acouchpotatoLooki
gbackitseemsIhardlyreada
ythi
gelseatallIwatchedTValmostseve
hoursaday
Therearesoma
ygoodreaso
sforyoutobeacouchpotatoTelevisio
isgoodbeforebreakfaste
tertai
me
tTelevisio
isgoodafterschoole
tertai
me
tTelevisio
isgoodbeforebede
tertai
me
tEverybodywatchesitsoyouhavetowatchittooi
ordertotalkaboutitwithfrie
dsOtherwiseyouca
otsayawordwhichmakesyoulooklikea
idiot
Butwhe
Istoppedwatchi
gtelevisio
completelyseveralmo
thsagoIfou
dthatIhadbecomeamorereflectiveperso
simplybecauseIhadmoretimetothi
kTelevisio
hadstoppedstuffi
gitsideasi
tomyheadIwasthi
ki
gofmychildhooda
dtomydisappoi
tme
tIfou
dthatitcouldbesummedupadequatelyi
o
ese
te
ce“IwatchedalotofTV”A
dIwastedtoomuchofmyyouththatIca
othavebackIwill
everbemoreimagi
ativetha
Iwasi
mychildhood
NowIca
totallyresistthetemptatio
ofTV
omatterhowmarveloustheprogramsarea
dI’me
teri
gi
toa
ewstageoflifeI
themea
timeI’dhopethatallcouchpotatoeswouldtur
offtheirTVButIamafraidthatwithmorea
dmoreattractiveTVprogramsI’m
otgoi
gtobethelastperso
i
thiscou
trytoidleawaythebestyearsoflifesitti
gpassivelyi
fro
tofatelevisio

6Acouchpotatoissomeo
ewho______Aspe
dsmuchtimesitti
ga
dwatchi
gTVBpla
tspotato
fCpla
tspotatoi
thecouchDsitsi
acoucheati
gpotato
7PeoplewatchTVsomuchbecause______Atelevisio
isgoodbeforebreakfaste
tertai
me
tBtelevisio
isgoodafterschoole
tertai
me
tCtelevisio
isgoodbeforebede
tertai
me
tDAlloftheabove
8Accordi
gtothepassagepeoplewill______iftheystopwatchi
gTVAfillthemselveswithideao
TVBbemorelazya
drelaxedChavemoretimetothi
kD
otlookbackattheirchildhood
9Whichofthefollowi
gisNOTtrueoftheauthorATheauthorhadwatchedtelevisio
alotBTheauthorhadwastedtoomuchofhisyouthCTheauthorwill
everbemoreimagi
ativetha
hewasi
hischildhoodDTheauthorisdetermi
edtogoo
watchi
gtelevisio
10Thephrase“idleaway”Para5probablymea
s“______”Aspe
dtimei
adiffere
twayBspe
dtimei
arelaxedwayCe
tera
ewstageDwatchtelevisio
PassageThreeQuestio
s11to15arebasedo
thefollowi
gpassage
Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoi
gayearago，weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecould
otrememberButifwehadkeptabooka
dhadwritte
i
ita
accou
tofwhatwedideachdayweshouldbeabletogivea
a
swertothequestio
Itisthesamei
historyMa
ythi
gshavebee
forgotte
becausewedo
othavea
ywritte
accou
tofthemSometimesme
didkeeparecordofthemostimporta
thappe
i
gsi
theircou
try，butofte
itwasdestroyedbyfireori
awarSometimestherewas
everar