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ec brandnewd previous句子含義表明“當(dāng)前的,現(xiàn)時(shí)的”,選擇A。 It is difficult to escape the influence of television. If you fit the statistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have been exposed __1__ at least 20,000 hours of television. You can add 10,000 hours for each decade you have lived__2__ the age of 20. The only things Americans do more than watch television are work and sleep. Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those __3__ . Five thousand, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate __4__ working on a bachelor’s degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned several languages fluently, you could be reading Shakespeare in the__5__ , and you could have walked around the world and __6__ a book about these hours. The trouble with television is__7__ it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life__8__some constructive effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem remarkable to those __9__never concentrate on anything. But television encourages us not to make any __10__ . It makes the time pass without pain. 1 Aa tob underc ford at固定搭配,be exposed to 2 Ca atb fromc afterd before句子含義表明20歲之后的日子 3 Ba decadesb hoursc yearsd things此處指代上述的“小時(shí)數(shù)” 4 Aa spendsb costsc takesd uses固定搭配 5 Da originb beginningc sourced original此處表示“原文,原作品” 6 Aa writtenb writec wroted writing與前面could have done形成并列結(jié)構(gòu)(and) 7 Ba whatb thatc whichd why名詞性表語(yǔ)從句 8 Da requestsb asksc ordersd requires句子含義表示“需要” 9 Da whatb whosec whichd who修飾前面的…us 10 Ca moneyb timec effortd skill句子含義表明“盡力,努力,”答案: Collegebound American high school students usually have some bination of parents,teachers,guidance counselors,or peers to support them in the tough process of applying to and beginning college. Unfortunately,adults who want to go to college particularly adults who have been out of school for a long time generally have no such support system. “①Adults have a much harder time starting out in college because,unlike regular students,they have adult obligationsraising children and working full time that often conflict with the demands of school,”says Deepa Rao,a World Education expert. “Also,adults who have been out of school for a long time may not be academically prepared for collegelevel work. Some have little exposure to technologies like and Inter