They say that soon, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable or by satellite. Some people think that it’s useless to have that many channels. Their usual criticism(批評(píng)) goes something like this: "I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that!"They also say that most of what’s on television now isn’t worth watching in the first place.
I think they’re missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say, "That’s silly, we’ll never have time to read all those books"? The point is that we would have more choices.
I don’t believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 or even 1,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn’t have to spend more time watching TV. We would, however, have more programs to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would be improved.
I think the more channels we have, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time, I’ll just hit the "off" button.
小題1:The purpose of writing this passage is to ______.
A．make a suggestion B．express an opinion
C．give important information D．complain about cable television
小題2:From the passage we know that the author wants to ______.
A．read more booksB．rent more TV sets
C．have more choices D．watch more sports
小題3:The number of television channels is ______.
A．increasing fast
B．decreasing fast
C．never going to be more than 1,000
D．the same as that of books in the library
小題4:To make his point, the author compares the development of TV networks to that of ______.
A．schoolyardsB．computersC．libraries D．satellites
小題5:What does the phrase "hit the 'off’ button" refer to?
A．Go to the library. B．Switch over the TV channels.
C．Turn off the TV.D．Have more TV networks.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:C

試題分析：這篇文章講述了如今電視頻道的數(shù)量增長(zhǎng)的很快，有的人就認(rèn)為這是無(wú)用的，沒(méi)有什么價(jià)值，而作者認(rèn)為越多越好，這就意味著我們會(huì)有更多的選擇性。
小題1:主旨題。這篇文章講述了如今通過(guò)衛(wèi)星我們很快能夠接受到500多個(gè)電視頻道，有的人認(rèn)為那是沒(méi)有價(jià)值的，而作者認(rèn)為這樣我們就會(huì)有更多的選擇。故選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章I think the more channels we have, the better. Give me more choices!可知，作者想要擁有更多的選擇。故選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章They say that soon, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable or by satellite.可知，電視頻道的數(shù)量增加的非�？�，我們很快就能接受到500多個(gè)電視頻道。故選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say, "That’s silly, we’ll never have time to read all those books"? The point is that we would have more choices.可知作者為了表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，列舉了圖書館的書的的例子和電視頻道做比較。故選C
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章If they’re not worth my time, I’ll just hit the "off" button.作者認(rèn)為如果有些節(jié)目不值得觀看，只需要關(guān)掉電視就行了。可知，"hit the 'off’ button"指的是關(guān)掉電視。故選C
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章重在理解作者的感情基調(diào)，從全文來(lái)看，作者通過(guò)對(duì)電視頻道增多發(fā)表自己的看法，由此可見對(duì)于議論文的文章重在把握作者的感情色彩，答題時(shí)不斷提醒自己作者在講什么，作者的是在褒義還是在貶斥，這一點(diǎn)非常重要。
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