【推荐1】Many children like watching TV. It’s very interesting. They can see a lot and know many things about other people. They can learn over the radio, but they can learn better and more easily with TV. Why? Because they may listen to news and watch shows at home. But they can’t watch anything over the radio. TV helps to open children’s eyes. TV helps to open minds, too.

They can find better ways to do things. Many children watch TV only on Saturday and Sunday evening. They are very busy. But a few children watch TV every night. They don’t go to bed early. Be careful! Watching TV too much is bad for their eyes

根据短文（C）内容完成表格。

Watching TV
Good points	1     a lot and knowing many things about other people.
	Listening to news as     2     as watching shows at home.
	Helping to     3     children’s eyes and mind.
	Finding better     4     to do things.
Bad points	Going to bed     5    .
	Being bad for eyes.

【推荐2】The reality show (真人秀) is a kind of television program. Usually a reality show has many series (集). And it can be on TV for many years.

The reality show is different from other kinds of TV shows. Because it shows the life of common people and there are no actors or actresses play in it. It often shows true stories that happen in people’s daily life. So many people like to watch reality shows.

The first reality show came out in the 1990s in America. At that time, the most famous and popular reality show was Survivor. It was popular not only in America but also around the world.

Reality shows also show different kinds of competitions. For example, there’s a Chinese reality show called The Voice of China. In this show, there are four famous Chinese singers. Their job is to find their favorite students and help them be the winner. The show is very successful. Many people like to watch it.

1. The reality show is different from other kinds of TV shows.
The reality show is ________ the ________ as other kinds of TV shows.
2. What is the reality show?
________________________________________________________________________
3. Are there any actors acting in the reality show?
________________________________________________________________________
4. When and where did the first reality show happen?
________________________________________________________________________

【推荐3】阅读短文，回答问题。

A TV program has become popular in China recently. It has made people all over China become interested in writing Chinese characters.

The increasing use of computers and smart phones has left most young people hardly able to write by hand. Many of them are even unable to remember 10,000 characters used in daily life without electronic help.

CCTV started the Chinese character Dictation competition (中国汉字听写大会) to improve the population’s handwriting skills, contestants (参与者、竞争者) on the shows were school pupils. But it was found that 70% of adults in the audience were unable to remember how to write the word “chan chu”.

Because computers allow people to type characters simply by entering “pinyin” they don’t need to remember how to write them. “The keyboard age has had a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters.” Guan Zhenwen, who designed and directed the show said. He added that he hoped to encourage people keep it alive as the art form.

Hao Mingjian, an editor of a magazine, putting his heart into Chinese characters, said “Learning Chinese characters goes on throughout your life. If you stop using them for a long time, it is very likely that you will forget them”.

1. Are Chinese people interested in writing Chinese characters now?
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2. What has left most young people hardly able to write by hand?
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3. Why did CCTV started the Chinese characters dictation competition?
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4. How do computer allow people to type characters simply?
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5. What can you learn from the passage?
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【推荐1】阅读短文，然后根据内容回答所提问题。

This term is from September to January. Our school starts (开始) on September 1st, and we have lots of things for you this term. We have an English Day on September 11th. We have a soccer game on September 17th. That’s fun. On October 13th, we have an art festival. We can see many great pictures on that day. And on October 28th, we have a school day. Parents can come to our school to learn with us. We have an English Party on November 25th. And we will go on a school trip on December 2nd. Then on December 31st, we have the New Year’s Party. I think we can have a good time. We are very busy this term, but we are happy to have interesting things.

1. When does this term start?
__________________________________________________
2. What do they have on November 25th?
__________________________________________________
3. Do they have a basketball game this term?
__________________________________________________
4. How many things do they have this term?
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5. What do they think of this term?
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【推荐2】阅读短文，并按要求完成1～5小题

Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many differences between the Chinese and Americans.

About Money

American children love to make money by themselves. Chinese children always ask their parents for money.

About School

Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups. Many Chinese girls take part in academic(学术的)groups. American girls usually feel happy when they get a “B” in an exam. Chinese students feel sad when they get a “B”.

About Parents

American parents allow their children to go out with their friends if they can come back at a certain time. Chinese parents usually don’t allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends at night.

American parents think it isn’t useful to send their children to a top university. Chinese parents would do everything to send their children to good universities.

About Teachers

During parent-teacher meetings, American teachers always find good things to say to the parents, even to those parents whose children get the worst grades. But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.

1题完成句子；2~3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Chinese students’ money comes from _________________________________.
2. How do American students usually feel when they get a “B”?
___________________________________________
3. What do American teachers do during the parent-teacher meetings?
________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________

【推荐3】请阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，在方框内的缩写文章中，填入与短文意思最符合的单词，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。每空一词。

Not all children like to do housework. They think doing housework is their parents job. In fact, doing housework isn’t a bad thing. Firstly, it’s a good way to relax. Many children like watching TV when they are tired. As a result, she usually gets more tired. But doing housework is different. It is easy. And it can let them relax. Secondly, doing housework can show children’s care and love to their parents. Parents are usually very tired after this work, they must feel happy if their children can help them with the housework. Thirdly, children can find it interesting to do housework, I’m sure children must be glad to see. The dish is bright and the rooms clean. So children should try their best to do housework.

Not all children like to do housework. In fact, doing housework is a     1     thing. Firstly, it’s a good way to relax many children. Doing housework is     2    . And it can let them relax.     3    , doing housework can show children’s care and love to their parents. Parents are usually very tired after this work, they must feel happy if their children can help them     4     the housework. Thirdly, children can find it     5     to do housework. So children should try their best to do housework.