【拓展閱讀專訓(xùn)】八年級英語人教版上冊Unit5-Entertainment

1、Unit5 EntertainmentAAbout fifty years ago, when television first came out, people thought that radiowas so longer useful. Television has both sounds and images. It is much more real and interesting to watch television than to listen to the radio.However, fifty years later radio is still very popular

2、 and it will be here for a longtime. One reason is that we dont need to see an image when we listen to the music onthe radio. In fact, listening with your eyes closed is the best way to listen to a piece ofmusic. You can imagine yourself on a sandy beach or up high on a mountain. In other words, you

3、 can create your own images.Moreover, while listening to the radio, you dont have to take your eyes off yourwork. For example, you can listen to the radio and drive at the same time. Or you canread a book and listen to the radio. Television, on the other hand, doesnt have this advantage.A radio is m

4、uch smaller than a television. You can take a radio anywhere andturn it on anytime you want. In a quiet place you can use headphones to listen to thenews or music on the radio. In this way you wont disturb anybody. Moreover, a radiois much cheaper than a television. For less than $20 you can buy a s

5、mall radio and have fun with it.( ) 1. The text is mainly talking about_.A. musicC. soundB. radioD. television( ) 2. In the text, the writer tells us that we can _and drive at the same time.A. listen to the radioC. close your eyesB. watch TVD. read a book( ) 3. Which of the following is NOT true?A.

6、People can take a radio anywhere and turn it on anytime.B. Television came out 50 years ago and it is useless now. C. A radio is less expensive than a television.1D. People can use headphones to read books.BLegend of Zhen Huan is the most popular Chinese TV drama in 2012. The redhot TV drama is popu

7、lar_1_the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and some Southeast Asian countries, and it is now_2_the US market.It tells a story of the_3_between the concubines (妃子) during the QingDynasty.It_4_76 episodes in all. In the opera, Chinese famous actress Sun Li_5_ . She fights with all other concubines with her _6

8、_ideas. At last she becomes the first concubine in the _7_.There are many famous and _8_ actress in the opera, and they all wear nice clothes. Besides, the _9_ storyline greatly interests Chinese audiences. _10_ to a US audience, the story comes from a different cultural background. So the officers

9、of the opera are working hard to find a good way to let the US audiences like it.( ) 1. A.in B. on C. from D. about( ) 2. A. goingB. coming from C. talking about D. waiting for( ) 3.A.game( ) 4. A. does ( ) 5.A. acts( ) 6. A. clever( ) 7.A. country( ) 8. A. young ( ) 9.A. old( ) 10. A. AndB. fightB.

10、 hasB. hasB. funnyB. houseB. uglyB. shortB. SoC. mealC. wantsC. needsC. difficultC. cityC. beautifulC. interestingC. BecauseD. showD. sellsD. ordersD. badD. palaceD. tallD. scaryD. ButCWhen friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us thatthey are in a hurry and looking

11、at their watches. It is not that our friends are all verybusy, it is just that we have no television. People think that we are very strange. “Butwhat do you do in the evening?” They are always asking. The answer is very easy.2Both my wife and I have hobbies. We sometimes spend our evenings in classe

12、s forforeign languages. This is very useful as we often go abroad for holiday. I collectstamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing cards.Sometimes there are power( 電力) cuts and we have no electricity in the house.This does not worry us as we j

13、ust light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends are lost no television! So they all come to us. They all have agood time. Instead of sitting quietly in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. Yes, life is possible without television.( ) 1. The writers fri

14、ends seem busy when they visit the couple in the evening because_.A. they have a lot to doB. they are really busyC. they stay in the house too longD. they dont want to stay long as he hasnt got a television( ) 2. Both of the couple have hobbies of listening to music, playing games, playing cards and

15、_.A. talking B. singingC. sitting in front of the televisionD. going abroad on holidays( ) 3. When there are power cuts, the writer and his wife dont worry because with candles they can carry on with_.A. what they are doingC. spending their holidayB. talking about the television D. having a good tim

16、e( ) 4. “Our friends are lost” means _.A. they lost their way B. they are not happy in the houseC. they dont know what to doD. they have to leave the house( ) 5. We can find out that life is possible_.A. with good timeC. to talk about nothingB. without TVD. to stay at home with nobody3DShould the us

17、e of dialect in TV programs be banned(禁止)?Very often we can see a lot of television series presented in some local dialects,such as the ones in the Northeast or the Northwest. These programs seem to be moreand more popular with the audience who feel at home when enjoying the shows. Sofar as I am con

18、cerned, the TV programs presented in some local dialects should not be banned for the following reasons.First of all, the TV programs should be a perfect show of the diverse (多元的)culture of the country in which the local dialects are of the important part. The different local dialects are actually t

19、he carrier ( 載體) of the language sources ( 資源). In addition, they are also the intangible (無形的) cultural inheritance (文化遺產(chǎn)).Whats more, the broadcasting of the TV programs in local dialects is an effectiveway to preserve the national culture, which is conducive to the building of a morediversified c

20、ultural landscape. Lastly, the use of local dialects is a best means t0 holdpeople together. It is known that a certain group of people can be identified by the dialects they speak.In conclusion it is not necessary to ban the TV programs presented in local dialects which will be helpful to foster an even more rich national culture.1. Does the author think local dialects in TV programs should be bann