1. Television doesn't help build up mental defenses for people to ______.
A) deal with violence B) face a sharp competition
C) compete with rivals D) confront the reality of the world
2. Television is ______ the English language.
A) destroying B) diffusing C) purifying D) standardizing
3. Television has ______ on people's character.
A) a positive effect B) a negative effect
C) no effect D) s beneficial effect
4. One of the most disturbing truths about TV is that it makes reading books cease to be ______ in our society.
A) the most popular recreation
B) the only method of acquiring literacy
C) the primary way of getting information
D) the financial resources
5. Television has invaded our culture so completely that that it even has effect on ______.
A) the literary world B) foreign countries
C) the highly-educated people D) those who don't watch TV at all
6. Television is compared to the Cyclops because ______.
A) it deprives us of our thinking ability before destroying us
B) it is also enormous in size
C) it is as cruel as the one-eyed giant
D) both TV and the Cyclops do harm To our children
7. In translating life into an image, television is ______ life.
A) recording B) imitating C) creating D) falsifying
8. When we watch TV, our ______ are semi-functional at best.
9. When children see TOO many cartoons they may regard people as ______ instead of substantial, physical, corporeal beings with souls.
10. It is stated in the conclusion that by translating life into ______, television is falsifying life.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. D
8. processes of thinking and discernment
9. (merely) objects that can be destroyed
10. an image