Television will turn 86 years old on September 7, 2013, and it has never looked better. In its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of  low­budget programs. In spite of its shortcomings, it became well-received. Between 1950 and 1963, the number of American families with a television jumped from 9% to 92% of the population.
As the audience got larger, the technology got better. Television sets became more reliable through the 1960s. Both of the reception and the picture improved. The major networks started broadcasting programs in color.
Even greater improvements were coming according to Sanford Brown, who wrote an article for the Post in 1967. Surprisingly, just about every prediction he made in the article became a reality. For example: All sets in the not­distant future will be color instruments. He also predicted that TV sets would become smaller, simpler, more reliable and less expensive and may forever put the TV repairman out of work. Smaller sets do not, of course, mean smaller screens. TV engineers expect screens to get much bigger. However, today's 3­D TV is even farther away, if it's coming at all.  There is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of people's cold reception given to 3­D movies.
But the technology with the greatest potential, according to Brown, was cable television (有線電視), which was still in its early stages then. As he predicted, the future of cable television was highly interactive. It wasn't cable television that gave Americans their electronic connection to the world, however. It was the Internet.  He even foresaw the future office: using picture phones, big­screen televisions for conferences, and computers providing information, at the touch of a button.
Brown ever said, “The future of television is no longer a question of what we can invent. It's a question of what we want.”
小題1:What can we infer about television sets in the 1960s?
A．They were very popular with Americans.
B．Their appearance remained unchangeable.
C．They showed black­and­white pictures.
D．Their pictures were of poor quality.
小題2:Which of the followings did Sanford Brown fail to predict?
A．Television's good quality.
B．The invention of 3­D TV.
C．The more functions of TV.
D．The potential of cable TV.
小題3:From the passage we know _________.
A．TV will certainly take the place of computers
B．There won’t be further improvement on TV
C．TV repairmen will be out of work in the future
D．3­D movies don’t appeal to people very much
小題4:What is the text mainly about?
A．The shortcomings of television.
B．The advantages of television.
C．The development of television.
D．The invention of television.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：文章主要講述的就是電視的發(fā)展歷史。
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段In its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of  low­budget programs. In spite of its shortcomings, it became well-received. Between 1950 and 1963說明A正確。
小題2:B 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第7行However, today's 3­D TV is even farther away, if it's coming at all.說明他沒有預(yù)測到3D技術(shù)在電視上的運用。故B項符合要求。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后兩行There is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of people's cold reception given to 3­D movies.說明人們對3D技術(shù)反應(yīng)冷淡，故D正確。
小題4:C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容就可以知道文章主要講述的就是電視的發(fā)展歷史，故C正確。
點評：本文要求考生讀懂文章中的每個句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識和經(jīng)驗，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測出未知部分－推理的結(jié)論，切忌妄加評論，把自己的觀點當(dāng)成作者的觀點。
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