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1、高級(jí)英語(yǔ)考試試題二.ReadingcomprehensionPassageoneTelevision -themostpervasiveandpersuasiveofmoderntechnologiesmarkedbyrapidchangeandgrowth-ismovingintoanewera,aneraofextraordinarysophisticationandversatility,whichpromisestoreshapeourlivesandourworld.Itisanelectronicrevolutionofsort
2、s,madepossiblebythetelevisionandcomputertechnologies.Theword“television”,derivefromitsGreek(tele:distant)andLatin(vision:sight)roots,canliterallybeinterpretedassightfromadistance.Verysimplyput,itworksthisway:throughasophisticatedsystemofelectronics,televisionprovidesthecap
3、abilityofconvertinganimage(focusedonaspecialphoto-conductiveplatewithinacamera)intoelectronicimpulses,whichcanbesentthroughawireorcable.Theseimpulses,whenfedintoareceiver(televisionset),canbeelectronicallyreconstitutedintothesameimage.Televisionismorethanjustanelectronicss
4、ystem,however.Itisameansofexpression,aswellasavehicleforcommunication,andassuchbecomesapowerfultoolforreachingotherhumanbeings.Thefieldoftelevisioncanbedividedintotwocategoriesdeterminedbyitsmeansoftransmission.First,thereisbroadcasttelevision,whichreachesthemassesthroughb
5、road-basedairwavetransmissionoftelevisionsignals.Second,thereisnon-broadcasttelevision,whichprovidesfortheneedsofindividualsorspecificinterestgroupsthroughcontrolledtransmissiontechniques.Traditionally,televisionhasbeenamediumofthemasses.Wearemostfamiliarwithbroadcasttelev
6、isionbecauseithasbeenwithusforaboutthirty-sevenyearsinaformsimilartowhatexiststoday.ABC,NBCandCBS,whohavebeenthemajorpurveyorsofnews,information,andentertainments.Thesegainsofbroadcastinghavecometolookuponthepicturetubeasasourceofentertainments,placingourroleinthisdynamicm
7、ediumasthepassiveviewer.1.Whatistheliteralmeaningoftheworld“television”?A.sightfromadistanceB.TVC.airwavetransmissionD.vehicleforcommunication1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassageasafunctionofelectronicintelevisiontransmission?A.thefeedingofimpulsesintoatelevisio
8、nsetB.theconversionofanimageintoelectronicimpulsesC.thesendingofimpulsesthroughawirecable
