Many people say that books made of paper are out of fashion. Is that true?

What would you choose if you were sitting in front of a TV and there was a book right next to you? The answer will most _______ be the TV! Young people would certainly choose the TV, but you will be _______ to find out that the older ones will at least hesitate(犹豫)about choosing it. Why is this? Is it because the world has changed so much in recent years that our _______ are not the same any more?

Nowadays many people have no interest in _______. This may be a possible explanation.

Another reason might be the change of lifestyle. We are most likely to visit a club or a bar to relax after a long day’s work _______ reading a book in our own homes. All the stress of work make us want a _______ relaxing way. Perhaps, most of us do not have the patience to read any more. It is much _______ to turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than to read the 19th century works!

With all the TV programmes, _______ can find an interesting show or a moive to watch.

What’s better than getting into bed with the remote control and _______ whenever you wish? You are the master of all the TV programmes. The only disadvantage is that TV will never ________ you with all the facts as a book does, even though it does get you relaxed in just a moment.

1.A. probably B. properly C. perfectly D. particularly

2.A. happy B. impatient C. surprised D. brave

3.A. diets B. duties C. courses D. habits

4.A. scholarship B. 1iterature C. value D. truth

5.A. instead of B. because of C. prefer to D. would rather

6.A. slow B. traditional C. quick D. single

7.A. harder B. safer C. simpler D. funnier

8.A. someone B. no one C. everyone D. none

9.A. falling asleep B. waking up C. getting up D. going out

10.A. provide B. prevent C. promise D. prepare

Anyone might be able to touch us. When I was in my last college _______ , I was working as an intern( 实习生) at my university’s Museum of Natural History. Almost every weekend, I would have to get a part-time job in a _______ shop near my university. Life was hard for me and I was not happy at that time.

One Saturday while _______ in the gift shop, I saw an old couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair( 轮椅). As I looked _______ at the girl, I realized that she had no arms _______ legs, just a head, neck and upper body. She was wearing a white dress _______ little red flowers.

As the couple took her to me, I turned my head towards the girl and gave her a short look by feeling _______ . Then I took the money from her grandparents and _______ back at the girl again. What a surprise! She was giving me a sweetest and largest _______ I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her disability was ________ . And all I saw was a beautiful girl, whose smile just moved and almost gave me a ________ new feeling of life. She took me away from a poor, ________ college student and brought me into her world: a world of smiles, love and ________ .

That was ten years ago. I’m a successful business person now and ________ I get down and consider the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me. She has really ________ me for a lifetime.

1.A. day B. week C. month D. year

2.A. clothes B. coffee C. gift D. fruit

3.A. eating B. buying C. playing D. working

4.A. less B. angrier C. closer D. wetter

5.A. or B. and C. but D. so

6.A. at B. on C. in D. with

7.A. funny B. tired C. happy D. sorry

8.A. got B. went C. looked D. talked

9.A. sound B. prize C. smile D. result

10.A. added B. gone C. found D. seen

11.A. probably B. terribly C. suddenly D. completely

12.A. sad B. proud C. active D. helpful

13.A. warmth B. trouble C. advice D. experience

14.A. whoever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever

15.A. chosen B. stood C. touched D. sent

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