I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law. Let us take a
, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a（an）
were accepted.
Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction（分散注意力） of TV, they might
together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our
----everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of
illness ----are caused at least in part by
to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to
our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is
, families could discover more active pastimes(娱乐). Freed from TV and forced to find their own activities, they might take a
together to watch the sunset
they might take a walk together.
free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in
than in a TV program.
report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence,
at the college level.
is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour. A different form of reading might also be done
it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the
ends, the TV networks might be forced to
with better shows in order to get us back from our newly- discovered activities.
At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的).
will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can
childhoods without television. It wasn't that difficult.
| 小题1: | | A．valuable | B．pleasant | C．serious | D．quick |
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| 小题2: | | A．suggestion | B．advice | C．opinion | D．offer |
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| 小题3: | | A．get around | B．sit around | C．meet with | D．stand stiff |
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| 小题4: | | A．misfortunes | B．troubles | C．affairs | D．problems |
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| 小题5: | | A．physical | B．mental | C．common | D．familiar |
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| 小题6: | | A．failure | B．attempt | C．ability | D．permission |
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| 小题7: | | A．comment | B．talk | C．discuss | D．remark |
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| 小题8: | | A．impossible | B．unpleasant | C．funny | D．unnecessary |
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| 小题12: | | A．a good book | B．a fine poem | C．a quiet hour | D．a composition |
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| 小题13: | | A．Professors | B．Scientists | C．Educators | D．Parents |
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| 小题15: | | A．Skill | B．Writing | C．Speaking | D．Listening |
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| 小题16: | | A．before | B．as | C．after | D．when |
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| 小题17: | | A．talk | B．programme | C．performance | D．quiet-hour |
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| 小题18: | | A．come across | B．come about | C．come out | D．come up |
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| 小题20: | | A．remind | B．recognize | C．remember | D．know |
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