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.
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.
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
The author thinks that TV advertisements______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：由文章第三段lie to sell可知，广告是通过欺骗的方式来达到销售的目的，所以A正 确。文章说的是电视对孩子是有害的，而不是说广告是非常有危害的，所以D错误。BC文章未提及。
单选题
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：定位文章最后一段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可知C正确。由倒数第二段最后一句可知，在电视影响下年轻人比长辈更加暴 力，D正确。