[单项选择]Jerry Mander expressed strong objection to advertising on TV mainly because ______.
A. the amount of profits brought in by commercials on TV is very insignificant
B. he sees the planting of values for profit as a disturbing act
C. children are more susceptible to the influence of TV commercials
D. people spend too much time on TV commercials to do something meaningful

[单项选择]Jerry Mander suggests that long periods of exposure to artificial light ______.

[单项选择]Why does Jerry Mander see TV as a disturbing influence

[单项选择]Manufacturers spend millions of dollars on advertising to {{U}}entice{{/U}} people to buy their products.
A. entertain
B. encounter
C. tempt
D. force

[单项选择]What is the difference between the resorts advertised and the Embassy Suites Hotels
A. There is no evening reception at the resorts.
B. There is complimentary breakfast at the resorts.
C. There are no pools in Embassy Suites Hotels.
D. There are comforts of home in Embassy Suites Hotels.

[单项选择]It is only more recently that the value of advertising has become increasingly understood.
A. 只是在最近，人们才逐渐了解做广告的价值。
B. 广告在最近，才逐渐被人们所了解。
C. 它在最近才体现出对广告价值的理解。
D. 它使广告更加简单易懂。

[单项选择]

Text 2 Television eats out our substance. Mander calls this the mediation of experience. "With TV what we see, hear, touch, smell, feel and understand about the world has been processed for us." When we "cannot distinguish with certainty the natural from the interpreted, or the artificial from the organic, then all theories of the ideal organization of life become equal." In other words, TV teaches that all lifestyles and values are equal, and that there is no clearly defined right and wrong. In Amusing Ourselves to Death, one of the best recent books on the tyranny of television, Neil Postman wonders why nobody has pointed out that television possibly oversteps the instructions in the Bible. In the 1960s and 1970s, many of the traditional standards and mores of society came under heavy assault. Indeed, they were blown apart, largely with the help of one’s own. There was an air of unreality about many details of daily life. Even important moral qu
A. Literature will become dominant in presenting war stories.
B. People should have their own ideas of what is right and what is wrong.
C. TV images are preoccupying because they express reality.
D. TV programs often aim to assault the traditional standards and mores of society.

[单项选择]Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience _____.
A. remain fascinated by them
B. are ready to face up to them
C. remain indifferent to them
D. are willing to get involved in them