25. He has some difficulty ________________(eat) so much food.
三、完形填空：
For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __1__ countries, people can turn on their __2__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __3__ things.
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __4__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __5__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.
In Germany, __6__ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __7__ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __8__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __9__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __10__ like this new way of buying things. They call __11__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __12__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __13__.
The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __14__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __15__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.
( )1. A. European B. Asian C. American D. African
( )2. A. lights B. switches C. radios D. TVs
( )3. A. some else B. another many C. the other D. many other
( )4. A. Such as B. For example C. For teleshopping D. It is like
( )5. A. takes B. cost C. spends D. spend
( )6. A. to B. until C. unless D. by
( )7. A. begin B. leave C. open D. turn on
( )8. A. people B. women C. businessmen D. officials
( )9. A. to go out B. going out C. to buy things D. buying things
( )10. A. still B. don’t C. even D. won’t
( )11. A. teleshopping B. TV C. radio D. telephone
( )12. A. appearing B. coming out C. for sale D. to buy
( )13. A. in the shop B. on TV C. they bought D. by this way
( )14. A. the same with B. different from C. as big as D. larger than
( )15. A. the number B. the quality C. the places D. the buyers
四、阅读理解：
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars.Those cars were cheap，strong and fast. He would sell millions of them because he could make them in large numbers at a time， that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind.Ford's father hoped that he would become a farmer，but the young man didn't like the idea and he went to Detroit and worked there as a mechanic(机械师).By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car. Five years after Ford started his great motorcar factory in 1903，he made the famous“ModelT”.This car turned out to be so popular that it stayed unchanged for twenty years.Since Ford's time，making cars in large numbers has helped to sell the cars cheaply.More and more people can buy cars for their everyday use.
( )1.Ford's cars were cheap because _______ .
A. nobody wanted to buy them B.he could make a large number of cars at a time
C. his cars were not strong enough D. his cars were not as famous as ModelT.
( )2.The famous“Model T”was built in _______ .
A. 1892 B. 1903 C. 1908 D. 1928
( )3.Henry Ford was born in _______ .
A. 1873 B. 1863 C. 1883 D. 1893
( )4.Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. The first person to make cars is Henry Ford. B. Henry Ford'father was foolish.
C. Henry Ford's motorcar factory was built in 1908. D. Nowadays everyone can buy a car.
( )5.Which of the following is WRONG?
A. Ford's father didn't want his son to be a mechanic.
B. Ford decided to be a farmer at first.
C. Ford made his first car at the age of 29.
D. Ford did a great thing for the people in the world.
Unit 6
一、选择填空: DDABC, BACBB, DCCDB, DAAAB, BDDDA
二、词形变换:
1. musical 2. the fatter 3. least 4. calling 5. look
6. are leaving / are going to leave 7. mice 8. best 9. goldfish 10. to speak
11. walk 12. itself 13. keeping 14. will return 15. to play
16. unusual 17. to learn 18. keep, open 19. ought not to keep, closed 20. lovely
21. not to make 22. is served 23. women 24. noisily 25. eating
三、完形填空：
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