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高三英语最后阶段语法填空专题5 Passage 17 Television is now playing a very important part in our life. But television, like many 1 things, has both advantages and disadvantages. Do the 2 outweigh 比…更重要 the latter? In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also 3 comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is 4 as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home, with almost unlimited entertainment available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere. All they have to do is 5 press a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention the latest 6 excite football match. Some people, 7 maintain that this is precisely 8 the danger lies. The television viewer makes no choice and exercises no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything 9 present to 10 without any effort on his part. 1. other 2. former 3. a 4. more convenient 5. to press 6. exciting 7. however 8. where 9. presented 10. him Passage 18 The president’s message to students was simple: study hard, pay attention in class and embrace the opportunity to learn. We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most 1 support parents and the best schools in the world. And none of it will make a difference; none of it will matter, 2 all of you fulfill 履行 your responsibilities, Mr. Obama said. It was a presidential talk 3 deliver at a time of economic uncertainty for many American families. Mr. Obama said he understood the tensions 4 many students faced. But that was no excuse 5 neglecting their homework or cutting class or dropping out of school. Critics of the president strongly criticized the speech as an effort by the White House to promote the presidents domestic agenda. Some parents 6 tell their children to resist the address. A Colorado student stayed away, 7 think their parents should be 8 to push them more in their education rather than the president. But 9