PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION: (5.0 pts) I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each gap of the passage: (10 0.2 = 2.0 pts) British parents are always complaining that (51)……….…… children spend too much time (52)………………TV and not enough time doing other activities like sports and reading. A (53)……….……survey of people’s free time activities (54)………………that young people spend about 23 hours a week in (55)……….……of the television set, that means over 3 hours a day It is (56) ………………that the average adult watches even more: 28 hours a week. Every household in the county has a TV set and over half have two or more. According (57)……………… the survey people do not only watch TV in their living room, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as (58) ………………. We cannot deny that television also has some negative effects (59) ……….…… children, because many films shown on TV contain violence, crime and other bad things. Excessive watching of TV by children has lowered their results in (60) ……….……at school. 51. A. he B. they C. their D. theirs 52. A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watched 53. A. late B. lately C. recent D. recently 54. A. show B. shows C. showing D. to show 55. A. between B. behind C. opposite D. front 56. A. surprise B. surprises C. surprising D. to surprise 57. A. to B. in C. from D. at 58. A. well B. good C. happy D. also 59. A. special B. specialise C. especial D. especially 60. A. learn B. learned C. learning D. to learn
51. A. he B. they C. their D. theirs 52. A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watched 53. A. late B. lately C. recent D. recently 54. A. show B. shows C. showing D. to show 55. A. between B. behind C. opposite D. front 56. A. surprise B. surprises C. surprising D. to surprise 57. A. to B. in C. from D. at 58. A. well B. good C. happy D. also 59. A. special B. specialise C. especial D. especially 60. A. learn B. learned C. learning D. to learn
