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

完形填空（本大题有15小题，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
One morning, a student was walking with his teacher when they saw a pair of old shoes by the roadside (路边). They thought the shoes might belong  1  a poor man. In fact, the   2  of the shoes was working nearby.
The student wanted to hide (藏) the shoes and see   3  the man would do   4  he couldn’t find them. But the teacher   5  him and said, “ Let’s   6  a coin ( 硬币) in each of the shoes, and watch what he will do.”
The student did so, and then they hid nearby.
The man soon came back to get his  7 , he felt something hard in them. He found the two coins.
Surprise came to his   8 . He looked at the coins for a minute, and then  9 but nobody was there.
He then knelt down (跪下) , looked up to the sky and said   10  aloud, in which he spoke of his  11  wife and children without food.
The student was deeply moved (感动的), with tears in his eyes, “ Dear   12  ,” he said, “You have taught me   13  lesson which I’ll never  14 . I finally understand now: It’s more blessed (神圣的) to   15  than to receive.”

完形填空（本大题有15小题，共15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One morning, a student was walking with his teacher when they saw a pair of old shoes by the roadside (路边). They thought the shoes might belong  1  a poor man. In fact, the   2  of the shoes was working nearby.

The student wanted to hide (藏) the shoes and see   3  the man would do   4  he couldn’t find them. But the teacher   5  him and said, “ Let’s   6  a coin ( 硬币) in each of the shoes, and watch what he will do.”

The student did so, and then they hid nearby.

The man soon came back to get his  7 , he felt something hard in them. He found the two coins.

Surprise came to his   8 . He looked at the coins for a minute, and then  9 but nobody was there.

He then knelt down (跪下) , looked up to the sky and said   10  aloud, in which he spoke of his  11  wife and children without food.

The student was deeply moved (感动的), with tears in his eyes, “ Dear   12  ,” he said, “You have taught me   13  lesson which I’ll never  14 . I finally understand now: It’s more blessed (神圣的) to   15  than to receive.”

1.                A．to             B．for            C．at   D．behind

2.                A．seller          B．owner          C．teacher   D．maker

3.                A．how           B．which          C．where    D．what

4.                A．although        B．until           C．when D．because

5.                A．stopped        B．helped         C．allowed   D．agreed

6.                A．play           B．drop           C．put  D．find

7.                A．lunch          B．shoes          C．drink D．coat

8.                A．hand           B．foot            C．head D．face

9.                A．looked around   B．looked after     C．looked like    D．looked at

10.               A．yes            B．hello           C．goodbye   D．thanks

11.               A．rich           B．poor           C．shy   D．creative

12.               A．father          B．mother         C．teacher   D．uncle

13.               A．a             B．an             C．the   D．\

14.               A．learn          B．forget          C．take  D．remember

15.               A．work          B．refuse         C．buy  D．give