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【題目】Television is one of the greatest technological inventions of the 20 century. A Scottish man called John Logie Baird invented it. Inventors in the USA and Europe were working on electronic television systems but Baird used a mechanical(機械的) system. In 1925, he was able to send the first black and white picture—of the head of a doll—from one end of his flat to the other. He then used a local office boy, not the doll, and this teenager was the first person ever to appear on TV.

In January 1926, Baird invited scientists to his flat and showed them his invention. He called it a “televisor”. Later that year, Baird started the world’s first TV station and gave it the name 2TV. In 1927, he sent images 730 kilometres from London to Glasgow using telephone cables(電纜). A year later, his company sent the first transatlantic(大西洋彼岸的) TV images from London to New York. Baird made the first television programmes for the BBC in 1929. These programmes had sound, not just pictures.

However, Baird's system was very limited and basic( 基本的). A totally electronic American system was more popular and practical. The inventor of this electronic system was an American, Philo Farnsworth. In 1936, the BBC started using Farnsworth's system because the picture was better than Baird’s.

More and more people had televisions after the Second World War. Colour TV began in the USA in the 1940s but only a small number of people had colour televisions in their houses. They were very expensive. In Britain and the USA, the first regular(有規(guī)律的) colour TV programmes only began in1967.

Now in the 21 century, we have digital television. TV has changed a lot since the face of a boy appeared on TV in John Logie Bairds flat.

【1】Is television a great technological invention of the 20century?

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【2】How far were the images sent from London to Glasgow in 1927?

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【3】Who invented the totally electronic system?

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【4】When did colour televisions go into their houses in America?

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【5】What is the passage mainly about?

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【答案】

【1】Yes. / Yes, it is.

【2】730 kilometres.

【3】Philo Farnsworth

【4】In the 1940s.

【5】The development of the television.

【解析】本文主要介紹電視發(fā)展史。電視是20世紀最偉大的科技發(fā)明之一。蘇格蘭的叫約翰·羅杰·貝爾德的人發(fā)明的。美國和歐洲的發(fā)明家們致力于電子電視系統(tǒng)，但貝爾德使用的是機械系統(tǒng)。在1925，貝爾德能夠從他公寓的一端向另一頭發(fā)送一個娃娃頭的黑白照片。1926年1月，貝爾德邀請科學(xué)家到他的公寓，向他們展示他的發(fā)明。他稱它為“電視”。一年后，貝爾德開始了世界上第一個電視臺，給它起的名字叫2TV。1927，他用電話線從倫敦向格拉斯哥有730公里發(fā)送了圖像。一年后，他的公司從倫敦向紐約發(fā)送了第一批橫跨大西洋的電視圖像。1929，貝爾德為英國廣播公司制作了第一批電視節(jié)目。這些節(jié)目不僅有畫面，而且有聲音。一個完全的美國電子系統(tǒng)更受歡迎和實用。這種電子系統(tǒng)的發(fā)明者是美國人，Philo Farnsworth。1936，英國廣播公司開始使用法恩斯沃思的系統(tǒng)。第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后，越來越多的人擁有電視機。彩色電視機始于1940年代的美國�，F(xiàn)在在21世紀，我們有數(shù)字電視。

【1】題意：電視是一項二十世紀偉大的技術(shù)發(fā)明嗎？根據(jù)第1段第1句Television is one of the greatest technological inventions of the 20 century.（電視是20世紀最偉大的科技發(fā)明之一。）可知答案是Yes. / Yes, it is.

【2】題意：1927年圖像從倫敦傳到格拉斯哥有多遠？根據(jù)第2段第4句In 1927, he sent images 730 kilometres from London to Glasgow using telephone cables(電纜).可知答案是730 kilometres.

【3】題意：全電子系統(tǒng)是誰發(fā)明的？根據(jù)第3段中A totally electronic American system was more popular and practical. The inventor of this electronic system was an American, Philo Farnsworth.可知答案是Philo Farnsworth

【4】題意：在美國彩電是什么時候進入他們（美國人）家的？根據(jù)底段第2句Colour TV began in the USA in the 1940s but only a small number of people had colour televisions in their houses.可知答案是In the 1940s.

【5】題意：這篇文章主要講的是什么？本文主要介紹電視發(fā)展史。故答案是The development of the television.