I love My Country is a Dutch（荷兰的）TV series, first aired（播放）in the Netherlands on March 8, 2008.A tenth season was aired in late 2012, with an 11^th season airing in March, 2013.

    The show was created by the Dutchman John de Mol and has been sold to at least 25 countries in the world.

    The series is divided into two teams. Each team, led by its leader, has three members. The teams have to answer questions about their own home country, like "What is the capital…?", "When did our country end the war with…?”etc. At the end of the programme the winning team gets a bicycle.

    Big Ideas is a Canadian television series produced by TVOntario, on the air since 2001. The idea of starting the programme came from Wodek Szemberg who worked as the producer of the programme afterwards. The programme show lectures（讲座）to the public given by famous university educators.

    Big Ideas airs on TV Ontario on Saturdays and Sundays at 5 pm, with repeat airings at 5 am on Sunday and Monday mornings.

    In 2007, Big Ideas held its Best Lecture Competition for the second time. Dr. Michael Persinger, from Laurentian University, received the best-lecturer award.

    The show stopped in the spring of 2013 because TVO had little money for it.

1.How many seasons of I Love My Country has been aired so far?

A. 8                          B. 9                           C. 10               D. 11

2.When can you see Big Ideas on TV?

A. At 4 pm on Saturdays.                  B. At 5 pm on Sundays.

C. At 5 pm on Mondays.                            D. At 4 am on Sundays.

3.The writer writes the passage to _______.

A. introduce two TV series to us

B. explain why there are so many TV series

C. encourage us to watch more TV series

D. encourage us to love our country more

We all _____ the athlete of our country.

There ____more cars now in our country.

A．have             B．are              C．is                D．has

In China, there’re many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. The real Chinese food is dumplings. Now let’s talk about them, OK?
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.
Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar.
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, usually we put a coin(硬币) in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.
In the old days, people couldn’t often eat dumplings, because they were very poor. Now our country is becoming stronger and stronger, and our people are richer and richer. We can eat them very often.
Now tell me, do you like dumplings?
Welcome to China, and we’ll invite you to eat the real Chinese food —dumplings.
【小题1】—What does the writer like dumplings with best？ —