1 . For many children, watching TV is their favorite thing. They like
Susan is one of these children. She usually watches TV at the weekend.
Susan doesn’t watch TV from Monday to Friday because she is
| A．boring | B．difficult | C．interesting |
| A．learn | B．wash | C．read |
| A．At | B．On | C．In |
| A．moves | B．likes | C．helps |
| A．Why | B．How | C．When |
| A．class | B．sport | C．subject |
| A．finds | B．sees | C．watches |
| A．country | B．city | C．town |
| A．happy | B．busy | C．free |
| A．says | B．speaks | C．reads |
2 . 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 |
| 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 |
| A．空气 | B．播出 | C．天空 | D．感觉 |
| 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 |
| A．they can learn how to bake | B．it is full of fun |
| C．they like to kill time | D．they love sweet food |
Punch Out is a TV show
The TV show is called Punch Out, which has something to
In
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. |
| A．Sports shows. | B．Game shows. | C．Talk shows. |
Journey to the West, or Xi You Ji, is a very famous Chinese TV play. It is about the great
The TV play was the first of its kind in China. The production team (制作团队) spent about six
Through the production team’s
Eleven young people from different countries sit around a meeting table, and have a discussion about the hottest topics at the moment. More amazingly, they do that all in Chinese. Isn’t that exciting? If you feel the same, you had better watch Hubei Satellite TV’s show Informal Talks.
First aired in April, 2015, the show is already in its seventh season. As one of the most popular TV programmes, it has scored at least 8 out of 10 for each season on the Internet. Its producer（制片人）Yu Qing says when choosing the topics, they would first think about what interests the young people most.
Da Zuo, one host of the show, says he looks through comments（评论）on the Internet to know people’s opinions on the show. To better take part in the talks, he has also read a lot of books about the histories of different European cultures or such classics as A Brief History Time by Stephen Hawking.
Brian Gonzalez, better known as Gong Biyang in China, has been a guest of the show for the past eight years. To him, the beauty of the show is that everyone shares true stories that happened in their own lives.
The show is so interesting that it has attracted a large number of online viewers（观众）. They will also take part in the discussion by sending danmu or short live comments when watching the show on Bilibili. Liu Bin, a computer programmer and a big fan of the show says, “It satisfies my curiosity（好奇）about different places in the world.” “I used to read lots of books to learn about the culture and history of other countries, but now I find a more lively way to learn about them—watching the show.”
1. How long is the history of Informal Talks?| A．8 years. | B．10 years. | C．15 years. | D．22 years. |
① Choosing the topics carefully. ② Reading the online comments.
③ Studying European cultures. ④ Reading Stephen Hawking.
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．Its guest. | B．Its producer. | C．Its score online. | D．Its theme song. |
| A．To invite people to Hubei. | B．To discuss different cultures. |
| C．To introduce a TV programme. | D．To encourage the young to learn. |
1. What did the girl buy yesterday?
| A．A dictionary. | B．A magazine. | C．A CD. |
| A．A new song. | B．A radio station. | C．An English program. |
The reality show is a kind of television program. Usually, a reality show has many series. And it can be shown on TV
The reality show is quite different from
The first reality show
Reality shows also show different kinds of competitions. For
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. |
| A．Sports shows. | B．Game shows. | C．Talent shows. |
| 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 |
| A．18:20 on Channel 1 | B．14:40 on Channel 1 |
| C．22:30 on Channel 5 | D．22:09 on Channel 3 |
| A．Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf | B．Face to Face | C．Tom and Jerry | D．Liberation |
| A．7:30 | B．9:00 | C．21:15 | D．22:30 |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five |
