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What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 26 , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and 27 ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 28 and participate in activities 29 drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the 30 , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated, 31 people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11th year in which 32 are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on 33 .”
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average 34 in the US spend 35 time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV 36 has made many kids grow fat. 37 , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most 38 generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV 39 poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or 40 , part of a healthy lifestyle”.
“One of the great lessons of 41 TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that 42 I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 43 . Recent US Census(人口普查)data 44 that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s 45 about 63 percent ten years ago.
26. A. drinking B. sleeping C. washing D.playing outside
27. A. find out B. go out C. look out D. keep out
28. A. away B. off C. on D. beside
29. A. like B. as C. from D. such as
30. A. end B. event C. beginning D. total
31. A. besides B. except for C. including D. except
32. A.governments B. parents C. organizers D. businessmen
33. A. the light B. the radio C. life D. the Internet
34. A. grown-ups B. kids C. clerks D. parents
35. A. less B. enough C. little D. more
36. A.programmes B. screen C. hours D. watching
37. A. However B. On the contrary C. In fact D. As a result
38. A. overweight B. overeaten C. overgrown D. overseeing
39. A. leads to B.results from C. develops D. keeps away
40. A. will be B. should be C. may be D. could be
41. A. organizing B. taking part in C. participating D. asking for
42. A. wherever B. every day C. every time D. this time
43. A. living B. choice C. difference D. sense
44. A. shows B. says C. reads D. writes
45. A. rising B. down from C. up to D. up from