Many people don’t think that TV shows are educational. It is true that lots of shows are meaningless. However, some shows are good and we can learn many things from them. Here are a few of my favorite shows.
Blue Peter When I was a child, this was the only show I could watch. I watched it on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday every 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 and learn how to bake different kinds of bread and cakes by following their steps.
Frozen Planet This show 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 why we have these animals and what we need to do to save them.
Pointless This show is great for you to think. It is a quiz (知识竞赛) show. It may be about sports, weather, movies and so on. I learnt lots of things from this show.
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1. The writer watched Blue Peter ________ when he was a child.
| A．twice a week | B．three times a week | C．three times a month |
| A．Pointless is a quiz show only about sports |
| B．The Great British Bake Off tells about how to bake bread |
| C．the writer likes Frozen Planet because the language in it is easy |
A． | B． | C． |
| A．children | B．teachers | C．TV lovers |
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【推荐1】The Boy Made it!
One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a bad snowstorm happened. Unable to see far, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didn’t have food, water or a phone. He was getting colder by the minute.
Nicholas had no idea where he was. He tried not to worry too much. He thought about all of the survival（幸存者） shows he had watched on TV. It was time to put the tips（提示） he had learned to use.
He decided to stop skiing. There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put. The first thing he did was to find a shelter（躲避处）from the cold wind and snow. If he didn’t, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him.
Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave（洞穴）. Then he put branches（树枝）on top of himself to keep himself warm.
By that evening, Nicholas was really hungry. He ate snow and drank water from a nearby river so that his body wouldn’t lose too much water. Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he could—he slept in his cave.
The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldn’t find anyone. He then returned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out again to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. Nicholas was saved.
Nicholas had often watched Gryll’s survival show Man vs.Wild. That’s where he learned how to save his life.
When Grylls heard about Nicholas’ amazing experience, he was very surprised that Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive.
1. What happened to Nicholas one Sunday afternoon?| A．He got lost. |
| B．He hurt his eyes. |
| C．He broke his skis. |
| D．He caught a cold. |
| A．He built a snow cave and light fire. |
| B．He put branches on top of himself. |
| C．He kept on skiing on the mountain. |
| D．He found a shelter and slept in it. |
| A．a volunteer saved Nicolas |
| B．Nicolas stayed where he was |
| C．Nicolas returned to his shelter |
| D．a volunteer got lost in the snow |
| A．he understood how difficult it was for Nicolas to stay alive |
| B．a lot of people watched his TV program and learned tips |
| C．it was very hard for volunteers to save people |
| D．Nicholas made the same TV program as his |
Chinese TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? provides a closer look at the changing roles of dads in modern family life. The show follows the adventures（冒险经历）of five celebrity（明星）dads who take trips with their young children and try to complete a set of tasks. It shows how dads are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. Young dads no longer want to be cold.
Psychologists（心理学家）say that a strong fatherly influence is important in a child’s development. Because fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things, and they also give them a sense of safety. A child learns that if something goes wrong, he or she can depend on dad to help fix it. The psychologists also say that without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.
A mother’s love is important, and so is a father’s love. Chen Mo, a psychology professor says, “It takes both parents to raise a child. Children have different needs at different ages and this needs to be considered by both parents.”
1. What are the common roles of moms and dads in all cultures?
| A．Moms take care of their children and dads bring home food and make the family rules. |
| B．Moms bring home food and dads take care of their children at home. |
| C．Both parents take care of their children at home. |
| D．Both parents go out to work, while grandparents take care of their children at home. |
| A．They are trying hard to find the best way to change roles of dads in modern life. |
| B．They are trying to complete a set of tasks with their kids. They are also trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. |
| C．They are trying to make more money. |
| D．They are trying to be cold to their kids. |
| A．Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety. |
| B．If something goes wrong, a child can depend on dad to help fix it. |
| C．With a dad, a child can do better in school work. |
| D．Without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble. |
| A．A child feels safer with both parents. |
| B．A child feels happier with both parents. |
| C．Both parents need to consider that children have different needs at different ages. |
| D．It is both the father’s and the mother’s duty to raise a child. |
More than 95 percent of people in the world have phones today, according to the United Nations. Phone calls and messages help us easily make contact (联系) with others.
Letters Alive got its idea from a UK program with a similar name. Both shows invite famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it’s just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter.
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Apart from Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences (观众). They include Chinese Poetry Conference (诗词大会), a classical Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. “This means that our audiences are not only looking for entertainment like gossip (八卦) and eye-catching games,” reported China Youth Daily. “
| A．Every letter opens another world for us. |
| B．It means that we seldom write letters now. |
| C．Cultural values and true feelings are the keys to winning praise. |
| D．The letters were written by people from different times in history. |
| E．Many people said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows. |
| F．Writing letters is a waste of time. |
【推荐1】France is a big country in Western Europe. France is famous for art. Auguste Rodin (奥古斯特·罗丹) and Claude Monet (克劳德·莫奈) are great French artists. You can see some of their works in the world’s best-known museum, the Louvre in Paris. Today if you visit France, it’s easy to meet street artists in the center of the city. France is also famous for its different kinds of delicious foods such as bread, cheese and so on. But the country is not perfect. Pick-pocketing (偷窃) happens a lot in Paris. They steal tourists’ money and bags. Many visitors feel unhappy about it.
Some of the best-known places in London are by the Thames (泰晤士河): the Big Ben clock on the north side of the river; the London Eye on the south side; and St Pauls Cathedral (圣保罗大教堂), people had to build it again after the Great Fire of London in 1666. The Thames is famous for art too. Some of the UK’s most well-known artists have painted the Thames.
1. France is a big country in ________.| A．North America | B．Asia | C．Western Europe | D．South America |
| A．there are too many tourists | B．there are too many museums |
| C．there are too many artists | D．there are too many thieves |
| A．art | B．pick-pocketing | C．back-packing | D．food |
| A．The Big Ben clock. | B．St Paul’s Cathedral. |
| C．The Louvre Museum. | D．The Leaning Tower. |
【推荐2】Eating food is enjoyable, but cooking can be challenging. For those who don’t have basic cooking skills, or are too busy working or traveling, one thing can save them — instant (即食的) noodles.
This year marks the 61st anniversary of the invention of instant noodles. Ever since they were created by Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando in 1958, instant noodles have been popular around the world. In China, the product has almost become a necessity for those who travel by train.
There are some fun facts about instant noodles: The total length of the noodles in one package is 51 meters. The first instant noodles were considered a luxury product. When they first came to Japanese supermarkets in 1958, they were six times the cost of fresh udon noodles (乌冬面). Japanese people even voted instant noodles as one of their best inventions of the 20th century.
For instant noodles, as well as many other “instant” foods, convenience is the key selling point. They are supposed to make our lives easier.
Food trends (趋势) often reflect changes in society. For example, in wars, soldiers eat compressed biscuits and canned meat because they don’t need to cook these foods. And in the 1960s, frozen dinners of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables became popular in the US. This is because more women started working and had no time to cook.
In recent years, however, online meal-ordering services have brought challenges to instant foods. Uber Eats is a popular app of this kind in the United States. In China, we have Ele.me, Dianping and Meituan. These services offer not only convenience, but also more choices and tastier food. According to the World Instant Noodle Association, instant noodle sales dropped by 17 percent in China as of 2016.
This might show that Chinese people are now more interested in having higher-quality diets and not just simply filling their bellies, experts say.
1. Which country did instant noodles start from?| A．The UK. | B．The US. | C．China. | D．Japan. |
| A．The total length of the noodles in one package is 51 meters. |
| B．The usage of online meal-ordering services reduce the sales of instant noodles. |
| C．The first instant noodles were much more expensive than fresh udon noodles. |
| D．Japanese people even voted instant noodles as one of the best inventions of the 20th century. |
| A．奢侈的 | B．必须的 | C．营养丰富的味的 | |
| A．Everyone who travels by train takes instant noodles in China. |
| B．In 2016, only 17% of Chinese people bought instant noodles. |
| C．Many American women didn’t like cooking food in the 1960s. |
| D．Chinese people are interested in having higher-quality diets now. |
Can you fold your phone screen? Huawei’s newest phone, the Mate X, makes it possible. You can fold it in half. It seems that you are closing a book.
The Mate X is both a phone and a tablet (平板电脑). When you fold it, it can work as a phone. When you open it, it is just 5.4 mm thick, and when you close it, it is just 11 mm. The Mate X is Huawei’s first mobile phone to support (支持) 5 G technology. With it, you can download (下载) a whole movie in just a few seconds. That also makes Huawei one of the world’s leaders in 5G technology. But the Mate X is very expensive. You have to pay at least 17,492 yuan if you want to get one.
1. It’s possible to fold the screen of the Mate X.2. If the Mate X is open, it can work as a phone.
3. When the Mate X is closed, it’s much thicker than it’s open.
4. Huawei isn’t leading the development of 5G technology around the world.
5. The users don’t need to spend too much money on the Mate X.
