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      , reasonable look at what the results might be if such a（an）      were accepted.

Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction（分散注意力） of TV, they might     together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our    ----everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of     illness ----are caused at least in part by     to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to     our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is     , families could discover more active pastimes(娛樂). Freed from TV and forced to find their own activities, they might take a     together to watch the sunset     they might take a walk together.

      free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in       than in a TV program.       report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence,       at the college level.     is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour. A different form of reading might also be done     it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the     ends, the TV networks might be forced to     with better shows in order to get us back from our newly- discovered activities.

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

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

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

3.A. get around                   B. sit around               C. meet with               D. stand stiff

4.A. misfortunes                 B. troubles                  C. affairs             D. problems

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

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

7.A. comment            B. talk                 C. discuss           D. remark

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

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

10.A. And          B. But                  C. Or                   D. While

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

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

13.A. Professors                 B. Scientists                C. Educators               D. Parents

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

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

16.A. before               B. as           C. after               D. when

17.A. talk           B. programme            C. performance                   D. quiet-hour

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

19.A. How                   B. Whether                 C. What              D. If

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B   

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：作者建議美國每天晚上在法律上禁止60-90分鐘的電視轉播，而這些時間應當用于家人之間的交流及閱讀書籍。

1.C上下文連串。作者在第一段提出了自己的建議。下面解釋自己的理由。首先作者建議用認真理性的態度考慮這個建議被接受后的結果。根據reasonable的含義也可判斷出。

2.A名詞辨析。從空白前的不定冠詞可以排除advice。從文章第一句作者就表明自己要提出建議，因此選suggestion。如果這樣的建議被接受。

3.B 短語辨析。sit around固定短語，一般指坐著沒事干。這里指吃過飯，全家人坐在餐桌旁交流。

4.D名詞辨析。由many可以推斷出該空應該填入可數名詞，首先排除trouble，該空后的破折號是對空白處詞的解釋。這里指我們面臨的許多問題。

5.B上下文連串。mental illness精神疾病。這里指家庭缺少交流、理解而引起的往往是精神疾病。

6.A 名詞辨析。A失敗；B嘗試；C能力；D允許。根據上下文可以判斷出答案。我們也許知道家人少于交流。

7.C動詞辨析。“discuss our problem討論問題”。這里指家人坐在一起討論問題，增進了解。

8.D。形容詞辨析。unnecessary沒有必要的。晚上這樣的交談是沒有必要的，家人聚會還可以找到新的消遣形式。

9.A 名詞辨析。由下面的they might take a walk together可以排除A項。為了看日出，開車到某個地方是很可能的。

10.C。連詞辨析。此題用or“或者”，這里表示選擇。這里指英語句子或者常常從閱讀中學到。

11.B 介詞辨析。with free time and no TV表示原因。這里指由于沒有電視而有空余時間。

12.A 上下文連串。此題與前句是順承關系。一本好書包含的樂趣多于一個電視所提供的。

13.C 名詞辨析。educator“教育者”。此句討論的問題應當是教育方向的問題。

14.D 副詞辨析。教育者的研究顯示：看電視長大的這一代人幾乎不會寫一個英語句子，甚至上了大學的人也不行。Even表示強調。

15.B 名詞辨析。A技巧；B寫；C說；D聽。這里指學生看電視過多，因此不會寫句子。

16.B 連詞辨析。as作因為，由于。A在……之前；C在……之后；D當……時候。這里指因為它是在過去。

17.D 上下文連串。閱讀的那種安靜時間可以變成講故事的時間，這時，電視網絡系統就必須提供更好的節目以把人們再吸引回來。

18.D 短語辨析。come up with “提出、提供”，不能用被動語態； come across：“偶遇”； come about：“發生，產生”； broadcast“廣播，播放”，不與with連用。

19.A 疑問詞辨析。A怎么；B是否；C什么；D如果。那么我們怎么花費時間呢？

20.C動詞辨析。remember記得。A回憶；B辨認；D知道。我們當中35歲及其以上的人還應該能記得沒有電視的童年。

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