完形填空模拟检测(五) 说明文 (共3篇,限时50分钟) A
What is the difference between “entertainment” and “hobbies”? Well, entertainment __1__ to be more or less passive (被动的), while hobbies are more__2__.
Watching TV or maybe a DVD continues to be the most __3__ form of home entertainment in the USA.According to US government statistics, watching TV was the leisure activity (休闲活动) that __4__ most time (2.8 hours per day), making up about half of all leisure time for those aged 15 and over.
__5__, such as visiting friends or chatting online, was the next most __6__ leisure activity, accounting for nearly three-quarters of an hour per day.
Men were more likely than women to be __7__ spectator sports (观赏性体育) — 21 per cent __8__ with a figure of 16 per cent for women.
Not __9__, on an average day, adults aged 75 and over spent 7.8 hours on leisure activities, more than any other age group.Because of the __10__ of work and managing a household, 35- to 44-year-old spent __11__ 4.3 hours on leisure activities, less than any other age group.
__12__ spent reading for personal interest and playing video games or using a computer for leisure __13__ greatly by age group.Individuals aged 75+ averaged 1.0 hour of reading per weekend day and 26 minutes playing games or using a computer for leisure.__14__, people aged 15 to 19 read for an average of only five minutes per weekend day, __15__ spending 1.0 hour playing games or using a computer for leisure.
This pattern is already beginning to __16__.Just a few years ago, computer games and visiting social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace were almost only a(n) __17__ activity.Now, __18__, more and more adults are finding that __19__ such games can be a wonderful way of __20__ after a hard day's work.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国人的家庭娱乐休闲方式。 1.A.manages C.tends
B.starts D.promises
解析:选C 此处是将“娱乐”与“爱好”进行对比,娱乐“趋向于(tends to)”被动,而爱好更“主动(active)”。
2.A.active C.familiar
解析:选A 参见上题解析。 3.A.special C.popular
B.funny D.complex B.pleasant D.mysterious
解析:选C 由下文的“making up about half of all leisure time”可知,来自美国政府的数据显示看电视“占用(took up)”了15岁或以上人群一半的休闲时间,因此看电视或看DVD是最受美国人“欢迎的(popular)”家庭休闲方式。
4.A.saved C.set up
解析:选D 参见上题解析。 5.A.Traveling C.Socializing
B.Analyzing D.Sightseeing B.found D.took up
解析:选C “拜访朋友”和“在线聊天”都是“社交(Socializing)”活动。 6.A.common C.normal
B.original D.correct
解析:选A 由下文的“nearly three-quarters of an hour per day”可知,“社交活动”是紧随“看电视”之后的又一种最“常见的(common)”休闲活动。
7.A.tired of C.worried about
B.proud of D.interested in
解析:选D 21 per cent 与16 per cent 这两个数字形成“对比(compared)”,相较于女性,男性对观赏性体育更“感兴趣(interested in)”。
8.A.mixed C.connected
B.compared D.involved
解析:选B 参见上题解析。 9.A.luckily C.surprisingly
B.suddenly D.naturally
解析:选C 75岁或以上的老人用在休闲活动上的时间是每天7.8小时,这一点也不“令人惊讶(surprisingly)”。
10.A.future C.demands
B.tastes D.way
解析:选C 由下文的“less than any other age group”可知,由于工作和处理家庭事务方面的“需求(demands)”,35岁到44岁的人群用在休闲活动上的时间每天“只有(only)”4.3小时。
11.A.only C.still
解析:选A 参见上题解析。 12.A.Money C.Effort
B.Time D.Energy B.even D.ever
解析:选B 由下文的数据“1.0 hour, 26 minutes, five minutes”可知,本段是指人们用在阅读和电脑游戏上的“时间(Time)”因年龄层次而有所“变化(varied)”。
13.A.spread C.increased
解析:选B 参见上题解析。 14.A.In a word C.For example
B.As a result D.In contrast B.varied D.existed
解析:选D 本段对75岁以上的人群和15至19岁的人群用在阅读和电脑上的时间进行了对比,故此处用In contrast。
15.A.when C.though
B.while D.unless
解析:选B 15至19岁的人群每天的阅读时间只有5分钟,“而(while)”他们会花费1个小时玩游戏或电脑。
16.A.return
B.continue