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 When we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
【小題1】The couple have not got a television, because     .

A．they are not rich enough
B．they are strange people
C．they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
D．they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts
【小題2】Both of them are interested in    .
A．learning languagesB．traveling
C．staying home aloneD．watching people play games
【小題3】At night when there is no electricity, the couple      .
A．have to stare at the walls B．can do nothing but sit in silence
C．will have many visitorsD．have to go out for candles
【小題4】The best title for this passage is _____.
A．Why Do We Need a Television?
B．Candle! But No Electricity!
C．Different Friends, Different Hobbies.
D．We Go Without Televisions!


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】D   

解析試題分析：文章介紹作者家里沒有電視機(jī)，因?yàn)樗麄冇凶约旱膼酆�，沒有電視過的很充實(shí)，也不怕停電。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls.可知作者夫妻都有自己的愛好，希望用自己的方式度過夜晚，選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. 可知作者夫妻都喜歡旅行，選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. 可知停電的時(shí)候，作者家里有很多客人，選C
【小題4】標(biāo)題題：文章介紹作者家里沒有電視機(jī)，因?yàn)樗麄冇凶约旱膼酆�，沒有電視過的很充實(shí)，也不怕停電，所以是We Go Without Televisions!沒有電視可能行，選D   
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