專八閱讀理解精讀訓(xùn)練附答案和解析 第19篇:TV's Harmfulness

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　　TV's Harmfulness

　　Yes, but what did we use to do before there wastelevision? How often we hear statements like this!

　　Television hasn't been with us all that long, but weare already beginning to forget what the world waslike without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never fond itdifficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we usedto have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to gooutside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events.

　　We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All thatbelongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box. We rush home orgulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme.

　　We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging thenews of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do一anything, providing it down't interferewith the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention.

　　If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quicklysilenced.

　　Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undoneand sleep is lost.

　　The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quietby putting them in the living-room and turning on the set.

　　It down't matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism andviolence一so long as they are quiet.

　　There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day, televisionconsumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of the programmes are so bad: itis impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well.

　　When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world becomes a village, and society isreduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate communities. We become utterlydependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spokenword.

　　Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences.It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us offfrom the real world.

　　We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather thango out into the world itself. Television may be s splendid medium of communication, but itprevents us from communicating with each other.

　　We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holidayby the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, wequickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.

　　【閱讀詞匯學(xué)習(xí)】

　　1.What is the biggest harm of TV?

　　[A] It deprives people of communication with the real world.

　　[B]People become lazy.

　　[C] People become dependent on second-hand experience.

　　[D] TV consumes a large part of one' s life.

　　2.In what way can people forget TV?

　　[A] Far away from civilization.

　　[B]To a mountain.

　　[C] By the sea.

　　[D] In quiet natural surroundings.

　　3.What does a mother usually do to keep her children quiet?

　　[A] Let them watch the set.

　　[B]Put them in the living room.

　　[C]Let them watch the rubbish.

　　[D]Let them alone.

　　4.What does the first sentence in the first paragraph mean?

　　[A] We found it difficult to occupy our spare time.

　　[B]We become addicted to TV

　　[C] What we used to do is different from now.

　　[D] We used to enjoy civilized pleasures.

　　【答案詳解】

　　1.A它剝奪了人們和真實(shí)世界的聯(lián)系。文章多次提到現(xiàn)在我們不能探親訪友，一家人互不交流，而一旦離開電視就進(jìn)入了真是世界。

　　B.人變懶。C.人們變得依賴二手經(jīng)驗(yàn)。D.電視浪費(fèi)了人生的大量時(shí)問。這三項(xiàng)只是危害重具體一個(gè)組成部分。

　　2.D在安寧的大白然的懷抱中。答案在最后一段最后一句“在安詳寧靜的大白然環(huán)境中，我們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)我們對(duì)催眠的電視暴君連想都不怎么想!”

　　A.遠(yuǎn)離文明。B.去山上。C.在海邊。

　　3.A叫他們看電視。這在第二段第三句起“電視是一個(gè)萬能安靜器。母親為使孩了們安靜，就把他們放在起居室內(nèi)，打開電視看。這是現(xiàn)在最權(quán)威的一招。至于孩了們看的使垃圾般的商業(yè)廣告，還是施淫虐或暴力片都無關(guān)緊要，只要他們安靜不鬧。”

　　B.把他們擱在起居室。C.讓他們看垃圾片。都是其中的具體一部分。D.讓他們呆著。沒有提到。

　　4.B我們都成了電視迷。第一句“是的，可是沒有電視之前，我們常干些什么?”這說明人們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣于電視，以來電視，到了沒有電視怎么辦的境地。不知道沒有電視前的情況。第二段“整個(gè)兒代人越來越迷上了電視，飯不吃，家務(wù)不干，不睡覺。”可以說整篇文章都描寫了人們對(duì)電視迷戀，依賴。第一句話是引言。所以B對(duì)。

　　A.難以消遣。只是人們的一種感受。C過去和現(xiàn)在不同。是一種對(duì)比，并沒有點(diǎn)出這句話的真正內(nèi)涵。D.享受文明歡樂。是過去所作的一個(gè)具體例了。