Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed, for many of the poorest regions(地區(qū))of the world, it remains the next big thing—finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.
Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60% . That is some way behind the U.S. ,where there are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban（塔利班）,which had banned TV, I in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013—pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.
Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child health care. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant improvement in their reading skills.
Too much TV has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Americans used to get access to the Internet easily.
B．The world’s TV sets will total 150 million by 2013.
C．45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005.
D．Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013.
小題2:The author intends to ____________.
A．stress the advantages of TV to people’s lives
B．persuade women to become more independent
C．encourage people to improve their reading skills
D．introduce the readers some websites such as Google
小題3:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．TV Will Rule the World B．TV Will Disturb the World
C．TV Will Better the WorldD．TV Will Remain in World

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C 

試題分析：本篇文章為議論文。本文圍繞著電視仍然是世界上最有影響力的媒體說(shuō)起，并用事實(shí)進(jìn)一步證明了電視的存在會(huì)讓我們的生活越來(lái)越好。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句中“pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families”可知，到2013年，世界上三分之二的家庭都將會(huì)有一臺(tái)電視。因此選D項(xiàng)。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句“However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide”可以推斷出，作者主要強(qiáng)調(diào)電視對(duì)人類(lèi)生活積極的方面。故選A項(xiàng) 。
小題3:主旨大意題。由第一段第二句“Television is still the most influential medium”及第三段第一句“Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women”及文章最后一段第二句“However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.”可知，本文主要講的是電視將會(huì)讓人們生活越來(lái)越好。由此可知應(yīng)選C項(xiàng)。
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