SOAP中的“S”代表什么（)

What's the parents' reaction to their children's white lies about the old soap？

A．They feel proud to hear their response.

B．They scold them for telling lies afterwards.

C．They teach them when to tell a white lie.

D．They tell them not to tell lies again.

Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil's birth rate because ______.

A．they keep people sitting long hours watching TV

B．they have gradually changed people's way of life

C．people are drawn to their attractive package

D．they popularize birth control measures

Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because________．

A．they keep people sitting long hours watching TV

B．they have gradually changes people’s way of life

C．people ale drawn t0 their attractive paekage

D．they popularize birth control measures

Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because ________.

A) they keep people sitting long hours watching TV

B) they have gradually changed people’s way of life

C) people are drawn to their attractive package

D) they popularize birth control measures

John: The radio' s terribly loud. Could you turn it down a little？

Peter: Sorry! ______.

John: Yes, and something else—wouldn't it be an idea to buy your own soap？

A．A football match was broadcast live on it.

B．I forgot where I put my soap this morning.

C．Is it disturbing you？

D．Could you repeat what you said？

n: Yes, and something else--wouldn't it be an idea to buy your own soap？

A．A football match was broadcast live on it.

B．I forgot where I put my soap this morning.

C．Is it disturbing you？

D．Could you repeat what you said？

John: Yes, and something else—wouldn't it be an idea to buy your own soap？

A．A football match was broadcast live on it

B．I forgot where I put my soap this morning.

C．Is it disturbing you？

D．Could you repeat what you said？

A soap is a popular television drama serial (连续剧) about the daily lives and problems of a group of people. The stories make TV viewers laugh, cry and wait to see what happens next. Thus, viewers would come.

For some soap fans, it is like the end of the world when "Another World" ends after 35-year run. That's because soaps these days can't satisfy devoted viewers. Altogether, daily viewers have decreased from 69.6 million to 48.8 million since 1991. For instance, ABC's "All My Children" drew 8.3 million in 1991, now 4.5 million.

One reason is that soaps are difficult in an era marked by various electronic games. Girls who used to watch daytime dramas with their mothers now go to their rooms where they can watch cable on their own TV set, or play video games, or wander on the Internet. Besides, the audience was too old, at 47 on average(平均). TV stations have to get the right viewers because women, from 18 to 49, have the income to buy the things pushed by advertisers. It's gotten to the point where it's financially (经济上) driven. But networks aren't about to drop soaps, as long as advertisers like them so much. It's very efficient and cheap to add heavily a number of ads. On the other hand, there's not much to replace them. Talk and other shows have a bad record, and they don't reach a concentrated female audience. The channels believe that they will attract younger viewers, the next generation(一代人) of soap watchers, by starring new characters and putting in fresh blood into plot(情节) lines. There is no secret. People want a good story.

The soap industry has to work harder to attract the audience for the following reasons except that ______.

A．advertisers and faithful viewers need it

B．other TV shows are much better and going to beat the soap

C．there are various ways of enjoyment

D．the young generation don't like soaps

course. Napoleon's wife had new clothes every month, instead of a bath. ("It's quicker," She always said). Rich people did not often have a bath. They washed their hands and faces, but not their bodies. Many poor people did not wash at all. A young man once said to a doctor; "Soap and water have never touched my body." (And the doctor answered. "That's true. I know... ")

why didn't people wash in those days long ago？

Well, they did not have water in their house. They carried water from rivers or from holes in the ground (= wells). Towns people bought it from a water--carrier. Sometimes it was expensive; and soap was always expensive. They drank water, of course; and so they were clean inside. They did not think about the outside! And this is true; they just did not like a bath.

Modern life is different. We use a lot of soap and water. And we are all quite clean. However, a few people use too much soap; and they often get ill. Who are these people？

Many young women work as hairdressers. They wash and then "dress" other women's hair. That is their job, and they like it. Young hairdressers sometimes wash dirty heads on a busy day! Their hands are soapy for seven or eight hours; and that is not a good thing. A young hairdresser's hands are often red and ugly; and she must then go to doctor.

Long ago, people ______.

A．often died young

B．did not often have a bath

C．washed every day

D．washed every day and died young

ching Desperate Housewives.- Oh really？ So what happened this week then？

A．Brilliant! It's one of my favourites.

B．I think they're rubbish.

C．They're really not my taste.

D．I love them.

k you. Can I have some shower gel, and some shaving cream, too, please？ —Sorry. We don't provide shaving cream, but there’s some shower gel in the bathroom cabinet.

A．You can buy some in the shop

B．I' 11 send some to your room right away

C．I'm really sorry to hear that

D．That's impossible. There must be some