第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）Television is now playing a ver

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Television is now playing a very important part in our life. But television, like many 11 things, has both advantages and disadvantages. Do the 12 outweigh (比…更重要) the latter?
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also 13 comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is 14 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 15 (press) a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention the latest 16 (excite) football match. Some people, 17 maintain that this is precisely 18 the danger lies. The television viewer makes no choice and exercises no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything 19 (present) to 20 without any effort on his part.