[填空题]I’d rather read than watch television: the programs seem _____________(越来越差) all the time.

[填空题]I’d rather read than watch television: the programs seem __________ (越来越差) all the time.

[填空题]Any television program could be transmitted to any part of the world by______.

[多项选择]Part 2 Describe a television program What is it When and where do you watch it What about the program What kind of people watches it And explain why you like it or not

[单项选择]A. He watched the television program with his mother.
B. His mother told him his professor was on television.
C. Answering the phone caused him to miss the television program.
D. His mother missed the television program.

[单项选择]A: Would you rather watch TV or go for a walk 　　B: The TV program is good today. ____________ 　　A: Cool. Let’s go.
A. What a pity!
B. I hate to leave.
C. But I need the exercise more.
D. You know what I mean.

[单项选择]Many children would ______ watch TV than do sports.
A. rather
B. like
C. want
D. love

[单项选择]Rather than allowing these dramatic exchanges between her characters to develop fully, Ms. Norman unfortunately tends to ______ the discussions involving the two women.
A. exacerbate
B. protract
C. augment
D. truncate
E. elaborate

[单项选择]TEXT D Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious parctical benefits in an increasingly globalized world.But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turned out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia(痴呆) in old age. This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child s academic and intellectual development. They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creat
A. its practical advantages
B. perceived language fluency
C. its role in cognition
D. its role in medicine

[单项选择]Jack would rather spend time complaining than ______ the problem by himself.
A. solve B. solved
C. solves D. to solve