Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(观看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.

1.The main idea of this passage is ___________.

A．TV is more important than school

B．fewer and fewer children go to school

C．There is not a school which has no TV set in America

D．TV plays a great part in American people’s life

2.How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Four             D．Five

3.The first reason shows ____________.

A．now children go to school less often than their parents did

B．in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

C．a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours

D．parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough

4.In American, a child starts going to school _________.

A．when he is 3                           B．when he is about 6 or 7

C．when he is able to understand TV           D．after he starts to do school work

5.Every day in America ______________.

A．teachers and professors watch TV

B．90,000,000 young people watch TV

C．not only young people watch TV

D．15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TV

 

Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator in America．There are several reasons for this．First，there is the number of hours．While Americans spend about 13，000 hours in schools，they spend 15，000 to 16，000 hours in front of a TV set．Second is the age at which viewers start watching TV．People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3，which is several years before they start to do school work．Finally，there is the number of viewers．About 90，000，000 young people are attending school，but most of the Americans watch TV every day．It seems，then，that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors(教授)as the educators in America．

(1)The main idea of this passage is________.

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A．TV is more important than school

B．fewer and fewer children go to school

C．there is not a school which has no TV set in America

D．TV plays a great part in American people's life

(2)How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

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(3)The first reason shows________.

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A．now children go to school less often than their parents did

B．in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

C．a TV program usually gives lessons of 15，000 to 16，000 hours

D．parents think 13，000 hours of school is not enough

(4)In American，a child starts going to school________.

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A．when he is 3

B．when he is about 6 or 7

C．when he is able to understand TV

D．after he starts to do school work

Matt Mason has seen the future—and it’s fun. Mason likes thinking about how machines can make our lives easier by doing the work we hate, such as cleaning. He shows a hard floor cleaning system（系统）that’s built into the wall: it will blow dirt to a part of the room where it will be collected by a vacuum（吸尘器）. Then the system will drop some cleaner on the floor and an arm will mop（用拖把擦）it up. “This may trouble you,” says Kara, an expert in Mason’s company. “But you can program it to come on at 3 a. m., and it will just wet-mop the floor for you.”

When it comes to the kitchen, Bruce Beihoff, another expert at Whirlpool, is sure that in a few years, robots will be doing most of the boring work, freeing us to relax. “More than just fun, future kitchens will be environmentally friendly,” he says. “A new system will be built in the house which can recycle energy（能量）lost from your kitchen to make the whole home warm.”

“The fridge will be the center of the home,” says Daniel Lee, a market expert. The fridge will have a touch screen （触摸屏幕）where you can watch TV, surf the Internet, check your e-mail, keep a shopping list and order vegetables. “Your fridge is the first place you go in the morning and the last place at night,” says Lee.

Ever wonder why a 1.9-meter man and a 1.6-meter woman have to cook meals on counters（工作台）of the same height. “The height was decided over 50 years ago, according to the height of ordinary women,” says Jane Langmuir, an expert of cooking machines. “But times have changed. We have made a new counter where you press a button and it moves to whatever height you want.” At the same time, Ted Selker at MIT’s Counter lab has made the Dishmaker which lets you make dishes and bowls out of plastics at home. After each meal, the dishes are changed straight back into plastics.

1. How many inventions are mentioned in the passage?

    A. Three.               B. Four.                C. Five.          D. Six.

 2. In future, if you want to clean your house, you will _________.

A. have a recycling system built in the wall

B. get up early to start your cleaning system

C. use your fridge to give orders to a cleaner

D. leave the work to a kind of cleaning machine

  3. What is future kitchen work like?

A. Terrific and relaxing.               B. Easy and interesting.

C. Enjoyable and exciting.            D. Funny and amazing.

  4. From the passage, we know _________.

A. people will have more and more time enjoying themselves

B. future kitchens can provide all the energy for our life every day

C. the fridge can be found in the center of a future house

D. people must be expert at computers to use these inventions

Dave Smith is 12. He has a sister .Her name is Jenny .She is 8.
Dave has a dictionary .It is blue .The dictionary is in his black backpack .He has a computer game and he likes it .Jenny has a watch .It is red .She likes it very much. She has a good pencil case ,too .It’s white . Her pencil  ,ruler ,eraser and pen are in the pencil case. Her pencil case is in her yellow backpack.
【小题1】What’s Jenny’s family name?

A．White

B．Black

C．Smith

D．Brown

【小题2】What color is Dave’s dictionary?

A．It’s blue.

B．It’s black.

C．It’s red.

D．It’s white.

【小题3】_________ things are in Jenny’s pencil case.

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

【小题4】What color is Jenny’s backpack?

A．It’s black

B．It’s red

C．It’s green

D．It’s yellow

【小题5】下面哪项陈述是正确的？

A．Dave is 8	B．Jenny has a computer game
C．Dave’s backpack is black	D．Jenny has a sister

Dave Smith is 12. He has a sister .Her name is Jenny .She is 8.
Dave has a dictionary .It is blue .The dictionary is in his black backpack .He has a computer game and he likes it .Jenny has a watch .It is red .She likes it very much. She has a good pencil case ,too .It’s white . Her pencil  ,ruler ,eraser and pen are in the pencil case. Her pencil case is in her yellow backpack.
【小题1】What’s Jenny’s family name?

A．White

B．Black

C．Smith

D．Brown

【小题2】What color is Dave’s dictionary?

A．It’s blue.

B．It’s black.

C．It’s red.

D．It’s white.

【小题3】_________ things are in Jenny’s pencil case.

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

【小题4】What color is Jenny’s backpack?

A．It’s black

B．It’s red

C．It’s green

D．It’s yellow

【小题5】 下面哪项陈述是正确的？

A．Dave is 8	B．Jenny has a computer game
C．Dave’s backpack is black	D．Jenny has a sister