[单项选择]A "nationally syndicated television show" underlined in Paragraph 1 is most possibly a TV show that ______.
A. can be organized like a national game
B. can be aired in many towns in the USA
C. might be somehow eradicated someday
D. must be shown everywhere across the country

[单项选择]A German television game show will bid to win ______ holidays in Asia or South America.
A. chronic
B. static
C. graphic
D. exotic

[单项选择]George ______ some important sentences by underlining them with a red pen.
A. highlighted
B. upgraded
C. capable
D. eligible

[单项选择]When the issue is syndicated among the original investment banker and other institutions, ______.
A. there is only one lead manager
B. there must be more than one lead manager
C. all the parties concerned are lead managers
D. there is one lead manager or more than one lead manager

[单项选择]The purpose of the syndicated loan is usually to provide finance to ______.
A. a house buyer
B. a car buyer
C. a company to meet its temporary needs
D. None of the above is correct.

[单项选择]In a syndicated loan, ______ handles the negotiations with the borrower, prepares the relevant documentation and disburses the full amount of the loan to the borrower.
A. the lead bank
B. the accounting bank
C. the participating bank
D. the agent bank

[单项选择]The first writing which made Mark Twain nationally famous was [A] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. [ B] Life on the Mississippi. [C] The Gilded Age and Innocents Abroad. [D] The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

[单项选择]A syndicated loan is a large credit negotiated between ______.
A. a borrower rout several banks
B. banks
C. a borrower and a single bank
D. None of the above is correct.

[单项选择]While watching television,（）
A. the doorbell rang
B. the door bell rings
C. we heard the doorbell ring
D. we heard the doorbell rings

[单项选择]Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, ______ bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic.
A. block
B. disturb
C. destroy
D. ruin

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Every year television stations receive hundreds of complaints about the loudness of advertisements. However, federal rules forbid the practice of making ads louder than the programming. In addition, television stations always operate at the highest sound level allowed for reasons of efficiency. According to one NBC executive, no difference exists in the peak sound level of ads and programming. Given this information, why do commercials sound so loud
The sensation of sound involves a variety of factors in addition to its peak level. Advertisers are skilful at creating the impression of loudness through their expert use of such factors. One major contributor to the perceived loudness of commercials is that much less variation in sound level occurs during a commercial. In regular programming the intensity of sound varies over a large range. However, sound levels in commercials tend to stay at or near peak levels.
Other "tricks of the trade" are also used. B
A. how TV ads vary vocal sounds to attract attention
B. how the loudness of TV ads is overcome
C. how advertisers control the sound properties of TV ads
D. how the attention-getting properties of sounds are made use of in TV ads

[单项选择]Television advertisements do more than merely reflect dominant ideologies.
A. exactly
B. faithfully
C. repeatedly
D. simply

[单项选择]Television is another major instrument of communication_________ us to see as well as hear the performer.
A. admitting
B. permitting
C. approving
D. promising

[单项选择]Television is another major means of communication, _____ us to see as well as _____ the performers.
A. permitting; to hear
B. permitting, hearing
C. to permit; to hear
D. to permit; hearing

[单项选择]According to some observers, television has acquired a {{U}}disquieting{{/U}} monopoly over people's leisure time.
A. recent
B. business
C. noisy
D. troubling

[单项选择]Some leaders have blamed television for the decline in standards of ______.
A. morality
B. rightness
C. awareness
D. mentality

[单项选择]The television series mentioned is healthy in that______
A. the children are shown as brave and confident
B. it is unreal
C. the only bad character*is adult
D. the children who watch the series can play a part in it

[单项选择]The need for television viewing guides is supported by study that shows that viewers tend not to select programs by ________ switching the dial.
A. independently
B. randomly
C. attentively
D. timely