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.
小题1:When they come to the writer’s house for a visit, the writer’s friends seem very _________.
A．busyB．happyC．friendlyD．strange
小题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 (习惯于) 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.
小题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.
小题4:When there is a power cut (停电) 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.
小题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.
