Unit6 TV programmes
Period 3 Reading (2 )
一、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. This newspaper comes out every Monday. It is a____________(week) newspaper.
2. The film Monsters VS Aliens is a science fiction film____________(direct) by Rob Letterman.
3. My mother has never watched horror films because she gets___________(scare) easily.
4. Will the new film be on in all cinemas of our country this__________(come) weekend
5. Many famous__________(Asia) pop stars will come to the National Olympic Sports Centre Stadium to give a concert soon.
6. --How much should I pay
—18 yuan in all,___________(include) the pen you picked out just now.
二、单项选择
1. In the end,Mr Song came up _________a good method to solve the problem.
A for B. at C. in D. with
2. Which underlined letter has the same pronunciation with the one in the word “cover”?
A. become B. soft C. joke D. carrot
3.__________ he is dead,Kobe Bryant’s spirit will continue to influence us.
A. If B. Until C. Because D. Although
4. Take it easy. There will be___________ two buses coming in a few minutes.
A. another B. other C. others D. the other
5. It's hard for us to say goodbye ___________we have so many happy days to remember.
A. so B. because C. although D. however
三、句子翻译
1.如果你正确回答了问题,你就可以获得两张免费的票。(get two free tickets)
2.我们常常从百度下载最新歌曲。(download)
3.你不能发现花的美,除非你近距离地观看它们。(look at them closely)
4.我们直到宣布才知道结果。(announce)
5.那位运动员因为迟到而不被允许参赛。
6.如果这种新能源更加广泛地被使用,环境污染将会大大减少。
7.采取一些简单措施,你就会对地球产生巨大影响。
四、七选五阅读
请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中, 使短文意思通顺、结构完整。一空一句。
Do you know what your friends watched on TV last night Do your friends know what you had for breakfast today Do you think you are using social media(社交媒体)too much
1 It is reported that around 2,800 million people often use social media. That's almost 40 percent of the world’s population. But how much time do we really spend on social media And what exactly do we spend that time doing
Research shows that, worldwide, the average(普通的)person spends two hours and 19 minutes on social media each day. 2 An average person there spends four hours and 17 minutes a day on social media. Research also shows that women use social media more than men. In the United States, for example, women spend around two hours more a week than men on social media.
3 In general, it seems we spend more time looking at other people's pages than adding to our own.
According to one survey, the most common social media activities are visiting friends’ pages,reading their news ,and commenting(评论)on their posts.
4 has over 2,000 million users. In second place, however,is the Chinese site Qzone. In 2017, Qzone was China’s most popular social media site, with around 600 million users worldwide. That's more than Twitter and Instagram.
Social media continues to grow. 5 And as Internet access(通道)becomes available to even more people around the world,this growth won't stop anytime soon.
A. What do most people do on social media
B. Why do people communicate on social media
C. People in Philippines are the most active users.
D. The most popular social media site is Facebook.
E. On Facebook,people post their news and photos.
F. Right now, there are 5 new Facebook users every second.
G. Social media is now a part of many people's everyday lives.
五、短文阅读
You could win 1,000 in this year's Fiction(小说)Prize and have your story printed in Keep Writing magazine. Ten other lucky people will win 100. The judges (评委)are looking for interesting and original(原创 的)stories. Here's some advice for you:
Write about whatever you know
Love,family,problems with friends-these are the common main subjects of the stories. However,you need to turn ordinary(普通的)situations into something interesting that people will want to read about. Make the reader want to continue reading by writing about ordinary things in a new and surprising way.
Get your facts right
It's no good giving a description of a town or explaining how a machine works if you get it wrong. So don’t write what you're not certain about.
Hold the reader's attention
Make the ending a surprise. There is nothing worse than a poor ending. Develop the story carefully and try to think of something unusual happening in the end.
Think about the characters
Try to bring the people in your story alive for the reader by using well-chosen words to make them seem real.
Here are some other things you need to pay attention to. First,your story must be your own work, between 2,000 and 2,500 words and typed on one side only of each sheet of paper. We don't accept stories by email. Second, you should not have your fiction printed in any magazine or book or recorded on any radio or TV. Third the closing date is 30 July and we will inform(通知)the winner within one month of this date. Please note that if you win,you must agree to have your story printed in our magazine.
Write a winning story
Prize The 1can get 1,000 and have the story published.
2 Write about 3 that you know. Write in a new and surprising way to make the reader 4 in reading. Make sure you get the facts right. 5 writing what you’re not certain about. Think of an 6 ending to hold the reader's attention. 7 your words carefully to make your characters seem real.
Requirements (要求) You should write the story by 8 . with less than 2,500 words. Your story shouldn't have been printed or 9 . Your story should be sent to us 10 30 July.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________5. _________
6._________7._________8._________9._________ 10._________