Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能 填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

TV is not only a convenient and cheap service of entertainment, but also a splendid mass medium of communication. People only have to pay once to buy the TV set, then they can sit at home enjoying the items on TV. 1. TV keeps us well informed about the current events at home and abroad and the latest development in science and technology. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into our room. On TV everything is much more living and much more real. 2. . Some people even say that life without television is not worth living.

3. They think the TV viewers need do nothing. The viewer does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. Many people are glued to seats to look at the movements on TV. 4. As a result, TV is taking up too much of a person’s life and making him lazy, not to mention its harmful influence upon him, such as the items of violence and pornography on television in some countries.

On the whole, there are more advantages than disadvantages in the use of TV. 5. But we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad. Its value to people and society depends on how we look at it.

A. A large number of TV sets are produced every year.

B. All they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind.

C. Some people argue against TV.

D. Yet different people may have different attitude toward TV.

E. They become so dependent on its pictures that it begins to control their lives.

F. As a matter of fact, it has become so much a part of human life that a modern world without television is unimaginable.

G. Most people are couch potatoes.

Answer 1

1.B

2.F

3.C

4.E

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：事实上电视已成为人类生活的一部分,没有电视的现代世界是不可想象的。我们必须意识到电视本身既不是好的也不是坏的。然而,不同的人对电视可能有不同的态度。

1.B根据上句：人们只需要支付一次买电视机, 然后坐在家里享受电视节目。可知下句：他们所要做的是按一个按钮或旋钮, 他们可以看到戏剧、电影、歌剧和各种表演。故选B。

2.F根据空格后的下一句：一些人甚至说,没有电视的生活不值得过。可知上句在说：事实上它已成为人类生活的一部分,没有电视的现代世界是不可想象的。故选F。

3.C根据下句：他们认为电视观众需要什么也不做。观众甚至没有使用他的腿,如果他有一个遥控器。可知上句：有些人反对电视。故选C。

4.E根据上句：很多人都粘在座椅在电视上看运动。空格后一句：电视占用了太多一个人的生活,使他懒惰。可知此处表达的是：他们变得如此依赖它的照片,它开始控制他们的生活。故选E。

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