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(極端的). 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“認真地看一看”，與文章相符。

2. B 前文用了動詞suggest.

3. D sit around together表示“圍坐在一起”。

4. A 因為下文所列的內容屬于棘手的問題, 且27空后也有提示。

5. C 指的是 “精神疾病”。

6. B 很多問題部分地是由于無法溝通而引起的。

7. A discuss our problems表示 “討論問題”, 意為 “負責” “注意”的意思。

8. B　 “在不必進行這樣的交談的晚上, 家人們就能找到更有積極意義的娛樂活動了”。

9. C take a ride是 “騎車,乘車”的意思。

10. B or是 “或者”的意思。

11. D with引導的介詞短語,表示原因, 作狀語。

12. B 上文提到了閱讀, 所以此句應為: “一本好書中所包含的樂趣多于一個電視節(jié)目所提供的”。

13. D educator是 “教育家,教育工作者”的意思,此句中討論的問題應是教育方面的問題。

14. C 教育工作者們說伴隨電視而長大的一代人甚至到了大學水平也幾乎不能寫出一個完整的英語句子,　意思上存在遞進。

15. A 前文講的是寫作,　寫作知識是從閱讀中學來的。

16. A a form of…表示 “….”一種形式。

17. B 承接上文所說的quiet hour。

18. C come up with是 “拿出, 提出”的意思, 句意為 “電視網可能被迫拿出更好的節(jié)目把我們吸引回去”。

19. B 電視占據了美國人的自由時間已經有25年了。

20. B 我們當中35歲甚至更大一點的人都能記得無電視的童年時代。