Question

When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing to your health?

More and more children are becoming overweight（超重）and near-sighted ___41_ they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative（有创造性的）because watching TV doesn’t __42__ any active thought.

Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff __43__ in the USA. The Organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends __44___ watching TV.

American school children __45__, on average(平均), 1000 hours a year watching TV--more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, said the doctors __46__organized this year’s TV-Turnoff Week.

Doctors said that the __47_ children watch television, the more overweight they may become. The food children eat while they watch the television makes this weight __48_ more serious.

To keep mentally and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friends and family, read, and __49_ the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be __50__ for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?

1.A. because            B. until        C. whether          D. though

2.A. find           B. need         C. lose             D. know

3.A. Day                B. Week         C. Month            D. Year

4.A. together with  B. because of   C. lots of          D. instead of

5.A. cost           B. spend        C. use              D. do

6.A. whom           B. whose        C. which            D. who

7.A. later          B. fewer        C. longer           D. less

8.A. problem            B. question     C. thing            D. lesson

9.A. explore            B. invent       C. find             D. make

10.A. easy          B. happy        C. dangerous        D.difficult

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.D

【解析】

1.根据前后两句子之间的关系为因果关系，故选A

2.根据上下文的内容可知答案为B，表示看电视不需要

3.根据上下文的内容，可知答案为B。

4.do sth instead of doing ，故选D

5.主语为人后接spend+money in doing sth，故选B

6.本题考查的是定语从句，关系代词的选择，根据先行词而选择关系代词who，故选D

7.根据文章内容Doctors said that the __47_ children watch television, the more overweight they may become.可知答案为C

8.根据上下文的内容，可知答案为A，表示问题。

9.explorer表示探险的意思，符合题意，故选A

10.根据后文的内容but why not give it a try?，可知答案为D。