完形填空 Our life is changing．During the past hundred years, the car, the radio, the

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Our life is changing．During the past hundred years, the car, the radio, the cinema, and now television have produced great 1 in the amusements with which people pass their 2 time．

A 3 years ago, people were in the habit of making their own amusements．When a group of people 4, they talked, played cards or other games, or went out riding, shooting, or walking together．Most people could sing a little, or play some musical instrument reasonably well; so at a party the guests amused each other．5, conversation(聊天)was an 6; amusing conversation could 7 people happy for hours．

As for games such as football and cricket(板球), people were also in the habit of playing them themselves．Most of them did not play very well, but they 8 themselves and their friends．

Nowadays we are amused by professional singers or players．Why listen to your friends singing when you can 9 the great singers of the world over the radio or on TV? Why play football with players who 10 very good when you can go to 11 some of the best players playing football in your country?

12 an important match? Few people do this．You may just sit comfortably 13 and watch the game without the 14 of going outside．

The art of conversation and the 15 of playing and singing by ourselves are 16; people are becoming more and more lookers and listeners, and 17 doers and talkers．This change does people 18．It is 19 to do something personally than 20 to sit and watch others doing it．

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