[单项选择]The introduction of satellite technology into television broadcast ______.
A. confirmed what Shakespeare said long ago
B. changed the way television news is handled
C. improved the sound effect of television news
D. initiated a shift of emphasis to international politics

[单项选择]The passage indicates that some companies use telephone selling because ______.

[单项选择]The theory that people move around inside the television is interesting but {{U}}implausible{{/U}}.
A. infeasible
B. unbelievable
C. unjustifiable
D. improbable

[单项选择]The write does not like telephone in a public telephone box, because ______.
A. unventilated air
B. it is far from his home
C. it is not convenient
D. he must pay for it

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Convergence of satellite and terrestrial telephony is certain to deepen as the technical hurdles of multi-standard handset development and infrastructure integration fall.（）

A. initiatives
B. obstacles
C. warnings
D. orders

[单项选择]Over the past few years, first radio, and now television, have shown the ______ public, who are after all the electorate, what in fact ______ when government bills are discussed and questions are asked.
A. average; turns up
B. ordinary; comes up
C. general; goes on
D. normal; lets on

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The new global satellite communications systems will offer three kinds of service, which may overlap in many different kinds of receivers.
VOICE. Satellite telephones will be able to make calls from anywhere on the earth to anywhere else. That could make them especially useful to remote, third world villages (some of which already use stationary satellite telephones), explorers and disaster-relief teams. Today’s mobile telephones depend on earth-bound transmitters, whose technical standards vary from country to country. So business travelers cannot use their mobile phones on international trips Satellite telephones would make that possible.
MESSAGING. Satellite massagers have the same global coverage as satellite telephones, but carry text alone, which could be useful for those with laptop computers. Equipped with a small screen like today’s papers, satellite messages will also receive short messages.
TRACKING. Voice and messaging systems will
A. They are widely used.
B. They are very helpful.
C. They are costly.
D. Both A andB.

[单项选择]The observation of weather conditions by satellites is advantageous be cause it ______.
A. uses electronic instruments
B. enables man to alter the weather
C. makes weather prediction easier
D. gives the scientist information not obtained readily otherwise

[单项选择]Mary: I gave your phone number to my friend's telemarketing company. Jack:______. I hate getting those kinds of calls.
A. Great! Thank you so much.
B. How dare you!
C. I am sorry to bother you.
D. You said it.

[单项选择]Satellite photos shows that the clouds are absent or scattered over deforested areas and this could be supported by the following evidences EXCEPT for ______.
A. the clouds over the forest of neighboring Nicaragua
B. computer simulations of day
C. the gradual shifting of bird living upslope
D. a recent population decrease of frogs and toads