Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But watching too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists find that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.

Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people “couch potatoes”.

Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.

1. Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will .

A. learn language skills more easily

B. be healthier

C. find it hard to learn to read

D. eat less food

2.Kids learn language skills best by .

A. reading B. talking

C. playing with others D. all of the above

3. While watching TV, what DON’T people do?

A. Eat a lot of food. B. Have less time for reading.

C. Hardly move. D. Focus on their work.

4.Which of the following is true?

A. An American child will watch 12,000 fighting acts on TV a year.

B. It’s good for kids to learn from fighting acts on TV.

C. Too much TV is good for people’s health.

D. It’s easy for kids who watch a lot of fighting shows to fight.

5. “Couch potatoes” are people who watch too much TV and become .

A. thin B. fit

C. fat D. strong

Do you know what Oscar is? When did it start? Maybe you can find the background of the awards in the following passage.

The awards started in 1929. Their full title is “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards”. The Academy is a group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years. They decide who will receive the awards. The awards are often referred to as the “Oscar”. This is a nickname given to the awards by a lady called Margaret Herrick. She was once the director of the Academy and she once said that the little gold statue reminded her of her uncle Oscar!

The Oscar is always an exciting event. Each year, at least one unusual thing happens. When the Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni won an Oscar for best foreign film, he danced on stage! When Gwyneth Paltrow, the star of Shakespeare in Love won the Oscar for best actress, she could not make her acceptance speech because she was crying so much with happiness!

In 1987, Roberto Benigni won the award for best director for a film about the last emperor of China. Since then, Chinese film and actors have started to make an impact at the award. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a huge success and it won the award for best foreign language film in 2001. It also won several technical awards for its amazing “flying” people. We expect to see more awards for Chinese film in the near future.

It’s time for the Oscar again. Once more, the stars will dress up in their finest and go to Kodar Theater. There, they will find out who had won the awards for best actor, best actress and best director. Millions of people watch the awards every year to find out who the winners are. Some people watch it to see the stars crying and laughing as they receive their awards.

1.Who give the awards?

A. In 1927.

B. Oscar.

C. The Academy of Nicknames.

D. A group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years.

2.What did Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar for?

A. Best Director. B. Best Foreign Film.

C. Best Actress. D. Best Actor.

3.Which Chinese film won an award for best foreign film?

A. Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger.

B. Crouching and Hidden Dragon and Tiger.

C. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

D. Crouching, Dragon, Hiding Tiger.

4. Where are the Oscars held?

A. At the Academy.

B. in a Los Angeles restaurant.

C. At Oscar’s house.

D. At Kodar Theater.

5.Why do some people watch Oscars?

A. To see the restaurant.

B. To see the fashion.

C. To see a film.

D. To see the stars crying and laughing.

Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna(维也纳). He was also a man full of humour. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words.“Well,”said Freud, “we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering.”

As a devoted son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summer in a small mountain town in Austria. The King Josef usually spent his summer there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday.”She believed him and had a wonderful day.

1. Freud was a famous ______ of ______.

A. doctor, Austria B. general, Vienna

C. King, Austria D. doctor, Australia

2.From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party, we can see that he was __.

A. a brave man B. a sick man

C. a devoted man D. a man full of humour

3.One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ______.

A. his 70th birthday

B. the King Josef’s birthday

C.his mother’s birthday

D. for his holiday

4.Which of the four sentences is wrong?

A. Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summer in the same place.

B. Freud’s mother’s birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day.

C. Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.

D.She knew that the band was playing for the King.

5.Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because ______.

A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate her birthday

B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday

C. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday

D. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully

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Everybody likes music. But do you know that music is different from songs? Some express feelings with lyrics (歌词), but music with songs with tones (音调). Unlike songs, music tones have no specific (具体的) meanings.

Different people get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people like different music: some love classical music, and others like pop music. Most young people like pop music.

Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 1960s.

The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of local music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller than that in the 1950s and earlier. And it now becomes the most popular one. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers like Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. Today people still have a great interest in pop music. Its concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

The 1. between music and songs

Songs express feelings with 2. .

Music tones have no specific meanings.

The love of music

People can get 3. from music.

Different people are 4. in different music. For example, most of the youth like pop music.

Pop music

Pop music, beginning in the USA, became 5. around the world during 1950s and 1960s.

”Rock and roll” was the famous 6. kind of pop Music.

7. music in many parts of the world has been taken the place by pop music.

Pop music now becomes 8. popular than“ jazz” music.

Much pop music has no 9. of art, but the work of some pop singers and groups are excellent.

The pop concerts and 10. are held all over the world.

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