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公共英语PETS三级完型填空试题训练一 （一） Television, it is often said, keeps one 1 about current events, allows one to follow the 2 developments in science and politics, and 3 an endless series of programs which are both 4 and stimulating. The most distant 5 and the strangest customs are brought right 6 one’s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this 7 just as well: but on television everything is much more living, much more 8 . Yet here is a danger, The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical fascination for us. We get 9 used to looking at its movements, so 10 on its flickering pictures, that it begins to 11 our lives. A friend of 12 told me the other day that his television set had broken 13 and that he and his family had suddenly found that they had far more time to do things, and that they had 14 begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, 15 it! There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor 16 of its programs is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly a great comfort to many 17 , elderly people. And does it corrupt or instruct our children? I think we must realize that television 18 is neither good nor bad, It is the uses 19 which it is put that determine its 20 to society. 1. A. informative B. informed C. knowing D. familiar 答案： B 解析：informative　提供资料的，了解的；　据说电视可以让人了解当前的形势情况，…； inform 通知，向…报告，了解；　familiar 熟悉的，冒昧的 2. A. latter B. late C. latest D. later 答案C 解析：latter　后者；　latest　最近的，最新的；　与前面一句为并列句，意为“可以使人跟得上最新的科学和政治发展。”根据这句话的意思，我们知道应该用latest。 3. A. offers B. awards C. rewards D. avails 答案： A 解析：offer　提供；　award　给…颁奖；reward　回报，报答；avail　有益于；　这句与前面的句子依然是并列句，　这道题我们根据语意很容易选出应该是Ａ，意思是：电视还可以给观众提供无数的电视节目。 4. A. teaching B. instructive C. constructive D. illuminating 答案：Ｂ　 解析：instructive　有教育意义的； constructive 建造的，建设的； illuminating　启示性的，启发的。这个很显然是Ｂ，意思是说电视节目既有教育意义又有娱乐功能