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11.I would like to suggest that for sixty minutes each evening,right after the early evening news,all television broadcasting be banned by law.
Let us take a serious look at what the results might be if such a suggestion were accepted.Families might use the time for a real family hour.They might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another.It is well known that many of our problems-everything,in fact,from the generation gap(代沟) to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illnesses-are caused at least in part by the failure to communicate.We do not tell each other what is disturbing us.The result is emotional difficulty of one kind or another.By using the quiet family hour to discuss our problems,we might get to know each other better,and to like each other better.
On evenings when such talk is unnecessary,families could rediscover more active entertainments.Freed from TV,forced to find their own activities,they might take a ride together to watch the sunset.Or they might take a walk together and see the neighborhood with fresh,new eyes.
With free time and no TV,children and adults might rediscover reading.There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming.Educators report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence,even at the college level.Writing is often learned from reading.A more cultured new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.
At first glance,the idea of an hour without TV seems radical (激进的).What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter?How will we spend the time?But it's not radical at all.It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control our free time.Those of us thirty-five and older can remember childhoods without television,spent partly with radio-which at least involved the listener's imagination-but also with reading,learning,talking,playing games and inventing new activities.It wasn't that difficult,honest.The truth is that we had a ball.
28.The author's suggestion can helpA.
A.people solve emotional problems
B.draw people's attention to the evening news
C.college students get along well with others
D.develop strong neighborhood relationships
29.According to the text,good booksB.
A.offer as much knowledge as TV does   
B.are more entertaining than TV
C.should be made into films            
D.cannot be found easily
30.In the author's opinion,life without TVC.
A.is not good for children's imagination   
B.will be accepted by more people
C.used to be a lot of fun                
D.is not worth living
31.What would be the best title for the text?B
A.The future of television   
B.Turning off TV:a quiet hour
C.Saying goodbye to television   
D.Effects of television on humans.

分析 这是一篇谈论在美国由于缺少沟通带来的一系列问题,并提出合理建议的议论文,文章开头作者就提出了自己的观点,并且接下来提出了一些建议.

解答 28 A  细节理解题.根据第二段中的"we might get to know each other better,and to like each other better"可知接受作者的建议能够解决情感交流的问题.故选A.
29.B  细节理解题.根据第四段中的"There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming."B项正确.
30.C 推理判断题.根据最后一段中对没有电视的描述…but also with reading,learning,talking,playing games and inventing new activities…The truth is that we had a ball可知没有电视的年代,人们也很有乐趣.故选C.
31.B  主旨大意题.文章开头就点明了文章的主旨I would like to suggest that for sixty minutes each evening,所以B项最适合做标题

点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.

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Our worst game ever was the one against Crystal Falls.They beat us 56to 6.Yeah!That was a football not a basketball (3)D.We played them again when we were seniors.They (4)Cus again but the score was much more (5)D,30to 20.
Coach Ledy would not let that (6)Aagain.He encouraged us to beat them,to pay them back.And we did so in the last game we played before (7)C.I had scored 6points alone in the game.Coach Ledy praised me.It was a huge  (8)A for me.
Was I a football hero?Ha!Ha!No,I couldn't (9)B it without our team.The thing I learned through football was (10)C.We won as a team and we (11)D as a team.
I think Mr.Ledy would be proud of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic (12)Bat the University of Michigan.I'm (13)Bto him as I would not have today's honor without him.I'll (14)Alife's final war with pain to win the victory;I'll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I'll (15)D on working hard so as not to let him down.

1.A.shoutingB.screamingC.laughingD.applauding
2.A.immediatelyB.secretlyC.personallyD.finally
3.A.gameB.teamC.storyD.score
4.A.wonB.metC.beatD.fought
5.A.accessibleB.comfortableC.sensitiveD.acceptable
6.A.happenB.succeedC.spreadD.develop
7. A.liberationB.closingC.graduationD.school
8. A.honorB.hopeC.successD.surprise
9.A.takeB.manageC.solveD.explain
10.A.courageB.devotionC.teamworkD.contribution
11.A.unitedB.appearedC.preparedD.lost
12.A.timeB.recordC.dateD.ability
13.A.pleasedB.gratefulC.hopefulD.loyal
14.A.fightB.joinC.desireD.enjoy
15.A.takeB.putC.relyD.keep
19.In the United States,it is important to be on time,or punctual,for an appointment,a class,a meeting,etc.However,this may not be true in all countries.An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian(巴西的) university.The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10A.M.and end at 12.On the first day,when the professor arrived on time,no one was in the classroom.Many students came after 10:30A.M.Two students came after 11A.M.Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived,few apologized(道歉)for their lateness.Were these students being rude?He decided to study the students'behavior.
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation:at a lunch with a friend and in a university class,respectively.He gave them an example and asked them how they would react,If they had a lunch appointment with a friend,the average American student defined lateness as 19minutes after the agreed time.On the other hand,the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33minutes.
In an American university,students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour.In contrast,in Brazil,neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour.Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States,but also end at the scheduled time.In the Brazilian class,only a few students left the class at 12:00;many remained past 12:30to discuss the class and ask more questions.While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil,neither is staying late.
28.The word‘punctual'most probably meansD.
A.1eaving soon after class     
B.coming early
C.arriving a few minutes late    
D.being on time
29.Why did the professor study the Brazilian students'behavior?A
A.He felt puzzled at the students'being late.
B.He felt angry at the students'rudeness.
C.He wanted to make the students come on time later.
D.He wanted to collect data for one of his studies.
30.It can be inferred from the professor's study of lateness in the informal situation thatC.
A.American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late
B.neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in social gatherings
C.being late in one culture may not be considered so rude in another culture
D.Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time
31.What is the main idea of this passage?B
A.It is important to be on time for class in the United States.
B.The importance of being on time differs among cultures.
C.People learn the importance of time only from their own culture.
D.Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher.
6.Long ago,sailors sailed to faraway places without the ability to rely on modern instruments to lead the way.Still,many were able to sail across vast,uncharted oceans and arrive at their destinations safely.Why didn't more sailors get lost at sea?What kinds of equipment did they use to find their way?
In early sailing history,few maps were available.Sailors had to rely on memory and on written guides called pilot books.Pilot books offered sailors information about how long it took to get to certain ports and instructions about getting in and out of the ports.Pilot books did not offer much information about sailing far from land.
Later,sailors used maps,charts,and information from other explorers to plan their trips.Early maps and charts offered descriptions of islands and coastlines tht helped sailors navigate.Experienced sailors learned where harbors,fresh water,supplies,and riendly people might be found.They were also able to warn others about dangers.Some of the early navigation practices and equipment used on these ships proved to be quite trustworthy.Early sailors used a tool called the astrolabe (星盘) to figure out the positions of stars and the sun to determine their location.For centuries,sailors planned their routes,sailed,and recorded their progress using the North Star as their only reference.They also used patterns of wind and waves as directional clues.Even though ocean waves may look the same to inexperienced eyes,they have different shapes related to the depth of the ocean and their closeness to land.Sailors even found a way that clouds and seabirds could help them.
The sailors of yesterday relied heavily on their observations and studies of the sea.Although their techniques were simple,they were able to achieve great things during their adventures at sea.
28.According to the text,pilot booksA.
A.are maps charted by other sailors   
B.are guides written by other sailors
C.offer descriptions of islands and ports  
D.offer information about sailing far away
29.We know from the text that early explorers and sailorsD.
A.established the shipping network    
B.invented many modern sailing tools
C.could locate all the ports and islands  
D.shared information and offered warnings
30.What is Paragraph 4mainly about?D
A.How early sailors found their way.
B.The importance of early navigation.
C.The difficulty of sailing far from land.
D.What arly sailors found on their journeys.
31.What's the author's attitude towards the sailors of yesterday?C
A.Objective.
B.Sympathetic.
C.Praiseworthy.
D.Regretful.
3.Today,home-ownership has reached extremely high levels.Modern generations tend to believe there is something wrong with them if they rent.However,is high home-ownership really as people imagine?Staring at data first,we realize that the most successful,stable,attractive country in the Western world is Switzerland.It has tiny unemployment; wealth; high happiness and mental-health scores.Does it have high home-ownership rates?Absolutely not.In Switzerland,about seven in ten of the population are renters.Yet,with Europe's lowest home-ownership rate,the nation thrives.Now go to the other end of the misery distribution.Spain has approximately the highest home-ownership rate in Europe (at more than 80%).But one-quarter of its population are unemployed.
A likely reason is that high levels of home-ownership mess up the labour market.In a sensibly functioning economy it is easy for people to move around to drop into the vibrant job slots thrown up by technological change.With a high degree of owner-occupation,everything slows.Folk get stuck.Renters can go to new jobs.In that way they do the economy a favours.As Friedman said,the rate of unemployment depends on the flexibility of the housing market.
Next we come to economic breakdown.Most analysts accept that at heart it was the housing market-obsessive pursuit of homes,the engendered mortgage(房贷) lending and an unavoidable house-price crash-that sank the Western world.Germany,say,with its more efficient rental market,had a far smoother ride through trouble.
As for the monetary system,in the past few decades,in the hope of getting untaxed capital gains way above their true labour earnings,many people threw their spare cash into buying larger houses or building extra bedrooms.TV programmes about how to make easy money,beautiful rising house prices,and most importantly,our faulty tax system encouraged that.When at some point market broke down,everyone suffered.Our countries ought,instead,to design tax systems that encourage people to invest in productive real activities and in innovation.Renting leaves money free for better purposes.
That also points to the role of sensible budgeting over a person's lifetime.Why should we think that when we die it is necessary to have paid off an entire house?Our children do not deserve it.Let them pay for themselves.We should rent-and enjoy our lives with the money saved.
Finally,moderation usually pays off.Our scientific understanding of how economies function is horribly limited.This suggests that the golden rule should be to avoid extremes.A50-50mix of home-ownership and renting,not the 70-30split that is now observed in so many Western nations,makes sense.

74.The cases of Switzerland and Spain prove thatD
A.low home-ownership rate at about 30% is most favourable for economy
B.home-ownership mainly decides a country's citizens'mental health
C.home-ownership has a lot to do with a country's technological development
D.low home-ownership increases the mobility of job market and economy
75.The main reason to make people invest in housing market isA
A.the problematic taxing approach favouring house buying
B.people's desire to avoid their money from devaluing
C.easy channels to obtain methods to make easy money
D.people's wishes to live in large and more comfortable houses
76.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passageB?
A.Switzerland suffers the worse unemployment in Europe
B.Renting allows more money into more creative economic activites
C.Germany's effective mortgage system saw it through the western economic crisis
D.Our children have the right to enjoy the housing property we have paid off
77.What opinion does the author agree with mostC?
A.People should learn the workings of housing market
B.Laws should be set up to stop people from buying houses
C.An adequate rate of home-ownership should be kept
D.People should follow the good example of Europe in housing investment.
20.I was feeling a little blue.My mother had been laid off from her job,but she said she was OK since her boss wasn't the nicest person (36)C.
I got off the college bus and started walking.That's (37)BI heard piano music and singing rising above the (38)Aof the people and the traffic.I walked a little slower (39)DI could find out to where it was coming from. (40)Dthe crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a (41)Bnext to her,singing songs about love.The way she was singing (42)Dme a bit.I stood there watching her (43)Afor about fifteen minutes,thinking that it must take (44)Cto perform on her own in public.
Feeling my presence,she looked in my (45)B.I walked over and put some money in her carriage."I have been going through a (46)Ctime lately,but you're made me hopeful again."
"I'm happy that I could (47)D.Why are you so sad?"
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I smiled slightly,amazed by how she was (52)Bme.
"Why are you playing here?"I asked.
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I smiled a little wider.She doing a good thing.My heart was touched by a (55)Dsoul.
She explained to me that she sees a lot of negative people in the world and she tries to alleviate the pain and bring more positivity by sharing motivational music.She told me that when she wasn't making music she studied psychology.So,that was how she knew some of the things she was telling me.
I smiled a little wider because I knew that she was doing a good thing.So,after that we parted,my heart touched and lightened by a musical soul!

36.A.insteadB.somehowC.anywayD.either
37.A.sinceB.whenC.beforeD.after
38.A.noiseB.viewC.sceneD.hurry
39.A.butB.yetC.orD.so
40.A.AcrossB.AlongC.BesideD.Through
41.A.plateB.carriageC.basketD.bowl
42.A.discouragedB.disturbedC.shockedD.comforted
43.A.playingB.beggingC.dancingD.refreshing
44.A.imageB.beliefC.courageD.time
45.A.instructionB.directionC.operationD.intention
46.A.peacefulB.niceC.roughD.pleasure
47.A.workB.improveC.standD.help
48.A.lostB.firedC.stuckD.tired
49.A.sighingB.listeningC.walkingD.talking
50.A.OpportunitiesB.PossibilitiesC.PerformancesD.Experiences
51.A.dropB.liftC.pickD.knock
52.A.depressingB.encouragingC.frighteningD.surprising
53.A.activeB.thoughtfulC.negativeD.surprising
54.A.painB.sightC.respectD.attention
55.A.classicalB.seriousC.curiousD.musical
1.Grandparents might be known for spoiling grandchildren,but a new study says they might also be helping the kids improve their social skills and behavior.
Spending time with grandma and grandpa especially appears to help children from single-parent,divorced/separated or stepfamily households,according to the report,published in the February Journal of Family Psychology.
"Grandparents are a positive force for all families but play a significant role in families undergoing difficulties,"the study's lead author,Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz,of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,said in an American Psychological Association news release."They can reduce the negative influence of parents separating and be a resource for children who are going through these family changes."
In interviewing 11-to 16-year olds from England and Wales,Attar-Schwartz and her team found that the more conversations the youths had with a grandparent,including asking for advice or even money,the better they got along with their peers and the fewer problems they had,such as hyperactivity and disruptive behavior.
"This was found across all three family structures,"she said."But adolescents in single-parent households and stepfamilies benefited the most.The effect of their grandparents'involvement was stronger compared to children from two biological parent families."
The study did not look at children who lived solely with their grandparents,though.
The findings have great implications for people in the United States,the authors said,because American grandparents are increasingly sharing living space with their grandchildren.A 2004 U.S.Census Bureau survey found that more than 5 million households include a grandparent and a grandchild under 18,up 30 percent since 1990,according to background information in the news release.
31.It is generally believed that a grandmotherC.
A.can help a child through hard times
B.can help kids develop social skills
C.can spoil a child
D.is a positive force for all families
32.According t o the passage,grandparents will be of least benefit to a childA
A.from two biological parent families
B.from a single-parent household
C.from a divorced household
D.from a stepfamily household
33.A child who asks his grandmother for money willB
A.have difficulty in getting along with his peers
B.still get along well with his peers
C.be easier to be spoiled than his peers
D.not be popular with peers
34.We can learn from the last paragraph thatA.
A.there are more families in America undergoing difficulties
B.American parents are much busier than those from other countries
C.American grandparents are much better at bringing up their grandchildren
D.American kids like to share more living space with their grandparents
35.The passage implies thatB.
A.children who live solely with their grandparents may benefit the most
B.grandparents are a source of comfort to children from families undergoing difficulties
C.grandparents play a more positive role th an parents in children's growth
D.all families should leave their children to be brought up by grandparents.

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