第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项. 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(an) 37 were accepted; families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, 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 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, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is 43 , families could discover 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 discover reading. There is more entertainment 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 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 net works 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．activity D．programme 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 |