第二节：完形填空(30分)
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 36 , reasonable look at what the results
might be if such a(n) 37 were accepted: families might use the
time for a real family hour. They might 38 together after dinner and actually talk
to one another. It is well known that many of our 39 －everything in fact, from the generation gap to the
high divorce rate(离婚率)to some
forms of 40 illness－are caused at least in part by 41 to communicate. By using the quiet family
hour to 42 our problems, we might get to know each
other better.
On evening when such talk is 43 , families could rediscover more
active pastimes(消遣、娱乐). Freed from TV, forced to find their own
activities, they might take a 44 together to watch the sunset 45 they might take a walk together. 46 free time and no TV, children and adults
might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment(娱乐) in 47 than in a TV program. 48 report that the generation growing up
with television can hardly write an English sentence, 49 at the college level. 50 is often learned from reading. A more
literate(有文化的) new
generation could be a product of the quiet hour.
A different 51 of reading might also be done as it was
in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When
the 52 ends, the TV networks(电视网) might be forced to 53 with better shows in order to get us back
from our newly discovered activities.
At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only
twenty-five years 54 television came to control American free
time. Those of us thirty-five and older can 55 childhoods without television. It wasn’t
that difficult.
36. A. valuable B.
pleasant C.
quick D.
serious
37. A. advice B.
suggestion C.
opinion D.
offer
38. A. get around B.
stand still C.
meet D.
sit around
39. A. problems B.
trouble C.
affairs D.
misfortune
40. A. physical B.
common C.
mental D.
familiar
41. A. attempt B.
failure C.
ability D.
permission
42. A. discuss B.
talk C.
make sure D.
see to
43. A. impossible B.
unnecessary C. funny D.
unpleasant
44. A. walk B.
look C.
ride D.
rest
45. A. and B.
or C.
but D.
while
46. A. At B.
In C.
For D.
With
47. A. a fine poem B.
a good book C.
a quiet hour D. a
composition
48. A. Professors B.
Scientists C.
Parents D.
Educators
49. A. yet B.
still C.
even D.
just
50. A. Writing B.
Skill C.
Speaking D.
Listening
51. A. form B.
kind C.
method D.
step
52. A. reading B.
quiet hour C.
activities D.
program
53. A. come across B.
come about C.
come up D.
broadcast
54. A. before B.
since C.
until D.
after
55. A. remind B.
remember C.
recognize D.
know
