单选题 Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don't have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera. All they have to so 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 need do nothing. He does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no 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 events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one's sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for 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 heard to say 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 itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.

单选题 What is the major function of paragraph 1?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】分析推理题。短文第一段只有一句话：Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages(显然，电视既有优点又有缺点)。由文体知识可知，对于这种以提出对立的两个方面(advantages and disadvantages)开篇的短文来说，开篇一般就是文章主旨。阅读后文，我们又发现在后面两段中，每一段都是围绕着这一主题展开讨论，都是先指出电视的优点，再指出其缺点(danger)。而最后一段则是进行总结、提出结论。由此可以得知，短文第一段就是主旨段，其作用自然就是引出文章主题，即[B]项了。其余三项都不是这一段的真正作用：[A]项指“引起读者注意”，[C]项指“(最后)总结整篇文章”，应是文章论述完之后才会出现；[D]项指“指出电视的主要作用”。

单选题 Television, as a source of entertainment, is ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节题。对应的信息在短文第二段第一句：In the first place，...but also a comparatively cheap one(首先，电视……而且比较便宜)，[D]中的relatively就是该句中comparatively的改写，它们都指“相对地，比较地”。[A]、[B]两项都正好与原文意思相反，而[C]项则属于抓住段落中danger一词进行的随意发挥。

单选题 Why are some people against TV?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】分析推理题。由前面题目的分析可知，第二、三两段每段中都指出了电视的优缺点，根据题目意思，自然应当从这两段中的“缺点”部分去寻找答案。短文第二段后半部分首先指出：Some people...think that this is where the danger lies(有些人认为这正是电视的危险所在)，然后分析了他们这样认为的原因：The television viewers need do nothing...without any effort on his part。这些原因综合起来就是说，电视观众完全是一种被动的信息接受者，这也就是[B]项的意思。而第三段后半部分所谈的缺点则是电视过多地占据了人们的日常生活。结合这些方面，可以确定本题答案就是[B]。其余三项都明显不对。

单选题 One of the most obvious advantages of TV is that ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】细节题。将选项一一与短文第二段、第三段的前半部分进行对照可知，只有[A]项对应于第三段第一句：Television...keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics(电视使人们了解时事以及科学和政治领域里的最新发展)，因此就是本题答案。有些考生误选了[B]项，属于没有发现选项中very一词与原文中comparatively一词的不同。[C]项指“能让我们得到休息”，在文中没有提及。[D]项指“控制我们的生活”，它属于电视的缺点而非优点，并且该选项也与原文不符。

单选题 According to the passage, whether TV is good or not depends on ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。对应的信息在短文最后一句：It is the uses that is put to that determine its value to society(是电视的用途决定着它对社会的价值)，因此[C]项就是本题正确答案。注意这是一个强调句，主干是It is the uses that determine...，而that is put to则是uses的一个定语从句。the uses that is put to相当于选项中的how to use it。