单选题 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 In the past, many young people ______.

单选题 Now with TV people can ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 第二段最后一句：“Better informed, people are more likely to vote, and so to make their opinion count. ”
推理判断题。根据定位句可知，正因为得到了更多的信息，人们更愿意去投票并且表达自己的政治立场。故选C。

单选题 The author thinks that TV advertisements ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 第三段第二句：“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. ”
推理判断题。根据定位句可知，电视广告呈现的是不真实的世界，因此C项不正确，A项“大体上是不可信赖的”符合本题观点。文章说的是sometimes bad or useless，B、D以偏概全。故选A。

单选题 Which is NOT true according to the passage?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 第三段和第四段。
事实细节题。根据第三段第三句“They believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable. ”可知，A项正确；根据第三段第四句“All educators agree that the "television generations" are more violent than their parents and grandparents. ”可知，D项正确；根据第四段第二句“they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures”可知，C项正确。文中说的是电视上解决问题很快，并不是说有电视机就能很快解决问题，B不正确，故选B。