1. He said it_______  ________  _______ ____ (低聲）.

People enjoy different indoor and outdoor activities in England. A recent European survey shows that people in England spend 45% of their spare time watching television， 24% of their spare time doing social activities, 22 - 23% of their spare time on sports and hobbies, and 10% on other activities. Other popular activities are listening to the radio，listening to music， reading, gardening, eating out and going to the cinema.

Television

The most common activity in the UK is watching television. People often spend 25 hours every week on TV. Almost every household(家庭)has at least one television set at home. In 1999， 13% of households had satellite TV and 9% cable(有線的;）TV.

Radio

People in the UK listen to the radio about 15 hours and 50 minutes every week. Entertainment

Another popular activity in England is visiting and entertaining friends. Cinema

About 123 million British people went to the cinema in 1998. It is the most popular cultural activity in England. Eating out

More and more British people like to eat out. In 1999 every British person spent £5. 63 every week on food outside.

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(   ) 1. Most British people like       in their free time.

A.  watching TV

B.   listening to the radio

C.   doing some sports

D.  eating out

(   ) 2. According to the survey, British people spent       listening to the radio

every day.

A.  less than half an hour

B.   about 50 minutes

C.   more than 2 hours

D.  about 16 hours

(   ) 3. How many households  could watch cable television in 1999?

A.  13% of households.

B.  9% of households.

C.  33% of households.

D.  19% of households.

(   ) 4. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A.   British people spend most of their time eating out.

B.   British people often listen to the radio and visit their friends.

C.   Lots of British people like going to the cinema.

D.   British people like doing gardening.

(   ) 5. The main idea of the passage is      

A.  the after-school activities in England

B.   how British people spend their spare time

C. how British children spend their holidays

D. the special customs in England

(   ) 5.―What about playing football this afternoon, Sam? 

―I would rather       at home than        football. It's too hot outside.

A.  stay;playing

B.   stay;play

C.   to stay;to play

D.  to stay;playing

(   ) 4. ―Do you like to cycle to school or walk to sohool?

―I prefer       to       . It's only one kilometer from my home to our school.

A.  walk;cycle

B.   to walk;to cycle

C.   walking;cycling

D.  to walk;cycling

(   ) 3. ―I'm going to the library.

―________ Let's go together.

A. So am I. B. So are you.

C. So you are. D. So I am.

(   ) 2. He told us a story and made us      

A. laugh    B. to laugh

C. laughing    D. laughed

(   ) 1. This program is too boring. I       do some reading.

A.  rather

B.   rather than

C.   would rather

D.  prefer

5. ―Which kind of program do you prefer?

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4. Kangkang and Wang Junfeng are talking about________ programs.

3. Michael likes watching       about history characters. He can learn more facts and information about them.