六级冲刺备考阅读练习19
<p> <span word="Whole">Whole</span> <span word="generations">generations</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="addicted">addicted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="telly">telly</span>. <span word="Food">Food</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="uneaten">uneaten</span>, <span word="homework">homework</span> <span word="undone">undone</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="telly">telly</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="universal">universal</span> <span word="pacifier">pacifier</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="living">living</span>-<span word="room">room</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="set">set</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="doesnt">doesnt</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="rubbishy">rubbishy</span> <span word="commercials">commercials</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="spectacles">spectacles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sadism">sadism</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="violence">violence</span><span word="so">so</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span>.</p><p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="limit">limit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="creative">creative</span> <span word="talent">talent</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="television">television</span> <span word="consumes">consumes</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="quantities">quantities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="creative">creative</span> <span word="work">work</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="programmes">programmes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="bad">bad</span>: <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="pace">pace</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="maintain">maintain</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="standards">standards</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="programmes">programmes</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="becomes">becomes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="village">village</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="obtain">obtain</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="preliterate">preliterate</span> <span word="communities">communities</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="utterly">utterly</span> <span word="dependent">dependent</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="primitive">primitive</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="communication">communication</span>: <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spoken">spoken</span> <span word="word">word</span>.</p><p> <span word="Television">Television</span> <span word="encourages">encourages</span> <span word="passive">passive</span> <span word="enjoyment">enjoyment</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="content">content</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="second">second</span>-<span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="experiences">experiences</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="armchairs">armchairs</span> <span word="watching">watching</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="working">working</span>. <span word="Little">Little</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="little">little</span>, <span word="television">television</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="lazy">lazy</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="choose">choose</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fine">fine</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="semi">semi</span>-<span word="darkness">darkness</span>, <span word="glued">glued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="sets">sets</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>. <span word="Television">Television</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="splendid">splendid</span> <span word="medium">medium</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="communication">communication</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="prevents">prevents</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="communicating">communicating</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="totally">totally</span> <span word="irrelevant">irrelevant</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span>, <span word="far">far</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="civilization">civilization</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span>, <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="surroundings">surroundings</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="discover">discover</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="miss">miss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hypnotic">hypnotic</span> <span word="tyranny">tyranny</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="Telly">Telly</span>.</p>
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