Whocanguesswhatwouldlifebelikewithouttelevision?Wouldyou spendmoretime1 readingorstudying? Wellnowit’syourchanceto

turnoffyourTVand 2 TV-TurnoffWeekishere.

ThegoalofTV-TurnoffWeekistoletpeopleleavetheirTVsets3 andparticipateinactivities4 drawingtobiking.TheeventwasfoundedbyTV-TurnoffNetworkanon-profitorganizationwhichstartedtheeventin

1995.Inthe5 onlyafewthousandpeopletookpart.Lastyearmore

than7.6millionpeopleparticipated6 peopleineverystateinAmericaandinmorethan12othercountries!Thisisthe11thyearinwhich7 areaskingpeopleto“turnofftheTVandturnon8 AccordingtotheTV-TurnoffNetworktheaverage9 intheUSspend10 timeinfrontoftheTV(about1023hoursperyear)thantheydoinschooKabout900 hoursperyear).ToomuchTV11 hasmademanykidsgrowfat.12 ，in2001，sTV-TurnoffWeekSurgeonGeneralDavidSatchersaid“Weareraisingthemost13 generationofyoungstersinAmericanhistory. Thisweekisaboutsavinglives.” OvertheyearsstudieshaveshownthatwatchingalotofTV 14

pooreatinghabits，toolittleexerciseandviolence.FrankVespeoftheTV- I

TurnoffNetworksaidthatturningofftheTV“isor15 ，partofahealthy

lifestyle”. I “Oneofthegreatlessonsof 16 TV-TurnoffWeekistherealization that17 IturnontheTVI’mdecidingnottodosomethingelse，” Vespesaid.

TV-TurnoffWeekseemstobemakinga18 RecentUScensus(人口普查) data19 thatabout72percentofkidsunder12havealimitontheir TVtime.That’s 20 about63 percenttenyearsago.

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3.A.off B.alone C.on D.beside

4.A.like B.as C.from D.suchas

5.A.end B.event C.beginning D.total

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7.A.governments B.parents C.organizers D.businessTmenI

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