单选题 Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed, not many of the poorest regions (地区) of the world, it remains the next big thing—finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.
Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60%. That is some way behind the U.S., where are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005, after the fall of the Taliban (塔利班), which had {{U}}outlawed{{/U}} TV, 1 in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013—pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.
Television's most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child healthcare. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant (有意义的) improvement on their reading skills.
Too much TV has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.

单选题 What would be the best title for the passage?

A.TV Will Rule the World
B.TV Will Disturb the World
C.TV Will Better the World
D.TV Will Remain in World

单选题 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Americans used to get access to the Internet easily.
B.The world's TV sets will total 150 million by 2013.
C.45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005.
D.Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 可以从That is some way behind the U.S., where are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet.判断选项A是错误的，原文中是“now easily”，即表示现在上网很方便，而选项A用的是“used to”(过去)，所以不正确；从The global total is another 150 million by 2013——pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.可以判断B是错误的，“another 150 million by 2013”意为到2013年再增长150 million sets，而不是增长到150 million，重点要把握“another”(另一个)这个词；从Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60%.可知选项C是错误的，1995年有45%的家庭拥有电视机，到2005年这个数字会上涨60%多，可见到2005年会不止45%的家庭拥有电视机。

单选题 The underlined word "outlawed" in paragraph 2 probably means "______".

A.allowed
B.banned
C.offered
D.refused

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] outlawed出自“after the fall of the Taliban (塔利班), which had outlawed TV, 1 in 5 Afghans had one.”。从构词法上看law是法律的意思，那么outlaw就表示法律之外的意思，也就是“非法的，不合乎法律的”的意思，根据常识看电视是合乎法律的，那么不合乎法律的很可能就是不让看电视了，也就是禁止看电视，即banned。而且根据政治常识可知Taliban(塔利班)是非常苛刻严厉的，那么就很可能会是禁止百姓看电视了。