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全国职称英语等级考试全真题（理工类）第一部分 阅读理解 (75分)? Passage 1? CATV is a short way of saying community antenna (天线) television. But cable television is the term most people use. Cable television allows viewers to receive TV programs that they cannot pick up with their regular antennas.? Television signals do not follow the curve (曲线) of the earth. They travel in straight lines in all directions. Signals from a TV station move toward the horizon (水平线) and then go into space. If you live only a few miles from a station, you may not get any picture at all.? CATV began in 1948. People in places far from TV sta