1 . The Great British Bake Off is a very popular TV program (节目) in the UK. It is a program to find good bakers (烘焙师). Every week, a group of people will make various cakes and bread. They have a time limit (限制) to make the food. At the end of every show, the best cook is the “Star Baker” and the worst cook has to leave the competition (竞赛). After 10 weeks, there is one winner.

The program started airing in 2010. But nobody expected (预料) it to be so popular. People really enjoy the show’s relaxing and happy atmosphere (气氛). The bakers are all very friendly to each other and even help each other. This is very different from other shows. Some people think the show is very typically (典型地) British. People also enjoy learning how to make different types of cakes, biscuits and bread.

More than 14 million people watched the show’s final (决赛) in October, 2016. The winner was a school teacher. She decided to change her job and write a book about making cakes. Baking is very popular in the UK now because lots of people have watched The Great British Bake Off. More than 19% of British people make cakes once a week. Lots of young people are learning how to bake, too.

1. The Great British Bake Off is a TV program to ________.

A．teach people to cook	B．interview famous people
C．find good bakers	D．sell British food

2. On the TV program, the bakers ________.

A．ask for help from their family members

B．bake bread or cakes in a limited time

C．cannot help each other

D．are from all over the world

3. The underlined word “airing” means ________.

A．空气

B．播出

C．天空

D．感觉

4. From the passage, we know that the winner of 2016 might ________.

A．get a job in a school	B．host a program on TV
C．make cookies for her students	D．write a book about making cakes

5. British people love the TV program because ________.

A．they can learn how to bake	B．it is full of fun
C．they like to kill time	D．they love sweet food

2 . 听1段对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does Sally think of sitcoms（情景剧）?

A．She doesn’t like them.

B．She can’t stand them.

C．She doesn’t mind them.

2. What kind of TV shows might Sally like?

A．Sports shows.

B．Game shows.

C．Talk shows.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

Journey to the West, or Xi You Ji, is a very famous Chinese TV play. It is about the great     1     [trɪp] of Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng. The stories come from a book of     2     same name by Wu Cheng’en in the Ming Dynasty (朝代).

The TV play was the first of its kind in China. The production team (制作团队) spent about six     3     (year), from 1982 to 1988, making it. The production team     4     (meet) with many problems. At that time, they only had very simple tools (简单的工具). Still, they tried their best to make the TV play well. They spent two months     5     (visit) over 60 places across China to find the best places for     6     [ˈdɪfrənt] stories. They needed the wire stunt (威亚) to help the actors “fly”,     7     no one knew how to do it. They flew to Hong Kong to learn the technique (技术).

Through the production team’s     8     [hɑːd] work, the TV play first aired (播出) in China in 1986. It     9     (quick) became very popular. About nine people in ten watched it. So far Chinese TV stations have rebroadcast (重播) the play more than 3, 000 times. Now, it is still popular     10     Chinese people. When people talk about “summer holiday”, lots of them think of the TV play. People in other countries also love it.

5 . 听对话，回答以下各小题。
1. What did the girl buy yesterday?

A．A dictionary.

B．A magazine.

C．A CD.

2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A new song.

B．A radio station.

C．An English program.

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的单词，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

The reality show is a kind of television program. Usually, a reality show has many series. And it can be shown on TV     1     many years.

The reality show is quite different from     2     kinds of TV shows. Because it shows the life of     3     /ˈkɒmən/ people and no actors or actresses play in it. It often shows true stories that happen in people’s daily life. So many people enjoy     4     (watch) reality shows.

The first reality show     5     (appear) in the 1990s in America. At that time, Survivor was one of the most     6     /ˈpɒpjələ(r)/ reality shows around the world.

Reality shows also show different kinds of competitions. For     7     , there is a Chinese reality show called The Voice of China. In this show, there are four Chinese singers. Their job is to find their     8     /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ students and help them be the winners. The show is very     9     (success). Lots of people like to watch it.

    10    , some people don’t like to watch reality shows. They think the stories in the shows are made up.

7 . 听对话，回答以下各小题。
1. What does Sally think of sitcoms?

A．She doesn’t like them.

B．She can’t stand them.

C．She doesn’t mind them.

2. What kind of TV shows might Sally like?

A．Sports shows.

B．Game shows.

C．Talent shows.

8 .

Channel 1 7:30 Morning News 14:40 National Games: Women’s Tennis Single Final 16:50 Cartoon: Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf 18:20 National Games: Men’s High Jump Final Channel 2 9:00 National Games: Men’s 100-meter Race Final 11:30 Face to Face 22:09 TV Series: Liberation 23:57 National Games: Men’s Table Tennis Double Final Channel 5 9:00 Chinese History 10:30 Cartoon: Tom and Jerry 21:15 English Classroom 22:30 National Games: Special Report

1. If you are a tennis fan, you may watch TV at ________.

A．18:20 on Channel 1	B．14:40 on Channel 1
C．22:30 on Channel 5	D．22:09 on Channel 3

2. Li Lei likes cartoons very much, but in the morning he must visit his grandpa. So he can choose ________.

A．Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf

B．Face to Face

C．Tom and Jerry

D．Liberation

3. If Jim wants to learn English, he can watch TV at ________.

A．7:30

B．9:00

C．21:15

D．22:30

4. How many results of the National Games can Tom get by watching TV in a day?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five

9 . In China, television is very popular. Many People spend most of their spare time watching it. It plays an important part in people’s lives.     1    

As is known to all, television is one of the most important ways of getting information such as the news all over the world, history, culture and interesting stories. It gives us a more lively way to discover the outside world. Therefore, television is not only a way we learn about the world, but also a good entertainment（娱乐）.     2    

However, many people think television is bad for us. They say that all the violence（暴力）on TV makes people become violent. Violence can give children bad ideas.     3     Instead of doing outdoor activities, they usually sit in front of the screen for hours enjoying the funny shows and cartoons without a break.

    4     We have learned how to choose the best in newspapers, books and magazines. Now we have to learn to do with television programs, too. After all, it’s our choice.

A．TV can also make people lazy.

B．Is all this television good for us or bad for us?

C．Also, we can see great movies, operas and concerts.

D．All in all, the problem is not television, but the programs we choose to watch.

10 . Many people think that TV programs have little or no educational value (价值). It is true that lots of programs are meaningless. However, some programs are good and we can learn many things from them. Here are a few of my favorite programs.

Blue Peter	When I was a child, this was the only program I could watch. I watched it three times a week. You can learn about different countries around the world from it. As the show is for children, the language in it is easy.
The Great British Bake Off	This show is about making bread, cakes and so on. The show wants to find Britain’s best amateur baker(业余烘焙师). You can watch the show to get some ideas of new things to try baking and you can always find the recipes online.
Frozen Planet	This one is about life in cold places. There are many special animals in this show. I love this show not because of the cute animals, but because it teaches us about the impact we have on these animals and what we need to do to save them.
Pointless	This show is great for making you think. It is a quiz(知识竞赛) show. It may be about sports, weather, movies and so on. I learn lots of things from this show.

1. How often did the writer watch Blue Peter when he was a child?

A．Three times a week.

B．Twice a week.

C．Three times a month.

D．Twice a month.

2. What does the underlined word “recipes” mean in Chinese?

A．请柬

B．食谱

C．餐券

D．协议

3. If Sarah is interested in animals, which of the following shows may she be interested in?

A．Blue Peter

B．The Great British Bake Off

C．Pointless

D．Frozen Planet

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the material?

A．Pointless is a quiz only about sports.

B．The writer always watches The Great British Bake Off online.

C．Blue Peter tells about different countries around the world.

D．The writer likes Frozen Planet because of the lovely animals in it.