Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION
Television has changed the lifestyle of people in every industrialized country in the world. In the United States, where sociologists have studied the effects, some interesting observations have been made.
Television, although not essential, has become (1)______ intergral part of most people’s life. It has become a baby-sitter, an initiator of conversation, the major transmitter of culture, a keeper of traditions. Yet what can be seen on TV in one day is critically analyzed, it becomes evident that television is not a teacher but a sustainer. The poor quality of programming does not elevate people into greater (2) _______, but rather maintains and encourages the status.
The (3) _______ reason for the lack of quality in America beaan with the radio. TV in American began with the radio. Radio companies and their sponsors first experimented with TV. Therefore, the close relationship, which the advertisers had with radio programs become the system for American TV. Sponsors not only pay money for time within programs, but many actually produced the programs. Thus, (4)_____ from the capitalistic, profit- oriented sector of American society, TV is primarily concerned with reflecting and attracting society (5)_____ than innovating and experimenting with new ideas. Advertisers want to attract the largest viewing audience possible; to do so requires that the programs be entertaining rather than challenging.
TV in America today remains, to a large extent with the same organization and standards as it had thirty years ago. The hope for some evolution and true achievement toward improving society will require a change in the entire system.
Giải bởi Vietjack
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Since rats are destructive and may carry diseases, therefore many cities try to exterminate them.
He graduated with doctorates of _______ and surgery from Florence, gaining the highest honors that year.
Sửa lỗi sai: Please turn off your television. I also like watching TV but now I am having to study for the exam.
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We shouldn't make an appointment with this doctor. You can see him whenever you want.
Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.
Recent research has (1)____ that a third of people in Britain have not met their (2)____neighbors, and those who know each other (3) _____ speak. Neighbors gossiping over garden fences and in the street was a common (4)_____ in the 1950s, says Dr Carl Chinn, an expert on local communities. Now, however, longer hours spent working at the office, together with the Internet and satellite television, are eroding neighborhood (5)_____ . "Poor neighborhoods once had strong kinship, but now prosperity buys privacy," said Chinn.Professor John Locke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed a large (6)_____ of surveys. He found that in America and Britain the amount of time spent in social activity is decreasing. A third of people said they never spoke to their neighbors at (7)_____. Andrew Mayer, 25, a strategy consultant, rents a large apartment in West London, with two flat mates, who work in e – commerce. "We have a family of teachers upstairs and lawyers below, but our contact comes via letters (8)_____ to the communal facilities or complaints that we've not put out our bin bags properly," said Mayer. The (9)_____ of communities can have serious effects. Concerned at the rise in burglaries and (10)_____ of vandalism, the police have relaunched crime prevention schemes such as Neighborhood Watch, call on people who live in the same are to keep an eye on each others' houses and report everything they see which is unusual.
To absorb more oil from spring rolls, we can use materials like _____ newspaper to wrap them after frying.
Such … the play that the theater is likely to be full every night.
Politicians should never lose________of the needs of the people they represent.
