第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.
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 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.
36．A．valuable   B．pleasant    C．quick D．serious
37．A．advice      B．suggestion C．opinion     D．Offer
38．A．get around       B．stand still  C．meet  D．sit around
39．A．problems  B．trouble     C．affairs      D．Misfortune
40．A．physical    B．common   C．mental      D．familiar
41．A．attempt     B．failure      C．ability      D．permission
42．A．discuss     B．talk   C．make sure D．see to
43．A．impossible       B．unnecessary      C．funny       D．unpleasant
44．A．walk B．look  C．ride   D．rest
45．A．and   B．or     C．but    D．While
46．A．At    B．In     C．For   D．With
47．A．a fine poem     B．a good book     C．a quiet hour     D．a composition
48．A．Professors B．Scientists  C．Parents     D．Educators
49．A．yet    B．still   C．even  D．just
50．A．Writing    B．Skill  C．Speaking  D．Listening
51．A．form B．kind  C．method     D．step
52．A．reading     B．quiet hour C．activity     D．programme
53．A．come across     B．come about      C．come up   D．broadcast
54．A．before      B．since C．until  D．after
55．A．remind     B．remember C．recognize  D．Know