【推荐1】TV plays an important role in our lives. Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day.     1     Some people say the world is smaller than before with the help of TV. Do you think so?

    2     How do people live in far away places? Is there a good sports game anywhere? What lives in the deepest sea?

So, if you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the TV and watch.     3     Of course, people can also learn by reading and listening to the radio.     4     Why? Because they can both hear and see.

TV helps to open our eyes.     5     TV also gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing things.

阅读短文，把A—E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整。

A．TV helps to open our minds, too.

B．What’s happening in other countries?

C．You can see a lot and learn a lot from TV.

D．But with TV they can learn better and more easily.

E．TV brings the outside world closer to people’s homes.

【推荐2】I’m Emily. Three years ago, I thought I didn’t have enough time to do the housework, so I cancelled the cable(取消有线电视). But I still think it’s fun to watch TV shows when I get the chance.
My favorite show was The Life Laundry. It was so interesting. It came on Saturday mornings after Norm on This Old House and Rick Steve’s Europe. It was like Clean Sweep. It chose some common people. In the show, people took everything in the house outside so they could see how many things they had. Then they would go through each thing they had. Then they would go through each thing and decide whether (是否) to keep or sell it. When people sold some things they would never use, a team (团队)would make the home more beautiful with a new coat of paint. At the end of the show, everyone was always happy to see their home cleaned up and look spacious.
Antiques Roadshow came after The Life Laundry, which was confusing (令人困惑的)because The Life Laundry made you want to clean out your things, but it made you want to keep everything.
1. Why did Emily cancel the cable?

A．Because she didn’t like watching TV.

B．Because her family was very poor.

C．Because she was busy with the housework.

D．Because her television was broken.

2. When was The Life Laundry?

A．On Saturday mornings.	B．On Saturday afternoons.
C．On Sunday mornings.	D．On Sunday afternoons.

3. What came after The Life Laundry?

A．Norm on This Old House.	B．Clean Sweep
C．Rick Steve’s Europe.	D．Antiques Roadshow.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Emily cancelled the cable two years ago.

B．Emily didn’t mind The Life Laundry.

C．People gave things to each other in The Life Laundry.

D．Antiques Roadshow made people want to keep everything.

【推荐3】任务型阅读 (本题有5小题，
电视已经走进了千家万户，是我们生活的重要组成部分。每个人都有自己最喜爱的电视节目。下面是五个人的描述，请根据他们的描述从A—E中为他们选择合适的电视节目。
1. I’m 73 years old. I often watch TV in my free time. I like the news best. I can learn what is happening in the world on TV. At seven every evening, I always sit in front of the TV.
2. I’m a basketball fan. I like playing basketball very much. I like watching it on TV. Every night, I watch the match till midnight. I’m crazy about it , especially NBA.
3. I’m a grandma. I like Chinese traditional opera. From Monday to Thursday, I usually turn on the TV at half past seven. The programs from CCTV 11 are my favorite.
4. I’m a housewife. I do the housework all day. I’d like to see soap operas like “Palace”, “Growing Pains” and so on. Because they can make me feel relaxed.
5. I’m the only son in the family. I am in Grade Five. I like cartoons best. I often watch cartoons on the TV after doing the homework..

【推荐1】The first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, is remembered for the many things he did during his rule.

Between 221 and 210 B.C, he started the construction of the Great Wall of China. He built a large network of roads. He introduced a new writing system, currency (货币流通), and set of measurements. The emperor also ordered the construction of a huge army of life-sized terracotta (陶器) soldiers. These, he hoped, would protect his tomb (基) after his death.

Today, the soldiers in Xi’an’s terracotta museum are light brown, but they weren’t always this color. They began as an army of red, blue, yellow, green, white, and purple. Sadly, most of the colors did not last to the present day. Before their discovery, the clay soldiers were protected by being underground. When they were ___▲___, however, the air caused the coating under the paint to fall off. The paint disappeared in less time than it takes to boil an egg, taking with it important pieces of history.

New techniques are now starting to reveal (揭露) the army’s true colors. Scientists have recently discovered an area with more than a hundred soldiers. Many of these still have their painted features, including black hair, pink faces, and black or brown eyes. Chinese researchers have developed a special liquid (液体) to help keep the soldiers’ colors. After they find a soldier, scientists spread the liquid over it. They then cover it in plastic.

Scientists are also finding colors in the dirt around Xian’s terracotta warriors. “It’s important not to move the dirt, so the colors won’t be lost. We are treating the earth as an art piece,” says Rong Bo, the museum’s leading chemist. The next challenge, says Rong, is to find a way to put the colors to the army again. Once that happens, artists can bring Emperor Qin’s army back to life in full color.

1. What is the reading mainly about?

A．why the emperor’s clay army was built.

B．the real colors of the terracotta soldiers.

C．what life was like for soldiers under Emperor Qin.

D．why the emperor’s tomb was built.

2. In paragraph 3,what can be put into ___▲___?

A．cleaned up

B．dug up

C．looked over

D．fixed up

3. What have scientists recently discovered?

A．A museum with many art pieces.

B．A liquid in the tomb that keeps the soldiers’ colors.

C．A place with over a hundred terracotta soldiers.

D．A new tomb for Emperor Qin.

4. Which statement would Rong Bo probably agree with?

A．The soldiers should be left the way they were found.

B．Artists should be able to paint the soldiers the colors they want.

C．We should try to repaint the army’s real colors.

D．we should clear up the earth around the army for visitors to see them.

【推荐3】匹配阅读，将个人信息介绍和旅馆匹配。

1     Jimmy is an American. After playing table tennis, he likes to eat in a Chinese restaurant.     2     John likes swimming and his wife likes shopping. They also want to live in a place with lots of flowers.     3     Joe has to fly in the early tomorrow morning, so he just wants to stay at his room and watch TV.     4     Jane and her husband are British. They would like to stay in a place where they can enjoy sea views.     5     Jenny is a Japanese traveler. She likes shopping in the city center.

A. Tianyuan Hotel Green local food, swimming pool, close to the bus station. B. Gelin Hotel Close to the airport, telephone, bath and TV. C. Sun Hotel European restaurant, coffee shop, and the blue sea. D. Chang Jiang Hotel Japanese restaurant, shops in the city center. E. Jinsha Hotel Swimming pool, shops, large garden with flowers. F. Great Wall Hotel Table tennis room, swimming pool and Chinese restaurant. G. Pacific Hotel British restaurant, bar, close to the city center.