9.　　　 A. heard　 B. found　 C. felt　 D. watched

8.　　　 A. anything　 B. something　 C. nothing　 D. everything

7.　　　 A. asking　 B. leaving　 C. letting　 D. allowing

6.　　　 A. work　 B. study 　C. sleep　 D. play

5.　　　 A. sat　 B. slept　 C. stayed　 D. quieted

4.　　　 A. joy　 B. happiness　 C. surprise　 D. anger

3.　　　 A. hours　 B. films　 C. days　 D. books

2.　　　 A. morning　 B. afternoon　 C. evening　 D. night

1.　　　 A. took　 B. made　 C. tried　 D. learned

15.　 A. has a good time　 B. had a good time　 C. takes a lot of photos　 D. took a lot of photos

F

one hot night last July when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I ___1___ everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would make him go to sleep. Guessing that I had a long _____2____ ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, thinking that watching the late movie was the best way to kill off the ____3____ until early morning. To my ____4___, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby ____5___ right now and his little eyes were fixed brightly on the screen. Not to waste a chance for ____6____, I　 then walked out of the room quietly,____7___ him to watch Mickey Mouse.

My wife and I heard ___8___ of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I ___9___ him still watching TV himself.

I found something for us to think over in my baby’s behavior(行为). My wife and I had given him some books to examine, ___10__ he took no notice of them. When we ___11___ to him, he did not feel ____12____. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and scold(责备)those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with the ____13___, however, I have reached a conclusion(结论), “let them watch it! If television is much more ___14___ to children than books, ____15____ should we fight it? Let them watch all they want!”