Question

 On March 25,1925 Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave a demonstration of the televi?sion set,which would change the world,allow us to know what was going on at the other side of the world and change entertainment forever. But,at that time,he just thought it was cool that he could see his face on a screen.

  It all began in March 1925 when John Logie Baird gave a demonstration of what can only be described as the first ever television set. All that was seen were images of people on a dark gray screen. Then on January 26 ,1926 he gave the world's first public demonstration of a work?ing television system at his laboratory in London. This was the world's first glimpse at televi?sion.

  In 1928 Baird's company broadcast the first transatlantic television signal,between London and New York. This was a great development in television history. In 1931,the first live televi?sion broadcast was made by this stage,the number of television sets was only about 200 in Brit?ain,so it was only the rich and famous who witnessed this great moment in television history.

  The television set itself was going through great change. Originally,the first ever television model,the 1928 Baird model C had a screen of only about two and a half inches square;how?ever by 1935,the Baird T5 had a significantly bigger screen and obviously had much better sound quality and picture quality.

  By 1939,with the American DuMont 183 it was clear that television was going to revolu?tionize the world,with a picture quality of outstanding clearness for the time. By this stage,television sets were still not accessible by Joe Bloggs,but the number of television sets was rela?tively large; in 1939,7000 television sets were sold.

(   ) 5. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. At first,Baird didn't think that his invention could be a contribution to changing the world.

   B. The rule of inventing television sets was very simple.

   C. John Logie Baird wanted to make contributions to humans.

   D. Watching much television can be harmful to people's health.

(   ) 6. Which of the following is true about Baird's achievement?

   A. He gave the first public demonstration of working television systems.

   B. He was the first to make the television broadcast worldwide.

   C. His company was the first to produce electronic television sets.

   D. His company produced DuMont 183 that revolutionized TV.

(   ) 7. What do the underlined words "Joe Bloggs" refer to?

   A. Famous people. B. Scientists.

   C. Inventors. D. Common people.

(   ) 8. This passage is organized in the pattern of         .

   A. comparison   B. time and events

   C. cause and effect   D. meaning and classification

Answer 1

5-8 AADB

B篇：本文主要介紹了電視機(jī)的發(fā)展歷程。

5. A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的"Baird gave a demonstration of the television set,which would change the world,allow us to know what was going on at the other side of the world and change entertainment forever... But,at that time,he just thought it was cool that he could see his face on a screen."可知，電視的發(fā)明讓世界發(fā)生了改變，讓人們可以了解世界另一端發(fā)生的事，也改變了人們的娛樂方式，但當(dāng)時(shí)貝爾德只是認(rèn)為在電視上能看到他的臉很酷。由此可以推出，貝爾德一開始沒有想到他的發(fā)明可以為改變世界做出貢獻(xiàn)。

6. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的"Then on January 26, 1926 he gave the world's first pub?lic demonstration of a working television sys?tem at his laboratory in London. This was the world's first glimpse at television."可知，在1926年1月26日他在倫敦的實(shí)驗(yàn)室對世界上第一個(gè)工作電視系統(tǒng)做公開演示，這是世人第一次看到電視。

7. D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)畫線詞后文"...in 1939.7. 000 television sets were sold."可知，在1939年只有7000臺(tái)電視被賣掉，即只有少數(shù)人才能看到電視，由此可推測，普通人還是不能看到電視機(jī)的，由此可知畫線詞意為"普通人，大眾"。

8. B文章結(jié)構(gòu)題。根據(jù)對文章的整體理解可知，文章講述了從1925年電視的產(chǎn)生，1926 年人們第一次看到電視，1928年第一次跨大西洋轉(zhuǎn)播，到1939年……由此可知，本文是按照時(shí)間和事件發(fā)生的順序?qū)懙摹?/p>