Question

  People like watching TV every day. TV tells us about all kinds of news in our hometown，our country and 1 parts of the world.

  Today，2TV，we can know about important things that 3 in foreign countries on the same day. But hundreds of years ago,news usually took months or even 4 to travel from one country to another. At that time， news was often passed from one person to another. Sometimes news might become wrong while being passed.

  Television is 5used to broadcast(播送)news,but also used to broadcast all kinds of 6 . In many countries，notices or ads are broadcasted on TV. People 7 want to get jobs,buy houses or cars,or even look for a 8 person, would watch TV. There are also many other programs on TV， 9 TV plays， science，education and entertainment. TV plays a very important part in our 10 life. Some people watch TV to get news or information, some to learn something useful and some only to kill time.

(   ) 1. A. the other    B. the others

       C. other    D. another

(   ) 2. A. in    B. on

       C. of    D. at

(   ) 3. A. take off    B. take away

       C. take place    D. take out
(   ) 4. A. years    B. hours

      C. weeks    D. days

(   ) 5. A. though    B. not only

      C. both    D. neither

(   ) 6. A. program    B. jobs

       C. plays    D. information

(   ) 7. A. who    B. which

        C. whom    D. whose

(   ) 8. A. new    B. tall

       C. missing    D. happy

(   ) 9. A. instead of    B. such as

       C. so that    D. so as

(   ) 10. A. night    B. day

       C. happy    D. daily

Answer 1

1. C other意为"别的，其余的"，后常接复数名词；the other指两者当中的另一个，后跟单数名词；the others 是the other的复数形式，后面一般不跟名词；another指三者或三者以上中的"任意一个"，或同类中的"另一个"。

2. B

3. C take place意为"发生"，符合语境。

4. A 

5. B

6. D 由第三段第二 、三句可知，应选 information，意为"信息"o

7. A该句是定语从句，people是先行词， who是关系代词，用来指人，在从句中作主语。

8. C missing意为"丢失的，失散的"。

9. B

10. D daily意为"每日的，日常的"。