half the nation?s children?s before school age.
Mary teachers consider the program a great help, though some teachers find that problems happen when the first-year pupils who have learned from “Seasame Street” are in the same class with those who have not watched the program. Tests have shown that children who watch it five times a week learn more than those who seldom watch it. In the United States the program is shown at different hours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watch it regularly.
Why has “Seasame Street” been so much more successful than other children?s shows? Many reasons have been suggested. Perhaps one reason is that mothers watch “Seasame Street” along with their children. But the best reason for the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching it feel able to learn. The child finds himself learning, and be wants to learn more.
( ) 1. People call “Seasame Street” the longest street in the world because .
A. it is the longest TV program ever produced
B. it took much more time to put on this program than any other one C. it is shown almost throughout the world D. it has been on the air since 1969
( ) 2. “Seasame Street” is a TV program produced mainly for .
A. children B. children of school age
C. primary school teachers and pupils D. mothers and their children ( ) 3. “Seasame Street” is so successful mainly because .
A. B. C. D.
mother watch it with their children it contains songs, stories and jokes
it is shown at different hours during the week children are willing and able to learn when watching it
( ) 4. When the first-year pupils who have watched the program are in the same class with
those who haven?t, .
A. teaching will becomes a bit difficult B. C.
they will not get on well with one another it is impossible to begin class at the fixed time
D. they don?t want to learn anything more
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Making a film takes a long time and is very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Filming the story being acted-or shooting the film, as it is called—often takes at least six months. Actors and cameramen work from very early in the morning until late at night. Each scene had to be acted and reacted, filmed and re-filmed, until it is just right. Sometimes the same scene has to be acted twenty or thirty times.
The film studio is like a large factory and the indoor stages are very big indeed. Scenery of all kinds is made in the studio, churches, castles and forests are all build of wood and paperboard. Several hundred people work together to make one film. Some of these people are actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most important person in a studio. He decides how the scenes should be filmed and how the actors should act.
Most people go to see a film because they know the film stars in it. Sometimes the film may be very poor. It is best to choose a film made by a good director. Some famous directors make their film very real. People feel that they themselves are among the people in the film. ( ) 1. The scenes have to be filmed many times because .
A. B. C.
it takes a long time to make a film it is often difficult to make them just right
many people work together D. the film is poor
( )2. The scenery in the studio is made of .
A. wood and paper B. boarding door stages C. house D. films ( ) 3. The director of a film . A. is always an actor B. makes the scenery
C. says how each scene should be filmed D. is a film star ( ) 4. We should choose a film which . A. has actors we know B. seems very real
C. takes a long time to make D. is made by a good director
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Cats are creatures of habit. They like to go to sleep about the same time every day and for a certain length of time. They seem to have a natural clock inside them that tells them when to sleep.
Cats increase their regular sleep with occasional cat naps(打盹). Some experts feel that humans could also benefit from this habit. Cat naps help to build up energy in the body. They are also a good way to get rid of trouble! Since cats have the same moods（情绪）as humans, some experts believe that people can improve their moods. People might become happier.
A number of famous people have copied cats by taking cat naps during the day. The naps would usually last from 15 to 30 minutes.
Winston Churchill took cat naps. So did Presidents Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. These famous men were known for their energy. They were also able to work long hours, often into the night. Napping was their secret.
Perhaps more people learn from cats and take naps to feel better and live longer! ( ) 1. Taking cat naps . A. will make a person lazy and tired B. is a bad habit
C. will make people feel better D. can help people become famous ( ) 2. Which of the following statements in NOT true?
A. People should take their naps secretly. B. C.
Cats have the same moods as people. Some famous people take cat naps.
D. Some people have full energy after they take cat naps. ( ) 3. Nap usually last . A. three hours B. less than half an hour C. forty-five minutes D. fifty-five minutes ( ) 4. This selection was probably written to .
A. show how lazy cats are B. talk about the habits of cats
C. tell about famous people and their habits D. persuade people to take naps
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Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases(短语) for greeting people; but as an American, I always found myself unable to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the terrible books. So I would smile and nod, bowing(鞠躬) like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would smooth over the visitor?s leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband?s kindness.
Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that eased relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.
Partings for the Chinese include a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although I?m not expected to observe or even know all the rules, as a foreigner, I?ve had to learn the expression of politeness and protest(抗议) at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they must see a guest off to the farthest possible point-down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the nearest bus stop. I?ve sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, since he?s gone to the bus stop and waited for the next bus to arrive.
That?s very well, but when I?m the guest being seen off, my protests are always useless. My hostess or host, or both, insist on seeing me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the “Don?t bother (give the trouble) to see me off” at every landing. If I try to go fast to
discourage them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable(不可避免).
Besides, that?s going against Chinese custom, because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you part from someone? “Go slowly.” Not farewell or Godspeed(祝福), but “Go slowly”. To the Chinese it means “Take care” or “Watch your step”, or some such caution, but translated literally(照字面地) it means “Go slowly”. ( ) 1. It is stated clearly that the writer .
A. is interested in the Chinese-language textbooks B. C.
is proud of being able to greet people at the door is unsatisfied with the Chinese-language textbooks
D. is afraid to the standard phrases from the textbooks ( ) 2. It can be inferred that the writer .
A.
speaks Chinese B. lives in the USA
C. dislikes her husband?s ways of seeing guests off D. refuses to follow the Chinese custom of seeing guests off
( ) 3. According to the passage all of the following are necessary in the Chinese partings except .
A. seeing the guests off to the farthest point B. protesting again and again C. running after the guests D. saying “Go slowly” ( ) 4. The Chinese use “Go slowly” in their parting so as to . A. slow down the guests B. ask the guests to take care C. wish the guests a happy journey D. warn the guests of danger on their way home
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Many people earn their living with their hands. Ed earns his living with his feet! And a very good living it is, too.