Question

【题目】What will you choose, if you are sitting in front of a TV and there is a book right next to you? The【1】will probably be the TV! Young people will certainly choose the TV, but you will be 【2】(surprise) to find that the older will take time to think about it. Why is this? Are the books not as interesting as they used to【3】(be) ? Is it that the world has【4】(change) so much in the past years that our habits are not the same anymore?

Nowadays many people have no interest 【5】literature (文学). This may be a possible explanation(解释). 【6】reason might be the change of lifestyle. We’d like to visit a club or a bar to relax【7】(we) after a long day’s work rather than read a book in our own homes.All the stress of the work makes us want a quick relaxing way. It is much 【8】(simple) to turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than read 19th century literature!

With all the TV programs, an interesting show or movie can【9】(find) easily. The only disadvantage is that TV never provides you 【10】all the facts as a book can do. TV is much more superficial(肤浅) than books. Even if it does get you relaxed in just a moment.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】answer

【2】surprised

【3】be

【4】changed

【5】in

【6】Another

【7】ourselves

【8】simpler

【9】be found

【10】with

【解析】文章讲述了现在的年轻人更愿意看电视来放松自己，而不愿意通过读书来放松自己，其实电视只是给一些肤浅的东西，而书能给你更深的东西。

【1】根据What will you choose, if you are sitting in front of a TV and there is a book right next to you? 可知这里是答案；故填answer

【2】根据 be 系动词，这里需要形容词做表语，主语是you，所以be surprised ，故填 surprised

【3】句意：这些书不如它们过去有趣了吗？use to do 过去常常做某事；故填be

【4】句意：还是世界在过去变化的太多，以至于我们的习惯不再一样了？这是现在完成时态的结构，have/has+过去分词；故填 changed

【5】句意：现在许多人不对文学感兴趣。 have interest in对---感兴趣；故填in

【6】句意：另一个原因是生活方式的改变。another另一个，接名词单数（表示泛指，三个以上）故填Another

【7】句意：我们喜欢去俱乐部或酒吧来放松我们自己。当宾语和主语是同一个人时，宾语通常用反身代词；故填 ourselves

【8】句意：打开电视看世界最新的新闻比读19世纪的文学简单的多。much+比较级 ---的多；故填 simpler

【9】句意：一个有趣的节目或电影很容易被找到。这里是被动语态结构，be+过去分词，can情态动词，后用动词原形；故填 be found

【10】句意：唯一的缺点是电视不能像书一样提供给你所有的事实。 provide sb with sth给某人提供某物；故填with