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　　Television was not made by one person．It took many years and many different people to make television work．

　　A lot of work on television began in the 1930s．England set up the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC)at this time, and in the United States, the National Broadcasting Company(NBC)and the Columbia Broadcasting System(CBS)began．

　　In 1936, CBS put 150 televisions into homes in New York City in order to see if all of the televisions were able to get a show at the same time．This first television show was Felix the Cat．

　　Much of the work underway at the BBC during the 1930s and 1940s came to an end because of World War II．After the war, the BBC fell behind work on television going on in the United States．England had to rebuild itself after the war．

　　By 1945, there were 10,000 televisions in homes in the United States．This number climbed to six million by 1950．Then the number shot up to 60 million by 1960．

　　Today, 98 percent of all homes in the United States and Canada have at least one television．People in the United States usually watch seven hours of television each day．These people also have the choice of watching free programs, cable television, satellite television, or programs from video cassette recorders(VCRs)．

(1)

Who invented television?
[　　]
A．	Alexander Graham Bell．
B．	Columbia System．
C．	The BBC．
D．	Many different people．

(2)

How many television broadcasting companies were in England in the1930s?
[　　]
A．	none
B．	one
C．	two
D．	three

(3)

What was the first television program shown by CBS?
[　　]
A．	A news program．
B．	World War Ⅱ．
C．	Felix the Cat．
D．	Cable television．

(4)

How many people have televisions in the United States and Canada?
[　　]
A．	Very few．
B．	About half．
C．	Most．
D．	All．

(5)

When did the number of televisions grow the most in the United States?
[　　]
A．	Between 1920 and1930．
B．	Between 1930 and J940．
C．	Between 1940 and1950．
D．	Between 1950 and l960．

答案：1．D;2．B;3．C;4．C;5．D;

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