阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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.
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. alone 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. grown-ups B. kids C. clerks D. parents
10.A. less B. enough C. little D. more
11.A. programmes 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. overseeing
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
From time to time a crocodile has snatched someone _______ he or she is even aware that the crocodile is there.
A. when B. until C. since D. before
_____ unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.
A. Before B. Where C. Unless D. Until
_____the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it ‘s a good idea to spend too much time on it.
A. If B. While C. Because D. As
It was a matter of________ would take the position.
A. who B. whoever C. whom D. whomever
In China, all the students work hard at school _________ going to university for higher education in the future.
A. in the habit of B. in the hope of
C. in search of D. in honor of
