The time spent in front of the television screen is usually at the 3 of leisure: there is less time for games, amusement and rest. 4 by what is happening on the screen, children not only imitate what they see but directly 5 themselves with different characters. Americans have been concerned about the 6 of violence in the media and its 7 harm to children and adolescents for at least forty years. During this period, new media 8 , such as video games, cable television, music videos, and the Internet. As they continue to gain popularity, these media, 9 television, 10 public concern and research attention.

　　Another large societal concern on our young generation 11 by the media, is body image. 12 forces can influence body image positively or negatively. 13 one, societal and cultural norms and mass media marketing 14 our concepts of beauty. In the mass media, the images of 15 beauty fill magazines and newspapers, 16 from our televisions and entertain us 17 the movies. Even in advertising, the mass media 18 on accepted cultural values of thinness and fitness for commercial gain. Young adults are presented with a 19 defined standard of attractiveness, a(n) 20 that carries unrealistic physical expectations.

　　1.[A]alternative [B]preference[C]substitute [D]representative

　　2.[A]accomplishes[B]fulfills [C]provides [D]suffices

　　3.[A]risk [B]mercy [C]height [D]expense

　　4.[A]Absorbed [B]Attracted [C]Aroused [D]Addicted

　　5.[A]identify [B]recognize [C]unify [D]equate

　　6.[A]abundance [B]incidence [C]prevalence[D]recurrence

　　7.[A]disposed [B]hidden [C]implicit [D]potential

　　8.[A]merged [B]emerged [C]immerged [D]submerged

　　9.[A]apart from [B]much as [C]but for [D]along with

　　10.[A]promote [B]propel [C]prompt [D]prosper

　　11.[A]inspired [B]imposed [C]delivered [D]contributed

　　12.[A]External [B]Exterior [C]Explicit [D]Exposed

　　13.[A]As [B]At [C]For [D]In

　　14.[A]mark [B]effect [C]impact [D]shock

　　15.[A]generalized[B]regularized[C]standardized[D]categorized

　　16.[A]boom [B]bottom [C]brim [D]beam

　　17.[A]over [B]with [C]on [D]at

　　18.[A]play [B]take [C]profit [D]resort

　　19.[A]barely [B]carefully [C]narrowly [D]subjectively

　　20.[A]ideal [B]image [C]stereotype [D]criterion

　　文章结构

　　第一段指出，大众媒体可以替代社会机构和社会交往在年轻人的生活中起着各种各样的作用。第二段指出，由于青少年模仿他们在电视中看到的乃至将其与现实相混淆，人们一直担忧媒体对他们可能产生危害。第三段讲媒体对美的狭隘界定对青少年的不良影响。

　　答案详解

　　1.【解析】[C] 语义衔接题。空格所在部分填入一个名词，表示"大众媒体作为许多机构和社会交往的……而影响年轻人的生活"。substitute作名词时意为"代替物，代替者"，常和介词for搭配，本句意为"大众媒体可以代替机构和社会交往"。alternative作名词时意为"可供选择的办法或事物"。preference和介词for搭配，指"对……的偏爱，爱好"，将它放入文中显然不符逻辑。representative一般指人，即被选举或委派代表某人或某团体的人，如representative of the UN/the youth of her generation(联合国代表/一代年轻人的典型代表)。因此[C]项正确。