours B. more than eight hours

C. only a few hours D. four hours

2.Some children spend eight hours or more    on Sunday.

A. studying B. playing C. watching TV D. helping their parents

3.On television children can see   

A. games B. big animals C. oceans D. almost everything

4."Televisions bring many places and events into our homes."means"   ."

A. Televisions make things happen on homes

B. We can know places and events without going to see them

C. We can see houses and buildings on TV

D. We can find them easily

5.Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is    for children on TV.

A. a bad program B. an animal C. a game D. an uninteresting film.

There have been many great inventions that change the way we live.The first great(1)_____ was one that is still very important today﹣the wheel.This made it easy for man(2)_____ heavy things and to travel long distances.For hundreds of years after that,there were(3)_____ inventions that had as much effect as the wheel.Then in the early 1800's the world started to change(4)_____.There was little unknown land left in the world.People did not have to explore much any more.In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made.(5)_____ them were the camera,the electric light and the radio.These have all become a big part of our life today.The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions.The helicopter in 1909.Movies(6)_____ sound in 1926.The computer in 1928.And jet planes in 1930.This was also a time when a new(7)_____ was first made.Nylon came out in 1935.It changed the kind of clothes people wear.Of course new inventions continued to be made.Man began looking(8)_____ ways to go into space.Russia made the first step.Then the United States took another.Since then other countries,including China and Japan,(9)_____ their steps into space.In 1969man took his biggest step away from earth.(10)_____ first walked on the moon.This was certainly just a beginning.New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

1.A. scientist B. artist C. musician D. invention

2.A. carry B. carrying C. to carry D. carried

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

4.A. largely B. differently C. greatly D. freely

5.A. Between B. Among C. Before D. After

6.A. in B. of C. on D. with

7.A. mistake B. product C. world D. material

8.A. for B. out C. after D. around

9.A. made B. were made C. have made D. hade made

10.A. Chinese B. Japanese C. Americans D. Russians

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