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 couch (沙發(fā)) watching TV. As there are many channels (頻道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上癮的). 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!”
小題1:The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.
A．ChinaB．France C．AmericaD．Germany
小題2:If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.
A．does nothing all dayB．often listens to music
C．often watches TV in his free timeD．must be very fat
小題3:Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato?  Because he or she ______.
A．is fat and cannot take exercise
B．is fat and round
C．likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV
D．a(chǎn)lmost never moves while watching TV and gets fat
小題4:The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .
A．how to watch TV
B．what couch-potato means
C．why couch-potatoes are very fat
D．where you can find couch-potatoes

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題解析:本文大意：你知道沙發(fā)土豆的意思嗎？在美國，這個詞經(jīng)常被用到，許多人坐在沙發(fā)上看電視度過空閑時間，有許多頻道選擇，電視能非常有趣吸引人。他可能不間斷地幾個小時坐著看電視!整天什么事也不做，除了看電視，這樣的人被稱為沙發(fā)土豆。因為被電視吸引，他們不運動，通常變得非常胖，所以，在許多方面，這些人看上去像個真土豆。因為看上去胖，在沙發(fā)上看電視，所以被稱為沙發(fā)土豆。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) Well, in America, the word is now often used.在美國，這個詞經(jīng)常被用到， 可知答案C
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.整天什么事也不做，除了看電視，這樣的人被稱為沙發(fā)土豆，可知答案D
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat.他們不運動，通常變得非常胖，可知答案D
小題4:主旨大意題。根據(jù)Do you know what couch-potato means?你知道沙發(fā)土豆的意思嗎？可知答案B
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