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                                                            TELEVISION

            The government has just published a report which suggest that television is partly responsible for the serious increase in crime over the last ten years. The exposure of violence or pornography harmfully effects on children.

Many people who are alive today know what it is like to live in a world without television. Television as we know is only about forty years old. Yet it is so much a part of our lives that it seems as if it had always existed.

            Some people think that the years before the invention of television were a better time. They claim that families talked more and did more things together. More books were read. People used their imaginations more fully. People got more outdoor exercises.

But others disagree. They claim that television is a powerful educational tool. It informs us of what is going on in the world, from a famine in Africa to a local politics and fashion. It helps us understand how people live, work, and struggle.  

In 1961, Newton Minow, a government official, called prime-time schedules “ a vast wasteland ”. Television is credited with being a great teacher, but it is also blamed for the poor reading and writing skills of our population. Television gets praised for helping us understand the people of the world. But it has been accused of helping to destroy family life. Television keeps us informed about the political issues of the day. 

            Experts will probably continue to argue about television’s value. But everyone agrees that it is one of the most significant inventions of the twentieth century.

1. The writer wants to tell …..

a. the development of television

b. the advantages of television program

c. how television destroys people’s life

d. how television improves people’s knowledge

e. the influence of television on people’s daily life

2. Many people claim that television is a powerful educational tool. From this statement we know that they ….. with the existence of television.

a. love

b. agree

c. prefer

d. satisfy

e. choose

3. Which of the following is good for children in watching TV?

a. The children should watch the violence on TV

b. Children may watch TV whenever they like

c. There shouldn’t be government censorship of TV program

d. Children should spend all their time to watch TV program

e. Children should be accompanied by their parents in watching TV

4. “ ….. what is going on in the world, from famine in Africa …”

(Paragraph 4) The underlined word means lack of ….

a. food

b. water

c. nutrient

d. education

e. entertainment

5. what did you do whit waching TV ? except.

a. get information

b. to understand how people live

c. to understand how people struggle

d. get money much

e. knowing the political issues of the day

                        QUESTION OF GRAMMAR

1. Before the next semester starts, students ............. school fees.

A. they must pay their

B. must pay his

C. must pay their

D. they must pay their

E. Must pay them

2. Tourism in this region ......................since last year.

A. declined

B. was declining

C. had declined

D. has been declining

E. Have declined

3. Where is Mira ? I............. her since I arrived from the airport.

A. have not seen

B. did not see

C. had not seen

D. do not see  

E. did see

4. The man .................came to see you is my best friend.

A. Whose

B. Who

C. Whom

D. Those

E.  Where

5. “ they planted the trees yesterday “.the passive sentences for side text is….

a.the trees is planted by them yesterday

b.the trees were planted by them yesterday

c. the trees being them yesterday by planted

d. the trees are planted by them yesterday

e. the trees been them yesterday by planted