I was eight when my neighbors got a TV. It was small and expensive, but that didn’t matter. IT WAS WONDERFUL. Everyone in the building came up to the fifth floor to see this latest wonder of the modern world. That was in 1948.
Soon, a lot of people got a TV, but not us. My parents didn’t think it was good for children. Being a good son, I didn’t argue with them. But I secretly watch TV—at my friends’ homes.
By 1955, televisions weren’t so expensive and were much larger. My parents still thought they were not good for us, but my sisters insisted, saying they were the only people in the neighborhood who didn’t have one. All their friends talked about certain programs and actors, but they couldn’t. Their friends laughed at them, which made them feel very unhappy. My youngest sister cried, saying she was never going back to school and that life without a TV wasn’t worth living. Nothing my parents said made her feel better. The next morning, without telling us, they went out and got a new TV.
When we were young our parents allowed us to watch TV for two hours a night. And we couldn’t watch until our homework was finished. But after a year or two, TV wasn’t exciting or new anymore. It became just another part of our lives like shoes or soap. My parents still had fears about TV. We were going to forget how to read, and TV was going to fill our minds with violence, they said.
Today people still argue about the value of TV. Nobody can deny the power of TV, which has a powerful influence on our lives. On average, Americans spend 30 hours a week watching TV. Is this influence good or bad? This is an unanswerable question indeed: It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t. What is good, I suppose, is that many people are concerned about TV’s influence and that we have the power to change what we don’t like.
The people of Monhegan Island, 18 kilometers away off the coast of Maine, don’t have electricity, and they decided; once again, that they liked that way. Electricity, they think, would make life too easy and spoil their way of life. Maybe the young people wouldn’t want to go to town dances anymore. Maybe they would be more interested in staying at home and watching TV.
小題1:How old was the author, when their family got a TV?
A．About 15.B．8.C．18.D．About 10.
小題2:The author’s parents finally decided to buy a TV because _______.
A．they wanted to meet their daughters’ needs .
B．the children couldn’t go to school without a TV
C．the sisters would like to be like their friends
D．they had to do as the youngest daughter told them to
小題3:The author thinks “to judge whether a TV’s influence is good or bad” is ________.
A．concerningB．hardC．meaninglessD．important
小題4:The last paragraph is written to show ________.
A．the disadvantage of TV
B．TV influences people a great deal
C．the advantage of TV
D．we can change what we don’t like

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：我八歲（1948年）時鄰居家有了電視，電視雖小有貴，但是很多人被它所吸引。到1955年由于兄弟姐妹們的影響和要求，父母不得不買了一臺電視。但是還是限制看電視必須先完成作業(yè)，而且只能看兩個小時。因為父母認為電視有很多壞處，如我們會忘記讀書，受到電視上的暴力影響。今天人們還在討論電視的價值。不可否認電視給我們的生活帶來很大的影響。有好處也有壞處。但是好處是許多人關(guān)心電視帶來的影響并我們有力量改變我們不喜歡的東西。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。通過文章中第一段的I was eight in 1948.和第三段的By 1955,  ... they went out and got a new TV.通過簡單地計算可知，1955--1948=7，加8 得15。故選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。通過文章中第三段My youngest sister cried, saying she was never going back to school and that life without a TV wasn’t worth living. Nothing my parents said made her feel better. 可知，父母買電視是因為小妹妹的強烈要求。故選A。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。通過文章中第五段This is an unanswerable question indeed:It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t.可知很難判斷電視帶來的影響。故選B。
小題4:推理判斷題。最后一段是用來證明作者在前一段得出的結(jié)論是：電視的好處是許多人關(guān)心電視帶來的影響并我們有力量改變我們不喜歡的東西。故選D。
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A．questionB．touchC．loveD．way
小題15:
A．regretB．happinessC．sadnessD．a(chǎn)nger
小題16:
A．criedB．shouted C．calledD．whispered
小題17:
A．difficult B．simpleC．funnyD．whole
小題18:
A．oldB．tallC．youngD．beautiful
小題19:
A．if B．but C．or D．because
小題20:
A．planB．result C．a(chǎn)nswer D．a(chǎn)ward

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