When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we don’t have a television. People think that we are strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. My wife and I have something that we’re interested in. We certainly don’t spend our evenings looking at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often goes to evening classes in foreign languages. This is very useful because we often go to other countries for our holidays. I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing cards together.
Sometimes there’s no electricity in the house. This does not worry us as we just light candles and go on with what we were doing before. Our friends are lost --- no television! So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full because they all come to us. They all have a good time, Instead of sitting quietly in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
小題1:When they come to the writer’s house for a visit, the writer’s friends seem very _________.
A．busyB．happyC．friendlyD．strange
小題2: The writer doesn’t have a television because _______________.
A．he and his wife don’t know what to do when there is no electricity.
B．he is used to (習慣于) the quiet and lonely life.
C．he is not rich enough to buy a television.
D．he and his wife enjoy spending evening in their own ways.
小題3:From the writer’s words we know that he and his wife are interested in one thing, what is this?
A．Staying at home alone.B．Traveling.
C．Learning foreign languages.D．Watching people play games.
小題4:When there is a power cut (停電) at night, the writer __________.
A．has to go out for candles.B．only sits quietly in the house.
C．will have many visitors.D．has to go to a night school.
小題5:In this passage the writer tries to tell us that ______________.
A．life is enjoyable with many friends.
B．television is useful to everyone.
C．electricity is important to everyday life.
D．it is important to have something we’re interested in.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇文章主要告訴我們有自己感興趣的事情可做是非常重要的，并舉例說明作者夫妻倆晚上不看電視而做自己感興趣的事情。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一行they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. 可知他們告訴我們他們很著急并不停地看表可知他們看起來似乎很忙，故想A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第四行My wife and I have something that we’re interested in.我和我妻子都有一些感興趣的事情做，接著下面舉了一些例子，由此可知他們不看電視是因為他們用自己的方式度過晚上的生活。故選D。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第六行This is very useful because we often go to other countries for our holidays.這是非常有用的因為我們經(jīng)常去國外度假可知作者和妻子共同感興趣的一件事情是旅游，故選B.
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三行On such evenings our house is very full because they all come to us.在這樣的晚上我們家總是滿滿的因為他們都來我家可知在停電的晚上作者總有許多來客，故選C。
小題5:主旨大意題。結(jié)合整篇文章可知作者主要告訴我們我們有感興趣的事情要做事非常重要的。故選D。
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