选词填空。用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次，其中有两个词是多余的。共8分）

Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often    1.. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time    2. on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV programs can be quite    3.  and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours    4.  stopping! Well, these people who do    5.  all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, while watching TV, most people are always sitting with eyes still looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to watch TV, they don’t take    6.  and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like    7.  potatoes! Well, because they look    8., and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

综合填空：用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺。每词限用一次,每空1分，共10分.

I’d like to say 1._______ about how you can improve your English. To learn English 2.______, you have to practice all the time. Listening to the 3._______, watching television, and attending movies are good 4.______ to improve your listening skill. You can develop your speaking skill by 5._______to native speakers of English whenever possible and by speaking aloud to 6._____when you are alone. Reading and writing also require a lot of 7.______. You can improve your reading skills by reading English language 8.____?? and magazines. Writing to 9.______ in English and keeping a diary are good ways to practice writing.

Hope you have a good time 10.________your stay here for the course, thank you.