Bored? Don't know what to do with your time? Get your friends or family together, go to the park or go hiking, do something fun —just don't turn on your TV.
The 10th annual TV-Turnoff Week starts on Monday. The TV-Turnoff Network, a nonprofit organization, began the program in 1994 to get children and adults to watch less television so that their time is spent doing more productive things. This year, millions of people will participate and find much more interesting things to do besides sitting in front of the television.
Experts are convinced（确信）that watching too much TV keeps kids from participating in healthy physical activities. The average household has a television on for 7 hours and 40 minutes a day! Kids spend more time watching TV than they spend in school. Turning off the TV gives you a chance to be with your family and friends. Going without it frees up valuable time that could be spent reading a good book, writing, drawing, or discovering something else that may interest you.
There are many organizations that support TV-Turnoff Week, including The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, YMCA, Girl Scouts USA, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America．Even First Lady Laura Bush is a supporter. "Television is no substitute for a parent. It doesn't help develop language skills; it's simply background noise," says Mrs. Bush.
Even kids who may not have liked going without TV have discovered the benefits. "I really didn't like TV-Turnoff Week except I did notice that my grades went up and I was in a good mood all week," said Drew Henderson, a student in Donora, Pennsylvania.
小题1:The TV-Turnoff Network started TV Turnoff Week to _____.
A．to get people to spend more time doing more productive things
B．to keep kids from participating in healthy physical activities
C．to advise people not to buy television sets
D．to persuade more people to join the organization小题2:Which is not the advantage of turning off the TV?
A．Giving you a chance to be with your family and friends.
B．Sparing more time reading books.
C．Developing language skills.
D．Participating in healthy physical activities.小题3:Laura Bush must be _____.
A．the first woman to support TV-Turnoff Week
B．the wife of American President
C．the first woman to organize TV-Turnoff Week
D．the first lady in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America小题4: Drew Henderson’s words in the last paragraph imply that _____.
A．he doesn’t like TV-Turnoff Week
B．he doesn’t support TV-Turnoff Week at all
C．it’s unnecessary to have TV-Turnoff Week
D．he doesn’t support TV-Turnoff Week until he finds it does good to his study.
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
这是一篇新闻报道类短文，介绍最近在全美国举行的“远离电视周”活动的情况。
小题1:细节理解题，从第二段…began the program in 1994 to get children and adults to watch less television so that their time is spent doing more productive things.一句中可得出答案。
小题2:细节理解题，各信息点在文章的第三段中都能找到。
小题3:词语猜测题，解此题的关键是要理解First Lady的含义，意为“总统夫人”，而不是“第一位夫人、第一位妇女”。
小题4:分析推理题，从文章的最后一段可推断，“Drew Henderson原本不喜欢这一活动，后来发现受益（学业成绩上升）了，才支持这一活动。