40．A．physical　　　　　　　 B．common　　　　　　　 C．mental　　　　　　　　 D．familiar

39．A．problems　　　　　　 B．trouble　　　　　　　　 C．affairs　　　　　　　　 D．misfortune

38．A．get around　　　　　 B．stand still　　　　　　 C．meet　　　　　　　　　 D．sit around

37．A．advice　　　　　　　　 B．suggestion　　　　　 C．opinion　　　　　　　 D．offer

36．A．valuable　　　　　　　 B．pleasant　　　　　　　 C．quick　　　　　　　　　 D．serious

55. A. friend　　　　　　　　 B. policeman　　　　 C. cook　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. boy

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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 　36 　, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(an) 　37 　were accepted; families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction(困扰) of TV, they might　 　38 　together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our 　39 　-everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of 　40 　illness -are caused at least in part by 　41 　to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to 　42 　our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.

On evenings when such talk is 　43 　, families could discover more active pastimes(消遣，娱乐). Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a　 　44 　together to watch the sunset 　45 　they might take a walk together. 　46 　free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in 　47 　than in a TV program. 　48 　report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, 　49 　at the college level. 　50 　is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.

A different 　51 　of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the 　52 　ends, the TV net works might be forced to 　53 　with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.

At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years 　54 　television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can 　55 　childhoods without television. It wasn’t that difficult.

54. A. as　　　　　　　　　　　 B. after　　　　　　　　 C. since　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. because

53. A. inside　　　　　　　　 B. outside　　　　　　　 C. off　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. away

52. A. opening　　　　　　　　　　 B. shaking　　　　　　 C. dropping　　　　　　　　　 D. turning

51. A. door　　　　　　　　　 B. room　　　　　　　　 C. floor　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. window