Question

I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law.

Let us take a __1___, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(n) _2___were accepted: Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might _3__ together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our _4__in everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of __5__ illness are caused at least in part by _6___ to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to__7_ our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.

On evenings when such a talk is _8__, families could discover more active pastimes(消遣). Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a _9__ together to watch the sunset _10___ they might take a walk together. _11___free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in _12___ than in a TV program. _13___ report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, ___14___ at the college level. __15__is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quite hour.

A different _16__ of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour _17___, the TV net works might be forced to __18__ with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.

At first glance, this idea seems radical(极端的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years _19___television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can __20__childhoods without television. It wasn’t that difficult.

1. A. valuable　　　 B. pleasant　　　 C. quick　　 D. serious

2. A. advice　　　　 B. suggestion　 C. opinion　　 D. offer

3. A. get around　　 B. stand still　　 C. meet　　　 D. sit around

4. A. problems　　　 B. trouble　　　 C. affairs　　 D. misfortune

5. A. physical　　 B. common　　　 C. mental　　　 D. familiar

6. A. attempt　　 B. failure　　　 C. ability　　　　 D. permission

7. A. discuss　　 B. talk　　　　　 C. make sure　　 D. see to

8. A. acceptable　 B. unnecessary　 C. funny　　　 D. unpleasant

9. A. walk　　　　 B. look　　　　 C. ride　　　　 D. rest

10. A. and　　　　 B. or　　　　　 C. but　　　　 D. while

11. A. At　　　　　 B. In　　　　　 C. For　　　　 D. With

12. A. a fine poem　 B. a good book　 C. a quiet hour　 D. a composition

13. A. Professor　　 B. Scientists　　 C. Parents　　　 D. Education

14. A. yet　　　　　 B. still　　　　　 C. even　　　　 D. just

15. A. Writing　　　 B. Thinking　　 C. Speaking　　 D. Listening

16. A. Form　　　　 B. kind　　　　 C. method　　　 D. step

17. A. starts　　　　 B. ends　　　　 C. comes　　　　 D. lasts

18. A. come across　　 B. come about　 C. come up　　 D. broadcast

19. A. before　　　　 B. since 　　　　C. until　　　　 D. after

20. A. remind　　　　 B. remember　　 C. recognize　　 D. know

 

Answer 1

1. D take a serious look at 表示“认真地看一看”，与文章相符。

2. B 前文用了动词suggest.

3. D sit around together表示“围坐在一起”。

4. A 因为下文所列的内容属于棘手的问题, 且27空后也有提示。

5. C 指的是 “精神疾病”。

6. B 很多问题部分地是由于无法沟通而引起的。

7. A discuss our problems表示 “讨论问题”, 意为 “负责” “注意”的意思。

8. B　 “在不必进行这样的交谈的晚上, 家人们就能找到更有积极意义的娱乐活动了”。

9. C take a ride是 “骑车,乘车”的意思。

10. B or是 “或者”的意思。

11. D with引导的介词短语,表示原因, 作状语。

12. B 上文提到了阅读, 所以此句应为: “一本好书中所包含的乐趣多于一个电视节目所提供的”。

13. D educator是 “教育家,教育工作者”的意思,此句中讨论的问题应是教育方面的问题。

14. C 教育工作者们说伴随电视而长大的一代人甚至到了大学水平也几乎不能写出一个完整的英语句子,　意思上存在递进。

15. A 前文讲的是写作,　写作知识是从阅读中学来的。

16. A a form of…表示 “….”一种形式。

17. B 承接上文所说的quiet hour。

18. C come up with是 “拿出, 提出”的意思, 句意为 “电视网可能被迫拿出更好的节目把我们吸引回去”。

19. B 电视占据了美国人的自由时间已经有25年了。

20. B 我们当中35岁甚至更大一点的人都能记得无电视的童年时代。