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Satellite TV has encountered fierce competition from digital cable, which also has
A．improved picture quality
B．extended channel selection
C．distorted signal
D．both A and B
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It is implied in the second paragraph that
A．indecency regulation has been successfully carried out.
B．the majority of America's media firms would stick to the indecency regulation faithfully.
C．some of cable and satellite TV will be exempt from being supervised by FCC.
D．the indecency regulation is not applicable to satellite radio for the time being.
B．He. has a ear, air conditioning, a refrigerator and a microwave.
C．He has two color televisions and cable or satellite TV reception.
D．His house is not very crowded.
E．He provides enough money to satisfy all the needs for the whole family.
The foremost reason why the BBC has to readjust itself is no other than______.
A．the emergence of commercial TV channels
B．the enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the government
C．the urgent necessity to reduce costs and jobs
D．the challenge of new satellite channels
听力原文： A twenty-one-year-old American named Philo Farnsworth built the first working television receiver in nineteen twenty-seven. Many scientists around the world had made important discoveries that led to the development of television. But Philo Farnsworth had recognized as a boy that electrons could capture a picture sent as light and sound waves through the air.
Over the years, the technology has changed and improved. But the idea behind the television broadcast is still the same. TV stations send a powerful signal from a transmitting antenna. An antenna connected to a television set receives the signal.
The problem with this system is that the receiver antenna has to be in line with the transmitting antenna. Mountains or tall buildings can interfere. One solution is cable television.
This system began in the nineteen forties in Pennsylvania. Only a few television stations existed then, and they were in large cities. People in small towns could not receive the signals. So a store owner put an antenna on top of a pole and placed it on a nearby mountain. This antenna received the television signal. Wires led from the antenna to the store. The cable brought clear pictures to the television sets inside. Later, the idea of cable television spread to cities, to provide people with more stations to watch.
Today, people can watch hundreds of stations. And another way to receive them is with a satellite dish antenna. A small round device of the size of a pizza can receive signals from satellites .high above the Earth. The antenna is connected to a special receiver which connects to the television set. Some broadcasts over satellite can be watched free of charge. But the others cost money, just like cable service.
The passage mainly focuses on ______.
A．the importance of TV
B．the function of TV
C．the production of TV
D．the evolution of TV
Under pressure from social conservatives, America's politicians are now threatening to extend indecency regulation further. If they get their way, not just broadcast television and radio but cable and satellite TV, and possibly satellite radio, would be monitored by the FCC for indecency. America's media firms have been shaken by this threat.
Every society, of course, has the right to protect children from adult material. But increasing censorship by the central government is the wrong way to go about this. A wiser course would be to eliminate the government's role and rely more on parents. Fortunately, changes in technology and the media industry itself now make this approach more feasible than ever.
Television has changed beyond recognition since indecency rules were first imposed. In 1978 the Supreme Court upheld the FCC's right to punish indecency on the grounds that broadcasters had what it called a "uniquely pervasive presence in the lives of all Americans." Back then, that was a plausible argument. But with television fragmenting in to so many outlets such unique pervasiveness no longer prevails. Over four-fifths of American households, for instance, subscribe to cable or satellite television. They are just as likely to be watching one of the hundreds of cable channels they have at home as one of the main six broadcast networks. With so much choice, avoiding the indecent is easier than it was 30 years ago when most people had only three channels.
At the same time, new technology now allows families to filter the television they receive. Cable and satellite TV come with set-top boxes that can screen out individual channels. Digital cable set-top boxes are particularly precise, and allow parents to block individual programmes at the touch of a button on their remote control. Every new television set sold in America since 2000 is equipped with a "v-chip", a blocking device that Bill Clinton forced on the media industry in 1996. It is only thanks to the v-chip and set-top boxes, in fact, that children get any protection from violence, since the FCC regulates only sex and bad language. America is the only country where blocking technology is already in the vast majority of homes, thanks to the ubiquity of pay television. But it is likely soon to be available elsewhere as well.
The unique function of up-to-date technological devices lies in its
A．capability of keeping the young from violence.
B．context of contemporary community.
C．complaints of programs.
D．standards for the broadcast media.
听力原文： Television or TV is a modem wonder of electronics. It brings the world into our own home in sight and sound. Experiments leading to modem television took place more than a hundred years ago. By the 1920s, inventors and researcher had turned the early theories into working models. Yet it took another thirty years for TV to become an industry.
As an industry, TV provides jobs for hundreds of thousands who make TV sets and broadcasting equipment. It also provides work for actors, technicians, and others who put on programs. As an art, television brings the theatre and other cultural events into the home. Its influence on the life of average people is incalculable: it can influence their thoughts, their likes and dislikes, their speech, and even their dress. It can also add to their store of knowledge. Through advertising, television helps businesses and manufacturers sell their products to millions of persons. Television has brought political campaigns closer to the voters than in former days. Educational TV stations offer teaching in various subjects ranging from home nursing to art appreciation. Many large schools and universities have closed-circuit television equipment that will telecast lectures and demonstrations to hundreds of students in different classrooms, and the lecture can be put on video tape to be kept for later use. Some hospitals use TV to allow medical students to get close-up views of operations.
The programs that people watch are not only local and national ones. Since the launching of the first communication satellite, more and more programs are televised "live" from all over the world. Television viewers in San Francisco were able to watch the Olympic Games in Tokyo by means of a communication satellite named Syncom. And live telecasts now come from outer space: In 1969, the first astronauts landing on the moon televised their historic "moon walk" to viewers on the earth. Since then, astronauts have regularly sent telecasts to the earth.
It looks as if the uses of television in education, entertainment and communication appear to be endless. TV is certainly one of the major modem wonders of electronics in our changing world.
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A．by the 1920s
B．by the 1950s
C．by the 1910s
D．by the 1930s
______receives satellite television signal and decodes it for the TV screen.
A．The satellite dish
B．The provider
C．The receiver
D．The viewer
Congratulations to The Hotel Grand!
The Hotel Grand in Helsinki, Fin! and has just been awarded the title Best Finnish Business Hotel of 2001' by the readers of the travel magazine 'Direct Business'. This comes only three months after being voted Helsinki's most popular hotel in a nationwide competition, beating hotels run by national and international chains.
GoRing there
Whether you decide to take a bus or taxi from Helsinki's international airport, you will reach The Hotel Grand in no more than half an hour.
Facilities
The hotel has two stylish bars. an award- winning restaurant and a health centre, with an up-to-date gym now added to the range of facilities.
Location
The hotel is ideally located in the centre of Finland's capital city, only a five- minute walk from the railway station and close to the majority of Helsinki's most popular tourist attractions.
Accommodation
All 210 guestrooms have en-suite bathrooms, satellite TV and internet connections. Almost 100 of these rooms have a balcony, offering beautiful views over the city's harbour.
With its traditional Finnish charm, convenient location and warm welcome from its new owner Jukka Ehlers, the family-run Hotel Grand has long been a popular choice with business visitors!
The hotel has won two awards recently.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Doesn't say
Satellite technology (means) (that people) can watch the same TV programs in (other) parts of the world (like) in America.
A．means
B．that people
C．other
D．like in
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