How many coins nave you got in your pocket right now? Three? Two？ A bent one？
  With a phonecard you can make up to 200 calls without any change at all.
  （1） What do you do with it?
  Go to a telephone box marked（you guessed it） “phonecard”. Put in your card, make your call and when you’ve finished, a screen tells you how much is left on your card.
  （2） Now appear in a shop near you.
  Near each Cardphone place you’ll find a shop where you can buy one. They’re at bus, train and city tube stations（地铁）.
  Many universities, hospitals and clubs. Restaurants and gas stations on the highway and shopping centers. At airports and seaports.
  （3） No more broken payphones.
  Most broken payphones are like that because they’ve been vandalized（故意破坏）. There are no coins in Cardphone to excite thieves’ interest in it. So you’re not probably to find a vandalized one.
  Get a phonecard yourself and try it out ,or get a bigger wallet.

  60．The passage is most probably ________ .
  A. a warning
  B. a note
  C. an advertisement（广告）
  D. an announcement
  61．There are three sections（部分） in the passage. Which section do you think is about why phonecards are good?
  A. Section 1．          B. Section 2．
  C. Section 3．          D. None.
  62．Choose the right order or the steps under “How do you use a phonecard”.
  a. Put in your phonecard.
  b. Look at the screen to find out how many calls you can still make.
  c. Go to a telephone box marked “Phonecard”.
  d. Make your call.
  A. a, b, c, d            B. c, a, d, b
  C. a, d, c, b            D. c, d, a, b

Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s. Since then, millions of children have grown up in front of the set, and many people now worry about the effect that TV has on the young, and on society in general. Educators, psychologists, and crime experts wonder if television should be abolished(取消). Many ordinary parents wish it had never been invented. Why are they so afraid? Is television as harmful as they think it is?

Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its inventors for the joy and interest that they have brought into the lives of the old, the sick, and the lonely -- all those who, without it, would have no pleasure and no window on the world.

In truth, television has opened windows in everybody's life. No newspaper has ever reached so many people and shown so clearly what was happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV not only gives the news instantly, it also shows it in pictures more powerful than words. It can be said that TV has brought reality to the public. Millions of people now have seen the effects of a battle, a flood, a fire, a crime, disasters of every sort on the screen.

Unfortunately, television's influence has been extremely harmful to the young. Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world. They want to imitate what they see. They do believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable. By the time they are out of high school, most young people have watched about 15,000 hours of television, and have seen about 18,000 killings or other acts of violence. All educators and psychologists agree that the "television generations" are more violent than their parents and grandparents,

According to the same experts, the young are also less patient. Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and entertaining, they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures; to read a book that requires thinking; to listen to a teacher who doesn't do funny things like the people on children's programs. And they expect all problems to be solved happily in ten, fifteen or thirty minutes. That's the time it takes on the screen.

It is certain that television has deeply changed our lives and our society. It is certain that, along with its benefits, it has brought many serious problems. To these problems we must soon find a solution because, whether we like it or not, television is here to stay.

First TV set was made ______.

A. in 1939                                  B. in the 1950s

C. in the 1940s                                   D. in 1919

Which of the following people have a view on TV different from the others?

A. Educators.                     B. TV producers.

C. Crime experts.                D. Psychologists.

According to the author, who need TV most?

A. Educators.

B. Crime experts.

C. The old and the lonely.

D. The children and their parents.

We can conclude that ‘television generations’ are_______.

A. lonely                              B. more patient

C. more violent                 D. more gentle

根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首写字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1.She is so______________(耐心) and kind that we like her.

2.More and more students know the __________(重要性) of learning English well.

3.It’s difficult to imagine his __________(接受) the decision without any hesitation.

4.Many people have the ______________(能力) to do their jobs well.

5.I finally understood one of his ____________________(解释) in class.

6.I i______________ to go abroad for further education, but finally I gave up the idea because my parents were short of money.

7.We have tried every means to r_____________ all kinds of pollutions in the area.

8. He didn’t have an operation because we sent him to the hospital right now and he got timely t____________.

9.Most of the houses and trees in the village were d_________ by the terrible flood.

10.The car knocked into a wire pole. F_________________, no one get injured.