What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time  1  , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and  2  ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.

    The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets  3   and participate in activities  4   drawing to biking．The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995．In the  5  , only a few thousand people took part．Last year more than 7.6 million people participated,  6   people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11^th year in which  7   are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on  8  .”

According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average  9  in the US spend  10   time in front of the TV （about 1,023 hours per year） than they do in school （about 900 hours per year）．Too much TV  11   has made many kids grow fat． 12 , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most  13   generation of youngsters in American history．This week is about saving lives.”

Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV  14   poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence．Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or  15  , part of a healthy lifestyle”．

    “One of the great lessons of  16   TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that  17   I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.

    TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a  18   ．Recent US Census（人口普查）data  19   that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time．That’s  20   about 63 percent ten years ago．

1．A．drinking               B．sleeping               C．washing              D．playing outside

2．A．find out                 B．go out                 C．look out              D．keep out

3．A．away                    B．alone                   C．on                      D．beside

4．A．like                       B．as                       C．from                   D．such as

5．A．end                       B．event                   C．beginning            D．total

6．A．besides                 B．except for            C．including             D．except

7．A．governments         B．parents                C．organizers           D．businessmen

8．A．the light                B．the radio              C．life                      D．the Internet

9．A．grown-ups            B．kids                    C．clerks                 D．parents

10．A．less                     B．enough                C．little                    D．more

11．A．programmes        B．screen                 C．hours                  D．watching

12．A．However             B．On the contrary    C．In fact                D．As a result

13．A．overweight       B．overeaten             C．overgrown       D．overseeing

14．A．leads to               B．results from         C．develops              D．keeps away

15．A．will be                 B．should be             C．may be                D．could be

16．A．organizing           B．taking part in        C．participating         D．asking for

17．A．wherever             B．every day            C．every time        D．this time

18．A．living                  B．choice                 C．difference            D．sense

19．A．shows                 B．says                    C．reads                  D．writes

20．A．rising                  B．down from          C．up to                   D．up from      

When we went boating on the lake that morning, it turned out fine, ____, very calm, without any wind.

A. except　 B. including　 C. but　 D. besides

 

When we went boating on the lake that morning, it turned out fine, ____, very calm, without any wind.

　 A. except　 B. including　 C. but　 D. besides