填空题Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this
passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may
have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and
put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out
and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an
insertion mark (Λ) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank.
If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the
blank. Let's talk about advantages and
disadvantages of television. In the first place, television is not only a
convenient source of entertainment, and a 67.
______ comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don't have
to pay expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema or the opera. All they have
to 68. ______ do is to push a button or turn a
knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. Some
people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television
viewers should do nothing. He does not even
69. ______ have to use his legs if he has a remote control. He makes no
choice and exercises in judgment. He is completely passive and has
everything presented to him without any effort on his part.
Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current news and
70. ______ the latest developments in science or
politics. The most distant countries 71.
______ and the strangest customs are bought right into one's sitting room. It
could 72. ______ be argued that the radio performs
this service as well; but on television everything is much living, much more
real. Yet here again there is a
73. ______ danger. The television screen it has a terrible, almost
physical charm for 74. ______ us. We get so
used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures, that it
begins to control our lives. People are often listen to say
75. ______ that their television sets have broken down and that they
have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and that they
have actually begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn't
it? There are many other arguments for and against television.
We must realize that television in itself is neither good or bad. It is the
use to which 76. ______ it is put that determines its value to
society.