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扎兰屯一中2014-2015年度高一英语期中考试 （新人教版） 时间：100分钟 满分：130分 第一卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50） 第一节（共题，分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A ?Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a sofa watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”1. The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.A. China B. America C. France D. Germany2. If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.A. does nothing all day B. must be very fat C. often watches TV in his free time D. often listens to music3. The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .A. how to watch TV B. what couch-potato meansC. why couch-potatoes are very fat D. where you can find couch-potatoes4. Which of the followings do you think may be the writer’s suggestion?A. Never watch TV. B. Don’t sit on a couch. C. Don’t watch TV too much. D. Don’t eat too much B I bought a jasmine(茉莉) plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom(开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there werent any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda. One day,