When I was eight years old, I had a big accident. I get scared even now when I think about that time. There were many people skating near my house, and seeing them skate so wonderfully, I couldn’t wait to have a try, just a piece of cake, I thought .
I went with a friend who was very skillful. He spent a long time teaching me how to skate , but I still didn’t learn much , which made him very angry. Finally , he left me and skated all around. I skated alone and soon got bored because I kept falling down so I took off my skates and just walked around on the ice in my shoes. It was cold and my feet were frozen.
Suddenly, I stepped on something that was not hard. What was it ? It was a weak place in the ice . When I stepped there, I sank under the ice. I thought that I was going to die, but I did my best to grab something to get out from under the ice. I would have climbed out myself by grabbing the edge of the ice, but at that time I was only a child of eight . I cried out.
Fortunately, someone helped me. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up. Those several minutes seemed a year to me. I thanked him. At that time, my friend came back. I was annoyed at him because he was supposed to take care of me, but he didn’t. He was embarrassed. When I took a taxi home, the taxi driver was surprised and asked what had happened. I didn’t want to say anything because I was tired and scared. Since then, I have never touched skating.
【小题1】At first the writer thought that skating _________________.

When I was eight years old, I had a big accident. I get scared even now when I think about that time. There were many people skating near my house, and seeing them skate so wonderfully, I couldn’t wait to have a try, just a piece of cake, I thought .

I went with a friend who was very skillful. He spent a long time teaching me how to skate , but I still didn’t learn much , which made him very angry. Finally , he left me and skated all around. I skated alone and soon got bored because I kept falling down so I took off my skates and just walked around on the ice in my shoes. It was cold and my feet were frozen.

Suddenly, I stepped on something that was not hard. What was it ? It was a weak place in the ice . When I stepped there, I sank under the ice. I thought that I was going to die, but I did my best to grab something to get out from under the ice. I would have climbed out myself by grabbing the edge of the ice, but at that time I was only a child of eight . I cried out.

Fortunately, someone helped me. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up. Those several minutes seemed a year to me. I thanked him. At that time, my friend came back. I was annoyed at him because he was supposed to take care of me, but he didn’t. He was embarrassed. When I took a taxi home, the taxi driver was surprised and asked what had happened. I didn’t want to say anything because I was tired and scared. Since then, I have never touched skating.

1.At first the writer thought that skating _________________.

A．was hard to learn

B．was only suitable to watch

C．was easy to learn

D．can only be done with support

2. Why did the writer’s friend leave and skate alone? ___________

A．He wanted to show off his skating skill before the writer.

B．He was disappointed at the writer’s performance.

C．He was too tired to go on teaching the writer.

D．He found he had no gift for teaching others to skate.

3. According to the writer, if an adult sank under the ice, he would _____________.

A．grab the edge of the ice and get out.

B．have courage to call for help

C．wait until people came to help

D．not like to accept others’ help

4.What effect did the accident have on the writer?

A．He broke away from his irresponsible friend.

B．He didn’t dare to skate any longer

C．He fell ill because of staying under ice too longer.

D．He lost interest in all kinds of sports.

When I was eight years old, I had a big accident. I get scared even now when I think about that time. There were many people skating near my house, and seeing them skate so wonderfully, I couldn’t wait to have a try, just a piece of cake, I thought .

I went with a friend who was very skillful. He spent a long time teaching me how to skate , but I still didn’t learn much , which made him very angry. Finally , he left me and skated all around. I skated alone and soon got bored because I kept falling down so I took off my skates and just walked around on the ice in my shoes. It was cold and my feet were frozen.

Suddenly, I stepped on something that was not hard. What was it ? It was a weak place in the ice . When I stepped there, I sank under the ice. I thought that I was going to die, but I did my best to grab something to get out from under the ice. I would have climbed out myself by grabbing the edge of the ice, but at that time I was only a child of eight . I cried out.

Fortunately, someone helped me. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up. Those several minutes seemed a year to me. I thanked him. At that time, my friend came back. I was annoyed at him because he was supposed to take care of me, but he didn’t. He was embarrassed. When I took a taxi home, the taxi driver was surprised and asked what had happened. I didn’t want to say anything because I was tired and scared. Since then, I have never touched skating.

66. At first the writer thought that skating _________________.

　 A. was hard to learn　　　　　　　　 B. was only suitable to watch

　 C. was easy to learn　　　　　　　　 D. can only be done with support

67. Why did the writer’s friend leave and skate alone? ___________

　 A. He wanted to show off his skating skill before the writer.

　 B. He was disappointed at the writer’s performance.

　 C. He was too tired to go on teaching the writer.

　 D. He found he had no gift for teaching others to skate.

68. Before the accident , the writer himself was____________

　 A. searching for his friend everywhere.　　 B. skating with great care and interest

　 C. going to find a place to warm himself up. D. walking on the ice with no special purpose

69. According to the writer, if an adult sank under the ice, he would _____________.

　 A. grab the edge of the ice and get out.　　　　　　　　　　

B. have courage to call for help

　 C. wait until people came to help　　　　　　　　　　　　

D. not like to accept others’ help

70. What effect did the accident have on the writer?

　 A. He broke away from his irresponsible friend.　　　　　　

B. He didn’t dare to skate any longer

　 C. He fell ill because of staying under ice too longer.　　　　

D. He lost interest in all kinds of sports.

When I was eight years old, I had a big accident. I get scared even now when I think about that time. There were many people skating near my house, and seeing them skate so wonderfully, I couldn’t wait to have a try, just a piece of cake, I thought .

I went with a friend who was very skillful. He spent a long time teaching me how to skate , but I still didn’t learn much , which made him very angry. Finally , he left me and skated all around. I skated alone and soon got bored because I kept falling down so I took off my skates and just walked around on the ice in my shoes. It was cold and my feet were frozen.

Suddenly, I stepped on something that was not hard. What was it ? It was a weak place in the ice . When I stepped there, I sank under the ice. I thought that I was going to die, but I did my best to grab something to get out from under the ice. I would have climbed out myself by grabbing the edge of the ice, but at that time I was only a child of eight . I cried out.

Fortunately, someone helped me. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up. Those several minutes seemed a year to me. I thanked him. At that time, my friend came back. I was annoyed at him because he was supposed to take care of me, but he didn’t. He was embarrassed. When I took a taxi home, the taxi driver was surprised and asked what had happened. I didn’t want to say anything because I was tired and scared. Since then, I have never touched skating.

66. At first the writer thought that skating _________________.

　 A. was hard to learn　　　　　　　　 B. was only suitable to watch

　 C. was easy to learn　　　　　　　　 D. can only be done with support

67. Why did the writer’s friend leave and skate alone? ___________

　 A. He wanted to show off his skating skill before the writer.

　 B. He was disappointed at the writer’s performance.

　 C. He was too tired to go on teaching the writer.

　 D. He found he had no gift for teaching others to skate.

68. Before the accident , the writer himself was____________

　 A. searching for his friend everywhere.　　

　 B. skating with great care and interest

　 C. going to find a place to warm himself up.

　 D. walking on the ice with no special purpose

69. According to the writer, if an adult sank under the ice, he would _____________.

　 A. grab the edge of the ice and get out.　　　　　　　　　　

　 B. have courage to call for help

　 C. wait until people came to help　　　　　　　　　　　　

　 D. not like to accept others’ help

70. What effect did the accident have on the writer?

　 A. He broke away from his irresponsible friend.　　　　　　

　 B. He didn’t dare to skate any longer

　 C. He fell ill because of staying under ice too longer.　　　　

　 D. He lost interest in all kinds of sports.

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family roundtable at dinnertime and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn’t very organized, but everyone was recognized, and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member.

We listened to each other and the interest was not put–on; it was real. Our family was a unit and we supported each other, and nurtured each other, and liked each other, and ---- we were even willing to admit ---- we loved each other.

Today, the family roundtable has moved to the local fast–food restaurant and talk is not easy, much less encouraged.

Grandma, who used to live upstairs, is now the voice on long distance, and the working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four–year–old.

So family conversation is as extinct as my old toys and parental questions such as “What have you been doing, Bobby?” have been replaced by “I'm busy, go watch television.”

And watch TV they do; count them by the millions.

But it’s usually not children’s television that children watch. Saturday morning, the children’s hour, amounts to only about 8 percent of their weekly viewing.

Where are they to be found? Watching adult television, of course, from the Match Game in the morning, to the afternoon at General Hospital, from the muggings and battles on the evening news right through the family hour and past into Starsky and Hutch. That’s where you find our kids, over five million of them, at 10 p.m., not fewer than a million until after midnight! All of this is done with parental permission.

Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some sense. When the carpet is clean, we turn off the vacuum cleaner. When the dishes are clean, the dishwasher turns itself off.

Not so the television, which is on from the sun in the morning to the moon at night and beyond!

Parents must exercise some control and show some concern about the cultural influence on the child when a program not intended for that child is viewed. Parents need to intervene (干涉) . Nonintervention may be a wise policy in international affairs, but the results of parental nonintervention will not be wise at all.

60. The Working parent is not willing to listen to her (his) four–year–old child talking about his sandbox games because she (he) is ____.

A. boring              B. very tired                 C. busy                       D. angry

61. According to the writer, the responsibility for the kid’s watching adult television and watching it for a long time should be undertaken by ____.

A. the television stations                            B. the society 

C. TV programs                                       D. their parents

62. If we use television with some ____ television can provide our young people with much knowledge.

A. instruction of experts                            B. judgment of our own

C. direction of engineers                           D. indication of teachers