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Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
Television has opened windows in everybody’s life. Young men will never again go to war as they did in 1914, Millions of people now have seen the effects of a battle. And the result has been a general dislike of war, and perhaps more interest in helping those who suffer from all the terrible things that have been shown on the screen.
Television has also changed politics. The most distant areas can now follow state affairs, see and hear the politicians before an election. Better informed, people are more likely to vote, and so to make their opinion count.
Unfortunately, television’s influence has been extremely harmful to the young. (76)Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world; that TV advertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless. They believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable. All educators agree that the “television generations” are more violent than their parents and grandparents.
Also, the young are less patient. (77)Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and interesting, 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.
单选题
In the past, many young people ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】Passage 1
本文讨论了电视机对人类生活的影响，重点探讨了电视机对年轻人的有害影响。
【题解】该题为细节考查题，文章的第一段话告诉我们Young men will never again go to war as they did in 1914.电视机的影响使得现在的年轻人不再愿意参军，而是对战争的憎恨，所以合适的题目应该是D 项。
单选题
Now with TV people can _____.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】该题为细节考查加推断题，根据Better informed, people are more likely to vote, and so to make their opinion count.句意，有了电视机之后，人们可以关注政治局势的进展，更有可能去参与这些活动，故应该选B 项。
单选题
The author thinks that TV advertisements _____.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】该题为细节考查题，由第三段第二句话Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world; that TV advertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless.可以知道，电视广告为了销售一些不好或者无用的商品有时对观众撒谎，可是年轻人往往不能识破真相，因此应该选D 项。