第二节 完型填空（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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time  36  , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and  37 ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets  38   and participate in activities  39  drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the  40  , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated,  41  people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11th year in which  42  are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on  43  .”
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average  44   in the US spend  45  time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV  46   has made many kids grow fat.  47 , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most  48   generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV  49   poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or  50 , part of a healthy lifestyle”.
“One of the great lessons of  51   TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that  52  I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a  53   . Recent US Census（人口普查）data  54   that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s  55  about 63 percent ten years ago.
36. A. drinking             B. sleeping            C. washing            D. playing outside
37. A. find out                     B. go out               C. look out            D. keep out
38. A. away                  B. alone                C. on                    D. beside
39. A. like                    B. as                     C. from                 D. such as
40. A. end                    B. event                C. beginning          D. total
41. A. besides               B. except for          C. including           D. except
42. A. governments              B. parents              C. organizers         D. businessmen
43. A. the light                     B. the radio           C. life                   D. the Internet
44. A. grown-ups          B. kids                  C. clerks                D. parents
45. A. less                    B. enough              C. little                 D. more
46. A. programmes        B. screen               C. hours                D. watching
47. A. However             B. On the contrary  C. In fact               D. As a result
48. A. overweight          B. overeaten          C. overgrown         D. overseeing
49. A. leads to               B. results from              C. develops            D. keeps away
50. A. will be               B. should be          C. may be              D. could be
51. A. organizing          B. taking part in     C. participating      D. asking for
52. A. wherever            B. every day          C. every time         D. this time
53. A. living                 B. choice               C. difference          D. sense
54. A. shows                 B. says                  C. reads                 D. writes
55. A. rising                 B. down from        C. up to                D. up from