ForgetTwitterandFacebookGoogleandtheKindle.Televisionisstillthemostinfluentialmediumaround.Indeedformanyofthepoorestregionsoftheworlditremainsthenextbigthing——finallybecomesgloballyavailable.Andthat

　　ForgetTwitterandFacebookGoogleandtheKindle.Televisionisstillthemostinfluentialmediumaround.Indeedformanyofthepoorestregionsoftheworlditremainsthenextbigthing——finallybecomesgloballyavailable.AndthatisagoodthingbecausetheTVrevolutionischanginglivesforthebetter.

　　Acrossthedevelopingworldaround45%offamilieshadaTVin1995;by2005thenumberhadclimbedabove60%.ThatissomewaybehindtheU.S.wherearemoreTVsthanpeopleandwherepeoplenoweasilygetaccesstotheInternet.Fivemillionmorefamiliesinsub-SaharanAfricawillgetaTVoverthenextfiveyears.In2005afterthefalloftheTaliban（塔利班）whichhadoutlawedTV1in5Afghanshadone.Theglobaltotalisanother150millionby2013——pushingthenumberstowellbeyondtwothirdsoffamilies.

　　Television’smostpowerfuleffectwillbeonthelivesofwomen.InIndiaresearchersRobertJensenandEmilyOsterfoundthatwhenTVsreachedvillageswomenweremorelikelytogotothemarketwithouttheirhusbands’approvalandlesslikelytowantaboyratherthanagirl.Theyweremorelikelytomakedecisionsoverchildhealthcare.TVisalsoapowerfulmediumforadulteducation.IntheIndianstateofGujaratChitrageetisapopularshowthatplaysBollywoodsongswithwordsinGujarationthescreen.Withinsixmonthsviewershadmadeasmallbutsignificantimprovementintheirreadingskills.

　　ToomuchTVhasbeenassociatedwithviolenceoverweightandloneliness.HoweverTVishavingapositiveinfluenceonthelivesofbillionsworldwide.K^S*5U.C

　　【小题1】Theunderlinedword“outlawed”inparagraph2probablymeans“ ”.

　　A．allowedB．forbiddenC．offeredD．refused【小题2】WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．AmericansusedtogetaccesstotheInterneteasily.B．Theworld’sTVsetswilltotal150millionby2013.C．45%offamiliesinthedevelopingcountrieshadaTVin2005.D．OvertwothirdsoffamiliesintheworldwillhaveaTVby2013.【小题3】Theauthorintendsto .A．stresstheadvantagesofTVtopeople’slives