1. The film by the famous director is very popular in the West.
2. People usually their favourite programmes after the Spring Festival Gala every year.
3. — Why do you look so scared?
— Just now, I saw a scary of a traffic accident.
4. If you are afraid, you'd better not see .
5. You can't imagine danger the Tibetan antelopes(藏羚羊) face unless you get to where they live.
6. I bought a lot of fruit, apples, pears, oranges and bananas.
7. You should speak slowly so that I can what you say in my notebook.

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1. (2025·连云港期末)There will be ______ one-hour documentary tonight on TV. It tells a story of ______ honest boy in the mountain village far away.
A.a; a
B.an; a
C.an; an
D.a; an

D

2. You can send text messages ______ 1396 to vote ______ your favourite song.
A.to; to
B.on; to
C.on; for
D.to; for

D

3. (2025·连云港市连云区模拟)Peter is watching a football match which is shown ______ on TV. Though he is not on the scene, he can still cheer for his team.
A.lively
B.live
C.living
D.alive

B

4. — What ______ the number of the students in your school?
— About three thousand. A number of them ______ from the country.

A.is; are
B.is; is
C.are; is
D.are; are

A

5. — Listen! Is Tim talking on the phone in the hallway?
— It be him. But I'm not sure.

A.need
B.must
C.might
D.would

C

6. — When will the presentation ceremony ______? — Next Monday.
A.be taken place
B.be happened
C.hold
D.be held

D

Many TV terms(术语) come from the combination of two words. Even the word “television” is made up of two words. They are Greek and Latin words. They 1. “far” and “to see”.
Serious TV programmes are called dramas and funny ones are called comedies. Some programmes are 2. funny and serious. This kind of show is called a “dramedy”, the combination of “drama” and “comedy”. In a 3. way, the word “sitcom” is the combination of “situation” and “comedy”.
There is 4. example. An infomercial is a very long commercial(广告). It can 5. more than half an hour. The word “infomercial” is the combination of “information” and “commercial”. Infomercials 6. in the 1980s. Now you can watch hours and hours of infomercials for all kinds of products, 7. on the cable television(有线电视). Just be careful not to 8. into a couch potato.
Here is also a kind of TV shows called soap operas. They are usually 9. of stories. Soap companies first advertised products during these shows on TV. They knew there were lots of wives watching these shows. Lots of commercials during the shows were for different kinds of soap. For this 10. , people started calling these shows “soap operas”.

1. mean 2. both 3. similar 4. another 5. last 6. began 7. especially 8. turn 9. series 10. reason