31、Many people like to watch TV．  1   （watch）TV is one of the most important activities（活动）of the day．TV   2  （bring）the outside world closer to people's homes．Some people   ___3  （say）the world is smaller than before because of TV．What    4  （go）on in the other countries now? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's life in the deepest part of the sea?

If you want   5  （answer）these and other kinds of questions，just turn on the TV．Turn it on and watch．You can see a lot and learn a lot．Of course，people can also learn by reading or __6  （1isten）to the radio．But with TV they   7  （learn）better and more easily．Why? Because they can hear and watch，too．TV helps   8  （open）our eyes and minds．TV often  __9  （open）our eyes to the outside world．We learn newer and better ways of   10  （do）something．

29、Nowadays，many people begin to learn English，but how can we learn it well? The followings are necessary．

First of all，we should know the importance（重要性）of learning English．English is the second language for us．It's very useful to communicate with the outside world．Well，learning English may take a lot of time，but don't give up．

Secondly find out the obstacles to our learning and try to clean them up as soon as possible．Just as the saying goes：Practice makes perfect（熟能生巧）．So if you want to learn it well，we must read more，listen more and speak more．In our free time，we can read English newspapers，magazines or watching CCTV-9 and CCTV-10，try to speak after the hosts．Maybe you couldn't understand every word．But you can understand the meaning by the body language．

Lastly we should have confidence（信心）to show our English to everyone．Try to talk with foreigners and think in English if possible．Confidence will make us get good grades in English．

If we learn them by heart，we can succeed．

1．First of all，we should know it's          for us to learn English．

A．interesting            B．difficult                C．important               D．boring

2．The write gives us          pieces of advice about how to learn English well．

A．two                     B．three                    C．four                       D．five

3．What does the underlined word “obstacle” mean?

A．障碍                   B．好处                    C．垃圾                    D．污染

4．The sentence “Confidence will make us get good grades in English．” Means “Confidence will make us         ．”

A．get a good way                                        B．have a good idea

C．be weak in English                                  D．do well in English

5．Which of the following is NOT mentioned（提到）in this passage?

A．Writing English diaries                              B．Reading English books

C．Talking with foreigners                               D．Watching English programs

27、1．I won't be able to finish the housework without your help．（改为同义句，以下同）

  1 won't be able to finish the housework                         you                       help me．

2．I'm glad that my grandfather is healthy now．

  I'm glad that my grandfather is in                                                    now．

3． Work hard, or you will fall behind others．

                           you                       work hard，you will fall behind others．

4．1 am not sure what I can buy for my mother．

  I am not sure what                          for my mother．

5．如果你上学迟到了，老师将不让你进去。（完成翻译句子；以下同）

                          you are late for school, the teacher                            let you in．

6．那时她靠在街上卖报纸谋生．

  She                          a                           by selling newspapers in the street in those days．

7．昨天我和同学争吵起来，事后我感到很后悔。

  I             my classmate yesterday．After that I felt very sorry．

8．课后我们应多讲英语。

  We should speak English as                     as                         after class．

9．你不应该在阅览室里吸烟。

You                                                           to smoke in the reading-room．

10．请把书拿去给他并把词典给我带来。

Please                       the book to him and                            the dictionary to me．

25、1．Jenny didn’t buy anything yesterday．(变同义句)

Jenny __________  __________ yesterday．

2．It took Tom an hour to finish his homework last night．(变同义句)

Tom __________ an hour __________his homework last night．

3．I think the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is very interesting．(对划线部分提问)

__________ do you __________   __________ the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?

4．I did my homework last night．(变否定句)

I __________  __________ my homework last night．

5．Jim went to school this morning，and he didn’t have breakfast．(合并为一句)

  Jim went to school __________ having breakfast this morning．

24、用所给动词的适当形式填空。

    Mr. White had a farm in England．He and his wife 1__________(grow)a lot of things on the farm．They worked very hard．One day Mr White 2__________(say)to his wife，“Dear，let’s 3__________(go)to London next Sunday．We can 4__________ (have)a good time there，and then we can go to the cinema．”His wife 5__________ (be)very happy when she heard this，because she and her husband always 6__________ (eat)a lot，and she didn’t like 7__________ (cook)three times every day．

    They 8__________ (go)to London by train and walked for an hour．When it was twelve o’clock, they wanted 9__________(have)a meal．They looked at a few restaurants．In one of them there was a blackboard outside．On the blackboard was“lunch 12:30 to 2:30, $11.50．”

  “Well，that’s good，”Mrs. White said，“We 10__________(eat)for two hours for$11.50 here！This is a place for us．”

22、Aren’t you glad that mothers and fathers give names to their children？Names are the quickest and easiest and the most friendly way to say who’s who．Another nice thing about names is that they do not change(变化)as people do．Yesterday Mary’s hair was long．Today her hair is short．But her name is still Mary．On his birthday Uncle Tom didn’t have moustache(胡子)．At Christmas time he did．But his name is still Tom．People are always changing a little or a lot，but people’s names are still the same．

  A name sometimes says something nice about someone．Girls’ names often come from words meaning“pretty(漂亮的)”，“happy”，“lovely”…Boys’ names are often borrowed from words which mean“strong”，“brave(勇敢的)”…

1．____________ usually give names to the children．

  A．Parents        B．Friends        C．Teachers         D．Family members

2．A man’s name  ____________．

  A．is always changing．                      B．changes as he does．

  C．is seldom(几乎不)changing               D．changes at any time

3．Some people sometimes have their ____________ when writing for newspaper．

  A．family names    B．given names    C．full names       D．pen names

4．If there is a word“brave”in a boy’s name．that means his parents wish him___________．

  A．to have a strong body          B．to be stronger，when he grows up

  C．to have a name for love           D．not to be afraid of anybody

5．In the last paragraph，the underlined word“borrow”means ___________．

  A．借用                 B．使用            C．拿走                  D．带来