完形填空(共10小题,每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as   21  announcers were able to be equally effective on television. Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to   22  themselves to the new medium were technical. When   23   on radio, for example, they had become   24   to seeing on behalf of the listener. This art of seeing for others   25   that be announcer has to be very good at talking. In the case of television, however the announcer sees   26   with the viewer. His duty,  27  , is completely different. He is there to make sure that the viewer does not   28   any point of interest, to help him focus on particular things, and to help him   29   the images on the television screen.  30   his radio colleague, he must know the value of silence and how to use it at those moments when the pictures speak for himself.

21. A.television       B.advertisement   C.radio         D.newspaper

22. A.adopt          B.adjust           C.change          D.shape

23. A.working      B.listening       C.appearing      D.showing

24. A.practiced     B.experienced      C.determined       D.used

25. A.guarantees      B.means           C.convinces      D.warns

26. A.something      B.Everything   C.nothing         D.anything

27. A.Moreover   B.therefore       C.furthermore     D.nevertheless

28. A.miss           B.ignore          C.drop          D.catch

29. A.reveal         B.expose          C.understand       D.translate

30. A.Like       B.    Beside              C.Unlike          D.As

Four hundred and three babies are crying loudly. Do you know how to make them quiet in 41 seconds? There is an amazing new product on sale in Japan which does exactly this. It is an LP (a long-playing record) of sounds from inside a mother's body, which a hospital doctor recorded. In tests with the record she played the LP to 403 crying babies. After 41 seconds none of the babies was crying and 161 of them were sleeping.

The record began as an experiment by Professor Hajime Minooka of the Nippon Medical University near Tokyo. He was looking for something natural that helps new-born babies go to sleep. The sound of the mother's heart-beat and other body sounds are the things the babies heard inside their mothers. They feel safe and happy when they hear these sounds again. And they go to sleep.

Hospitals in Osaka and Tokyo are using the LP. 10,000 young couples are using it too. Toshiba Music Company who make and sell the records are very happy. One and a half million couples(夫妇) marry every year in Japan. Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely(明确的、干脆地) be a hit!

60.The experiment was made on ___ babies.

A. 10,000       B. 564         C. 403          D. 161

61. What is TRUE according to the text?

A. About 55% of the crying babies fall asleep after 41 seconds hearing the LP.

B. The LP sounds were first recorded by Professor Hajime Minooka.

C. The LP is produced and sold by Toshiba Music Company.

D. One million and a half babies are born in Japan every year.

62. Babies feel ___ when they hear these LP sounds.

A. the sounds be their mothers' voices

B. as if they were inside their mothers

C. the music natural and soft

D. themselves sleeping together with their mothers

63 "Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely be a hit!" The word "hit" means"____".

A. popularity      B. amazement       C. strike         D. experiment

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