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Television is one of the greatest technological inventions of the 20 century. A Scottish man called John Logie Baird invented it. Inventors in the USA and Europe were working on electronic television systems but Baird used a mechanical(机械的) system. In 1925, he was able to send the first black and white picture—of the head of a doll—from one end of his flat to the other. He then used a local office boy, not the doll, and this teenager was the first person ever to appear on TV.

In January 1926, Baird invited scientists to his flat and showed them his invention. He called it a “televisor”. Later that year, Baird started the world’s first TV station and gave it the name 2TV. In 1927, he sent images 730 kilometres from London to Glasgow using telephone cables(电缆). A year later, his company sent the first transatlantic(大西洋彼岸的) TV images from London to New York. Baird made the first television programmes for the BBC in 1929. These programmes had sound, not just pictures.

However, Baird's system was very limited and basic( 基本的). A totally electronic American system was more popular and practical. The inventor of this electronic system was an American, Philo Farnsworth. In 1936, the BBC started using Farnsworth's system because the picture was better than Baird’s.

More and more people had televisions after the Second World War. Colour TV began in the USA in the 1940s but only a small number of people had colour televisions in their houses. They were very expensive. In Britain and the USA, the first regular(有规律的) colour TV programmes only began in1967.

Now in the 21 century, we have digital television. TV has changed a lot since the face of a boy appeared on TV in John Logie Bairds flat.

1.Is television a great technological invention of the 20century?

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2.How far were the images sent from London to Glasgow in 1927?

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3.Who invented the totally electronic system?

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4.When did colour televisions go into their houses in America?

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5.What is the passage mainly about?

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1.Yes. / Yes, it is. 2.730 kilometres. 3.Philo Farnsworth 4.In the 1940s. 5.The development of the television. 【解析】本文主要介绍电视发展史。电视是20世纪最伟大的科技发明之一。苏格兰的叫约翰·罗杰·贝尔德的人发明的。美国和欧洲的发明家们致力于电子电视系统，...

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