2 . 配对阅读。请为左栏中的每一位从右栏中选择最适合的一项，并将答案的字母编号填入题前括号内。

1     Jack is a movie fan. He loves to get the news about the latest movies. He wants to know something about his favorite movie stars.     2     Linda is a mother of three. She loves cooking. She wants to cook different kinds of food for her family.     3     Carrie is a Junior High School student. In her free time, she usually listens to rock music and watches TV. Her favorite TV shows are comedies but she can’t stand sports shows.     4     Peter loves talk shows. He wants to be a reporter and work in a TV station when he grows up. He would like to learn more about TV from the talk shows.     5     Larry is 60 years old now. He moved to the UK in 1960. Today he is still missing the life in the UK in the 1960s and often mentions it.

A. Big Ideas A talk show about everything that is the most interesting, and everywhere from cities to the countryside and from the south to the north across China. B. Rock The daily 30-minute comedy tells a story about rock bands. You can enjoy the funny comedies and rock music as well. C. Media Watch It’s a talk show about TV, radio, newspapers and the Internet. It focuses on those who make the news and deliver the world to our home, such as the reporters, editors and photographers. D. The Changes of the UK Share your stories about life in the UK from 1960. You can have your own photos or videos. They can be funny or sad, big events or the small things of daily life. E. Documentaries About planets and other things with six episodes and each one lasts 55 minutes. You can know more about space. F. At the Movies It’s a talk show about movies. It talks about the world of cinemas every week and tells you what’s new on the big screen. And it has interview s with the famous actors or actresses. G. Beautiful Cooking It used to be called Beautiful Girl’s Kitchen. It is a Hong Kong variety show broadcast on TVB. You can learn to cook all kinds of food   from the show.

3 . My family like different kinds of TV shows. Today we have a discussion about what to see on the weekend.

My father thinks     1     (watch) the news is interesting. He can know some information about the world from it. My mother plans     2     (watch) soap operas on the weekend. She likes to follow the story and see what happens next. But I can’t stand     3     (they). I think they are boring. My brother hopes to watch talk shows because he thinks they are     4     (education). As for me, I like watching     5     (sitcom) because they are funny and I can learn some jokes from them. What about your family?

4 . 请通读下面对话，根据对话内容，从文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
William: Jerry, do you know the famous host of CCTV Li Yong?
Jerry: Yes.     1    
William: What do you think of his game shows?
Jerry: I love them. What about you?     2    
William: Yes, I do. And I like game shows. I like his Lucky 52.     3    
Jerry: I like sports shows.
William:     4     You know, I don’t like playing sports.
Jerry: What do you think of Animal World?
William: I can’t stand it. It’s for kids. I like Cultural China.
Jerry:     5     I learn a lot from it.

A．Oh, I don’t like them.

B．He is a funny man.

C．May I ask you a question?

D．What kind of TV shows do you like?

E．Do you like him?

F．I like it, too.

5 . 听一段对话，回答下面两个小题。
1. What program does Mario like best?

A．Travel around the World.

B．World Sports.

C．Animal World.

2. What day is it today?

A．Saturday.

B．Sunday.

C．Friday.

9 . （二）预习课文并选择正确的答案
1. According to Paragraph 1, how many talent shows can you find?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

2. Which sentence is NOT true?

A．All kinds of people join these shows.

B．American Idol and America’s Got Talent are famous talent shows.

C．The winner always gets a very good prize.

D．Everybody enjoys watching these shows.

3. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．People love talent shows.	B．Talent shows help people make dreams come true.
C．Everyone can get talent.	D．Everyone can decide the winner.

4. Are talent shows getting more and more popular?
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5. Who decides the winner?
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10 . Everyone is good at something, but some people are truly talented. It’s always interesting to watch other people show their talents. Talent shows are getting more and more popular. First, there were shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows around the world, such as China’s Got Talent.

All these shows have one thing in common: They try to look for the best singers, the most talented dancers, the most exciting magicians, the funniest actors and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best or sing the most beautifully? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a role in deciding the winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.

However, not everybody enjoys watching these shows. Some think that the lives of the performers are made up. For example, some people say they are poor farmers, but in fact they are just actors. However, if you don’t take these shows too seriously, they are fun to watch. And one great thing about them is that they give people a way to make their dreams come true.

1. Which talent show is not mentioned in the passage?

A．America’s Got Talent

B．China’s Got Talent

C．Britain’s Got Talent

2. What do talent shows have in common?

A．They try to look for the best singers, dancers, magicians and so on.

B．Most of performers are poor farmers.

C．They are popular with everybody.

3. Who decides the winner?

A．The performers themselves.

B．The people who watch the show.

C．The hosts (主持人) of these shows.

4. Why do some people not like these shows?

A．Because the actors are not truly talented.

B．Because they think that the singers sing badly.

C．Because some people think that the lives of the performers are made up.

5. What do people think of these shows in the passage?

A．Many people think it’s always boring to watch these shows.

B．They can give people a way to make their dreams come true.

C．Everyone thinks it’s fun to watch these shows.