whentelevisionswerefirstintroduced

WhentelevisionswerefirstintroducedintoAmericansocietymorethanfiftyyearsago,manypeoplethought,“ThetelevisionisgoingtomakeAmericanfamilies___1___toeachother.”Pictureswhichadvertisedtelevisionsinthe1950s__2__thatahappyfamilygatheredtogetherinthelivingroom,sharingtheTVprogrammes.Butwhocouldsaythatabouthalfa___3__later,themotherwouldbeinthekitchenwatchingdaytimedramaseries,andthefatherwouldbeinthelivingroomwatchingaballgame,andthechildrenwouldbewatchingtheir__4__cartoonsintheirbedrooms.

TelevisionshavecertainlychangedAmericans’life,butnotinthe__5__peoplethoughtfirst.Thefirsttelevisionswerevery__6__,somostfamiliesownedonlyone.By1975,60%ofAmericanfamiliesbegantoowntwotelevisionsormore,andsomemiddle-class(中产阶级)familieshadas__7__asfiveTVsetsunderoneroof.Suchfamiliesmightgettheirfamilymembersinthe__8__house,__9__thatcouldn’treallybringthem“together”.__10__,familyoutings,suchashiking,goingtothemo-vies,goingouttodinner,wereoftenlimitedbyTVbecauseoneormorefamilymembersdidn’twanttogo,andtheyoftensaid,“Iwillmissmy___11__”.

Perhapswhatis__12__importantthanthelackoffamilyoutingsisthatthetimeforfamilymemberstogettogetherathomebecome__13__.Peopleinthe1950scouldnot__14__howmuchtimeAmericanswouldspend__15__TVinthetwenty-firstcentury.Therehasbeenlittletimeforthefamilytobetogetherduringlongevenings.

()1.A.closelyB.nearC.closerD.nearer

()2.A.showedB.showingC.toshowD.shows

()3.A.yearB.termC.centuryD.month

()4.A.lovingB.likeC.bestD.favourite

()5.A.roadB.pathC.wayD.dream

()6.A.expensiveB.cheapC.bigD.valuable

()7.A.manyB.fewC.muchD.little

()8.A.differentB.sameC.similarD.one

()9.A.andB.soC.orD.but

()10.A.InsteadofB.InfactC.otherwiseD.Bytheway

()11.A.petdogsB.sleepsC.busesD.programmes

()12.A.muchB.moreC.littleD.less

()13.A.moreandmoreB.fewerandfewer

C.lessandlessD.longerandlonger

()14.A.realizeB.u