单选题 The name "Television" comes from the Greek word "tele" meaning "far" and the Latin word "videre" meaning "to see". Thus television means "seeing far".
Television brings the world into home in sight and sound. Nowadays there are few families in the big cities that do not have TV sets. Entertaining us with singing, dancing and acting, television helps us to live happily.
Experiments leading to modem television took place more than a hundred years ago. John Baird, a British inventor, found a way to send pictures by wireless. This happened in the year 1925 and it was the beginning of television. It took another thirty years for television to be an industry.
Although television was developed for broadcasting, many important uses have been found that have nothing tO do with it. For example, television makes it easy for a whole class to see everything a teacher shows. Any number of students may look through a microscope at the same time when television does the "look" for them. It can also be used to watch process in places where it would not be safe for a human being to be present.

单选题 The name "television" comes from ______ .

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题题干问“电视机这个词是源于哪里”。原文第1段第1句话指出电视机这一词汇来自希腊语和拉丁语。因此选项D. both B and C是正确答案。

单选题 Today ______ have TV sets in big cities.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题题干问“今天在大城市里拥有电视机的家庭的数目”。原文第2段第2句话指出今天在大城市里几乎非常少的家庭没有电视机。因此选项C. most families是正确答案。

单选题 John Baird ______ the first TV working model in 1925.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题题干问“John Baird在1925年所做的事情”。原文第3段第2和第3句话指出John Baird在1925年发明了无线电视。因此选项B. succeeded in making是正确答案。

单选题 Television became an industry ______ .

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题题干问“电视机制造工业源于哪一年”。原文第3段第4句话指出电视机制造工业源于1925年后的30年。因此选项A. around the year of 1955是正确答案。

单选题 The passage tells us that television is used not only in broadcasting but also in ______ .

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题题干问“除了广播以外，电视机还应用于其他什么领域”。原文第4段第2、第3和第4句话指出电视机还可应用在教育等领域。因此选项A. education and many other fields是正确答案。