Question

What would life be like without television？Would you spend more time __    _，reading，or studying？Well，now it's your chance to turn off your TV and ___    __！TV­Turnoff Week is here.

The goal of TV­Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets ____    ___ and participate in activities ___    __ drawing to biking.The event was founded by TV­Turnoff Network，a nonprofit organization which started the event in 1995.In the ____    __，only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated，__    ___ people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries！This is the 14th year in which ___    ___are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on ___    __.”

According to the TV­Turnoff Network，the average ____    _ in the US spend ___    __ 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 ___    ___ has made many kids grow fat.___    __，in 2001's TV­Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said，“We are raising the most  __    ___ generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”

Over the years，studies have shown that watching a lot of TV ____    ___ poor eating habits，too little exercise，and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV­Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or ____    __，part of a healthy lifestyle”．

“One of the great lessons of ____    ___TV­Turnoff Week is the realization that ___    __ I turn on the TV，I'm deciding not to do something else，”Vespe said.

TV­Turnoff Week seems to be making a ____    ___.Recent US Census(人口普查) data____    ___ that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That's ____    ___ about 63 percent ten years ago.

1.A.drinking    B．sleeping    C．washing  D．playing outside

2.A.find out    B．go out    C．look out    D．keep out

3.A.away     B．off     C．on     D．beside

4.A.like     B．as     C．from    D．such as

5.A.end     B．event    C．beginning  D．total

6.A.besides    B．except for  C．including  D．except

7.A.governments  B．parents       C．organizers  D．businessmen

8.A.the light    B．the radio  C．life        D．the Internet

9.A.grown­ups  B．kids    C．clerks    D．parents

10.A.less    B．enough    C．little    D．more

11.A.programs  B．screen    C．hours    D．watching

12.A.However  B．On the contrary C．In fact    D．As a result

13.A.overweight  B．overeaten  C．overgrown  D．overseen

14.A.leads to    B．results from   C．develops  D．keeps away

15.A.will be    B．should be  C．may be    D．could be

16.A.organizing  B．taking part in C．participating  D．asking for

17.A.wherever  B．every day  C．every time  D．this time

18.A.living    B．choice    C．difference  D．sense

19.A.shows    B．says    C．reads    D．writes

20.A.rising    B．down from    C．up to    D．up from

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇议论文。“关闭电视周”活动旨在倡导人们尤其是孩子们关闭电视，走到外界，享受绿色健康生活。

1.D考查动词。A. drinking喝水；B. sleeping睡觉；C. washing洗；D. playing outside在外面玩；从上文without television可知不看电视了要到外面玩玩。故选D。

2.A考查动词短语。A. find out找出；B. go out出去；C. look out小心，看外面；D. keep out挡在外面；从情理可知，根据上下文考查合适的动词。上文提出了一个问题，所以选find out“发现、找到（答案）”。故选A。

3.B考查副词。A. away离开；B. off关；C. on开；D. beside旁边；从语境可知，要让电视关闭了。故选B。

4.C考查介词。A. like像；B. as按照；C. from从；D. such as比如；从下文关键词“to”可知用from，故选C。

5.C考查名词。A. end结束；B. event事件；C. beginning开始；D. total总计；从情理可知，刚开始的时候只有少量的人参加。故选C。

6.C考查介词。A. besides另外；B. except for除了；C. including包括；D. except除..之外；从使用习惯可知，including sb.包括…人。故选C。

7.C考查名词。A. government政府；B. parents父母；C. organizers组织者；D. businessmen商人；从第二段“The event was founded by TV­Turnoff Network，a nonprofit organization which…”可知，组织者们要求人们关闭电视。故选C。

8.C考查名词。A. the light灯；B. the radio广播；C. life生活；D. the Internet网络；根据文章主题，关闭电视，进入外面的生活。故选C。

9.B考查名词。A. grown-ups成年人；B. kids小孩；C. clerks职员；D. parents父母；根据下文“Too much TV ____ has made many kids grow fat.”可知选B。

10.D考查副词。A. less更少；B. enough足够；C. little少；D. more更多；根据后面的数据1,023和900可知，花了更多的时间。故选D。

11.D考查名词。A. programs程序；B. screen屏幕；C. hours小时；D. watching看；从语境可知，看电视太多会让孩子发胖，看电视，用动名词作主语。故选D。

12.D考查连词。A. However但是；B. On the contrary相反；C. In fact事实上；D. As a result因此；从上下文语境可知，这两句话之间是因果关系。故选D。

13.A考查形容词。A. overweight超重的；B. overeaten吃过量的；C. overgrown生长过快的；D. overseen被监视的；根据上句“…many kids grow fat.”可知，这代孩子是最肥胖的。故选A。

14.A考查动词短语。A. leads to导致；B. result from源于；C. develops发展；D. keeps away远离；句意：多年来，研究表明，看很多电视会导致饮食差等等不良习惯。故选A。

15.B考查情态动词。A. will be将是；B. should be应该是；C. may be可能是；D. could be可以是；句意：关闭电视会是或者应该成为健康生活的一部分。故选B。

16.B考查动词。A. organizing组织；B. taking part in参加； C. participating参加； D. asking for寻求；句意：参加了关闭电视周的活动的一个很大收获就是，每次你打开电视，你就做不成其它事情了。participate后面要加in。故选B。

17.C考查连词。A. wherever无论哪里；B. every day每天；C. every time每次；D. this time这次；从情理可知，每次打开电视就不能干别的事情了。故选C。

18.C考查。A. living居住；B. choice选择；C. difference不同；D. sense感官；根据固定短语make a difference有影响，起作用。故选C。

19.A考查。A. shows展示；B. says说；C. reads读；D. writes写；句意：数据显示十二岁以下的有百分之72的孩子已经开始限制看电视的时间了。故选A。

20.考查。A. rising升起；B. down from从…下降；C. Up to上涨到； D. up from从…上升；句意：从十年前63%的基础上上升起来的。故选D。