2019专八阅读理解练习题附答案：电视的危害

2019专八阅读理解练习题附答案：电视的危害

　　TV's Harmfulness

　　Yes, but what did we use to do before there wastelevision? How often we hear statements like this!

　　Television hasn't been with us all that long, but weare already beginning to forget what the world waslike without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never fond itdifficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we usedto have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to gooutside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events.

　　We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All thatbelongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box. We rush home orgulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme.

　　We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging thenews of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do一anything, providing it down't interferewith the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention.

　　If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quicklysilenced.

　　Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undoneand sleep is lost.

　　The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the childrenquiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set.

　　It down't matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism andviolence一so long as they are quiet.

　　There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day, televisionconsumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of the programmes are so bad: itis impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well.

　　When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world becomes a village, and society isreduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate communities. We become utterlydependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spokenword.

　　Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences.It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us offfrom the real world.

　　We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather thango out into the world itself. Television may be s splendid medium of communication, but itprevents us from communicating with each other.

　　We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend aholiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization. In quiet, naturalsurroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.

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