Question

    Does anybody sit down and watch TV these day ? When my parents were growing up ,they only had a few channels to choose from.If you _______ your favorite program,it was just bad luck--you didn’t have a _______ of seeing it again unless you had a video recorder . The TV was the center of the house . _______ planned what show they wanted to see and cooked their dinners so that  they could finish eating in  time to watch it .At school ,children _______ the shows they watched the night before and because there weren’t many programs for kids ,they all watched  the _______ thing .

When I grew up ,the TV was bigger and a lot thinner than the TVs of my parents’ time .TV had better sound and a remote control to _______  between the many channels .But the TV was _______ an important piece of electrical equipment in the house and we all sat  _______  it on a Saturday night to watch something as a family.

These days, TV just doesn't t seem to be so _______. People don' t even need a TV. They can watch them on phones__________ and wherever they like. And in many houses the TV set sits forgotten in the corner of the living room, waiting for the day when the family sits down together again and turns it on.

1.A.missed B.watched C.avoided D.recorded

2.A.list B.habit C.way D.chance

3.A.Classmates B.Families C.Children D.Friend

4.A.put off B.agreed with C.took up D.talked about

5.A.boring B.sing C.same D.right

6.A.cover B.change C.match D.stay

7.A.yet B.never C.still D.even

8.A.around B.in C.above D.along

9.A.useless B.expensive C.important D.ancient

10.A.whenever B.however C.whatever D.whoever

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文，文章讲述电视在作者父母那一代和作者这一代发生的变化，并讲述现在电视已变得不再那么重要了。

1.

句意：如果你错过了你最喜欢的节目，那只是运气不好 -- 除非你有录像机，否则你没有机会再看一遍。

missed想念，错过；watched观看；avoided避免；recorded记录。根据“unless you had a video recorder” 表示想再看一次除非有录像机，可知此处用动词missed表示“错过”，故选A。

2.

句意：如果你错过了你最喜欢的节目，那只是运气不好 -- 除非你有录像机，否则你没有机会再看一遍。

list清单；habit习惯；way方式；chance机会。根据“seeing it again unless you had a video recorder”可知此处表示再看一次的机会没有，用名词chance。故选D。

3.

句意：一家人计划好他们想看什么节目，然后做好晚饭，这样他们就能及时吃完饭看电视了。classmates同班同学；families家庭；children孩子们；friend朋友。根据“ planned what show they wanted to see and cooked their dinners so that  they could finish eating in  time to watch it”可知此处用名词families表示家人们一起吃饭看电视。故选B。

4.

句意：在学校，孩子们谈论头一晚他们看过的节目。

put off推迟；agreed with同意；took up占据；talked about谈论。根据“the shows they watched the night before”可知此处用动词短语talked about表示谈论。故选D。

5.

句意：因为没有很多针对孩子的节目，他们都看同样的节目。

boring无聊的；sing唱歌；same相同的；right正确的。根据“there weren’t many programs for kids”可知此处用形容词same表示“相同的”。故选C。

6.

句意：电视有更好的声音，有遥控器来换频道。

cover覆盖；change改变；match匹配；stay待着。根据“a remote control”可知此处用动词change表示“换频道”。故选B。

7.

句意：但是电视仍然是家里很重要的电子设备。

yet还；never从不；still仍旧；even甚至。此处用副词still表示“仍旧”。故选C。

8.

句意：周六晚上我们都坐在电视机旁，一家人一起看电视。

around周围；in在……里面；above在……上面；along沿着，顺着。此处用sit along it表示在电视机旁顺着坐着。故选D。

9.

句意：现在，电视似乎不那么重要了。人们甚至不需要电视。

useless无用的；expensive昂贵的；important重要的；ancient古代的。根据“People don' t even need a TV”可知此处表示“重要的”用形容词important。故选C。

10.

句意：他们无论何时无论何地只要喜欢就在手机上看电视。

whenever无论何时；however无论怎样；whatever无论什么；whoever无论是谁。根据“wherever they like”可知此处用whenever表示“无论何时”。故选A。