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第三周周末练习

A

When you sit and watch TV hour after hour , do you ever think of what it may be doing to your health?

More and more children are becoming overweight and near-sighted. __1____ they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative (有创造性的) since watching TV doesn’t ___2__ any active thought.

Last week, the TV-Turn off Organization began its ninth TV-Turn off _ 3__ in the US. This organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends ___4___ watching TV.

American school children spend, on average (平均地), ___5__ hours a year watching TV----more time than they spend in school. That’s too much,say the docters__6____ organized this year’s TV-Turn off week.

Doctors say that the ___7_ children watch television, the more overweight they may become. Any food children eat while they watch the television makes this weight ___8___ more serious. To keep mentally (精神地) and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friends and family members, read and __9___ the world round them. Could you go a week without television? It might be ___10_ for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?

1. A.because B. until C.whether D. though

2. A .find B. need C.lose D.know

3. A. day B. week C. month D.year

4. A.together with B.because of C. lots of D. instead of

5. A. 100 B. 300 C. 1,000 D. 5,000

6. A. whom B. whose C. which D. who

7. A. later B.earlier C. longer D. less

8. A. problem B. question C. thing D. lesson

9. A. explore B. invent C. find D. make

10.A. easy B. happy C. dangerous D. difficult

B

One afternoon just before Christmas, an old man was walking __1__ the city center. The shops were all full of good things and they __2__ with cheerful shoppers. Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying sadly. When the __3__ old man asked him why he __4__, the little boy told him that he had __5__ a ten penny piece that his uncle __6__ him. At once the old man pulled out a handful of coins. He __7__ out a shining new ten penny piece and handed it to the child. “Thank you very much,” said the little boy, drying his __8___. He cheered up at once.

An hour or so later, the old man was making his way __9__ home by the same road. To his __10__he saw the dirty little boy in the same place, crying sadly as 11__. He went up to the

boy and asked him 12 he had lost the ten penny piece he had __13__ given him as well. The boy told him that he had not lost the second coin 14 he sti ll couldn’t find the first one. “__15__ I could find my own piece,” he cried, “I would have twenty pence now.”

1. A. by B. between C. through D. over

2. A .were crowded B. were crowding C. crowded D. had crowded

3. A. angry B. sad C. happy D. kind

4. A. cried B. had cried C. was crying D. would cry

5. A. spent B. left C. paid D. lost

6. A. had taken B. had brought C. had given D. had borrowed

7. A. picked B. made C. gave D. left

8. A. mouth B. eyes C. feet D. ears

9. A. on B. back C. to D. for

10. A. surprise B. joy C. sadness D. excitement

11. A. usually B. usual C. before D. well

12. A. where B. when C. why D. if

13. A. just B. just now C. right now D. now

14. A. and B. but C. while D. as

15. A. When B. Since C. If D. As

C

China could save 10 million tons of grain a year if more attention was paid to the control of pests(害虫) , an agricultural scientist said. He also warned that plant diseases and pests are on the increase. Many kinds of pests, such as Asian locusts, which had been controlled for years, are spreading again.

He said China loses about 15 million tons of grain a year as a result of damage done by plant diseases and pests. If crops were better protected, at least half of the lost grain could be saved. He called for setting up a national office in charge of biological control using pests' natural enemies to kill them.

Biological control is now used on slightly more than 10 percent of farmland of the country.

1.What makes China lose about 15 million tons of grain every year

A. Pests.

B. Many kinds of animals.

C. Asian locusts.

D. Plant diseases and pests.

2.How can China save 10 million tons of grain

A. By controlling pests and protecting crops effectively.

B. By feeding some of the pests' natural enemies.

C. By setting up a national office.

D. By preventing pests from spreading too much.

3.The scientist's warning is that ____ .

A. China loses about 15 million tons of grain

B. crops should be better protected

C. plant diseases and pests are increasing

D. locusts are out of control

4.Biological control is ____ .