[填空题]People are spending a lot of time in the living room.

[填空题]Many Chinese people are spending plenty of time in______(learn)English．

[填空题]More and more Chinese people are spending spare time______ (learn) English for the Olympic Games in 2008.

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Directions: Nowadays, people are spending more time on watching TV programs or movies. What do you think of the phenomenon What are the advantages and disadvantages You must write an essay on the topic as outlined below:
1.There are effects brought by TV or movies we cannot ignore.
2. What are the effects
3. Society must pay attention to the effects.

[单项选择]People are spending more of their income on goods such as cars and household ______.
A. facilities
B. appliances
C. instruments
D. equipment

[单项选择]Living in the desert involves a lot of problems, （） water shortage is the worst.
A. not to mention
B. of which
C. let alone
D. for what

[单项选择]In 1870s rich people began to speak of spending weekends in the country visiting friends. For most people back then, however, the workday was six days long.
Car maker Henry Ford was the first person in the United States to start a workweek of 5 days. He did that in 1926. By 1940 it had become common for most Americans to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. For many people Saturday night is the happiest time of the weekend and the week.
Anything and everything can happen (发生) on Saturday night. People go dancing; they visit friends and have parties. They drink much alcohol (酒精饮料). They sleep, and watch television. People do the same things on other nights of the week too, but they do them more often on Saturday night.
On Saturday night cinemas sell more tickets. It is also the biggest night for places that sell alcoholic drinks. That is one reason why most fights and car accidents (事故) are on Saturday night.
Is there anything people do not like about the weekend A stu
A. four
B. five
C. six

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