Английский язык | 10 - 11 классы
TEST 6 Variants 1, 2 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TV Television is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century.
It is the most popular part of mass media.
Today every family has a TV set.
TV has changed much since the time of its invention and so has its role.
There have been numerous debates concerning the advantages and disadvantages of television.
When TV first appeared its main purpose was to give official information to people.
It was supported by the government.
Today television gives people a possibility to be well - informed and enjoy civilised pleasures.
The programmes are various and people have a chance to select what they want to see.
Television provides great opportunities for education.
TV teaches the ideals of democracy and political argument.
Watching television can be compared with reading books.
By the beginning of the 21st century TV became a coloured world network.
The channels show programmes of various kinds from documentaries, current events and sports to films and science fiction cartoons.
It brought ballet, opera, and theatre to big masses of people.
Moreover, TV can keep children quiet.
If they are noisy, their mothers turn on the set.
If people do not like TV, they do not buy it or switch it off.
At the same time there are a lot of arguments against TV.
It is said that only three generations have grown up with television, but they managed to forget how to spend their free time without television.
It is established that the biggest viewers are pensioners and housewives.
Children watch commercials, horror films or films of violence.
TV prevents children from developing their abilities.
They get accustomed to TV to such an extent that they watch it all the time.
To force their children away from their favourite evening programmes to their homework has eventually become the main problem of parents from different countries.
Moreover, TV is damaging for health.
It has a bad effect on the eyes, particularly of children.
But if children do not watch TV, they find themselves without anything to talk about at school.
The same is true about some adults.
Sometimes TV programmes become topics of common interest and without them people have nothing to talk about.
Nowadays some people in our country watch television programmes from about six in the morning to the early hours of the next day.
It means that contemporary people, for various reasons, depend upon television.
They watch everything from news and sports reports to dramas, educational and entertainment programmes.
Today some people become TV addicts and feel unhappy if they fail to find another way of passing leisure time.
Free time is regulated by television.
Instead of going to the theatre or reading books people watch TV.
Television cuts people from the real world.
The virtual world becomes more important.
Only a few people today can live without television.
It should be said that television continues to play an important part in human life despite the increasing influence of the Internet, video games and other high - technology sources of information.
Decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).
1) The initial aim of TV was to provide official information to the population.
2) Today people have opportunities to select the programmes they want to watch.
3) Modern television doesn’t give people an opportunity for education.
4) People who have had TV sets most of their lives are not able to spend their free time without it.
5) Television is especially popular with pensioners and housewives.
6) TV doesn’t have a negative impact on our health.
7) The development of the Internet and other high - technology sources of information doesn’t influence the role of television in modern life.
Organize a talk show about modern television in which some students speak for and some against it give examples of good and bad films?
Organize a talk show about modern television in which some students speak for and some against it give examples of good and bad films.
Decide if television does more harm than good or the other way round For : Television is the best way to spread and get information.
Television educates people.
With the help of television we can travel round the world Television entertains us.
. ( Дописать, 4 - 5 предложений ) Against : Television shows cruelty and violence It teaches us to be immoral Television takes up too much of our time .
( Дописать, 4 - 5 предложений ).
Mass media (that is the press, the radio and television) play an important in the life of society?
Mass media (that is the press, the radio and television) play an important in the life of society.
Tey inform, educate and entertain people.
They also influence the way people look at the world and make them change.
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. What other opinions about the British do people have?
. What other opinions about the British do people have?
For example : They say that the English are a tradition - loving people.
- The English are said to be a tradition - loving people transform the sentences according to the mod!
A) People believe that the British talk about the weather all the time.
People think that the English do not like changes very much.
People consider that the British are not good at learning foreign languages.
People say that the English do not spend much money on clothes.
People believe that the Scots are careful with money.
K) people think that the Irish are great talkers.
N) people consider that the Irish have ``a sweet tooth ; they love cakes, chocolate and sweets.
M) People know that the British don`t like to show their feelings.
The television set is evidently the most important and popular electronic product of all time?
The television set is evidently the most important and popular electronic product of all time.
All homes in developed countries have one or more TV sets and in many countries there are considerable more TV sets than telephones.
In 1939 at the World’s Fair in New York a tiny nine - by - twelve inch box was the centre of attention for hundreds of people.
They were the first to see a television set in action.
Compared to today’s TV shows of underwater and outer - space research, those black - white pictures were not very good.
The pictures were only transmitted from one side of the Fair territory to another.
But in 1939 they were of historical importance.
Within a few days the news of television spread throughout the world.
A lot of people wanted to have a look at the new invention.
Everyone was interested in it.
But only few people owned television sets in the next few years.
When World War II broke out electronic factories that began the TV production stopped making them and started making war materials instead.
When the war was over, TV sets began coming off factory assembly lines.
By 1958 there were millions of them.
In a surprisingly short time people watched fewer films and turned from newspapers and magazines to TV.
In its short history television has had great influence on people’s life and way of thinking.
Rocket - launching, concerts and football and tennis matches can be seen direct as they occur.
The boundaries of time and space have disappeared.
At present TV communication is provided with help of a system of artificial earth satellites so that people living in different parts of the country and all over the world and in different time zones are able to watch the central TV programs at the most convenient hours.
Nowadays many countries also have cable TV, a system using wires for the transmission of television programs (like telephone calls).
Cable television first appeared in 1949 as a means of transmitting TV signals to rural and mountain areas far from big cities.
Cable television’s next big step forward was made by the mid – 1980s.
Scientists announced that many technical problems had been solved and in the future it would be possible via satellite and cable TV to use more channels on a TV set at every home in the world.
Then we saw how a new technical invention, color television, was rapidly replacing black - and - white television.
Recently it was reported that the first pocket - size colour television set had been developed.
It was stated that a liquid - crystal display was used to those on calculators and watches and that it weighed less than a pound.
A few years ago it became evident that the next major advance for TV would be digital television.
In a digital system the usual continuous signal is replaced by a a digital code contain information on brightness, coluor, etc.
A digital TV set hangs on the wall like pictures.
Essentially, it is a minicomputer with a visual display.
Once a week you put the programs you like into the memory and the TV set will switch on the desired channel at the right time.
You can watch several programs simultaneously on mini - screens and then produce one of them in full format.
Also, the TV set can automatically video - record the programs when you absent or occupied.
By the end of 1980s television has moved to a new and the most important stage in its development since the appearance of colour television.
Technically it is called high - definition television (HDTV) or Hi - Vision.
This is much higher resolution television of the 21st century.
This revolution was started by Japanese manufacturers when they developed a new video system with a picture resembling a wide - screen film more than traditional television.
The new system increases the screen’s width - to - height ratio (16 : 9).
The result is a picture several times sharper than in the existing TV sets.
Besides, recent developments in plasma display panel technology make HDTV commercially practicable.
The plasma display makes it possible to produce a large, bright, colour, flat TV screen so thin and light that it can also be hung on a wall like a framed picture.
The engineering problem that has existed almost since the first days of television may be solved now.
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1. A lot of people owned television sets in the first years after its invention.
2. First television black - and - white pictures were excellent.
3. Only few people owned television sets in the next few years after their appearance.
4. Black - and - white television was rapidly replacing colour television.
5. First television black - and - white pictures were not very good.
6. Only a few years ago colour television was rapidly replacing black - and - white television.
7. When the war was over, TV sets stopped coming off factory assembly lines.
8. After World War II TV sets began coming off factory assembly lines.
Джонни сделал волшебный термометр и изменил характер погоды на голубой планете?
Джонни сделал волшебный термометр и изменил характер погоды на голубой планете.
Завершите эти предложения как в примере.
Yesterday It was cold and rainy.
The people (be) sad.
They (speak) about the rain.
They (wear) warm coats.
They (spend) all the time at home.
Children (go) home from school.
Today It has been hot and sunny.
The people (be) happy.
They (speak) about the sun.
They (wear) T - shirts.
They (spend) a lot of time outdoors.
Children (go) for a walk.
How do people learn the news?
How do people learn the news?
About a century ago people got ____________(INFORM) from newspapers since they were the only mass media that existed in those times.
Radio and television seemed _____________(WONDER) as they broadcasted audio and visual images.
The Internet has changed the situation dramatically.
Now the audience has an opportunity to create the news, share their __________(KNOW) and express their personal opinions.
The Internet supposes interaction, which makes it very __________(ATTRACT) to people.
Will they ___________(APPEAR ) in the near future?
I wish they wouldn't as I like starting my day with a cup of coffee and a ___________(TRADITION) newspaper.
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Some people think that the world will change a lot?
Some people think that the world will change a lot.
The cities will become bigger.
They will be more beautiful.
There will be more parks and trees in them.
Some people say that there won't be many people in the cities and the cities will become smaller but there will be more farms.
More people will live in the country, and they will grow food for all the world.
People will be taller and more clever.
Some people think that men will be two metres tall, and women will be as tall as men.
They say men and women will wear the same clothes but in different colours.
Pupils will not go to school.
They will have computers at home and the computers will help them to learn everything.
At weekends people will go to the moon and other planets.
They will have a good time there.
They won't read many books.
They will mostly watch television and get news from computer networks.
And they will learn many things from nature.
All people will enjoy their life.
Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the box?
Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the box.
Some prepositions are used more than once.
On of over with in 1) The main source news for millions of people is television.
2) Most of the journalists and TV reporters try to provide us reliable information.
3) Today most of the people aren’t interested ordinary events.
4) Some politicians prefer to be pages of newspapers rather than front of the TV cameras.
5) My father listens to reports sport every evening.
6) It is believed that the programmes offered British television are a very high standard.
7) More and more people think that we shouldn’t allow television take our lives.
I. Прочитайте и переведите на русский язык?
I. Прочитайте и переведите на русский язык.
The role of TV in our life TV is one of the best inventions the mаn have ever made.
Wе are beginning to forget what the world was without TV.
Everybody knows what а great force TV is in the world today.
Thanks to ТV we get а great amount of information.
It gives wonderful possibilities for education.
It enriches our intellect.
We also bеcomе better informed bу watching documentaries, science programmes, discussions and by learning the most important issues of the day.
TV gives аn opportunity to see the best actors, sport matches, to meet famous people.
Wе see people in our country and in other lands and learn about their customs, occupations, traditions, problems.
Television helps us to relax after а hard day's work.
There is а considerable amount оf TV programmes.
News, different talk - shows, TV games, concerts and variety shows, sport programmes, feature films, serials and so оn and so forth.
They are of great entertainment value and provide useful topics for conversation.
А lot of these programmes are very popular.
For example, News deal with political and social problems of modern society.
Their aim is to give аnаlуsis of the problems and show different view points.
They are concerned with the country's national events, the most topical political problems оf the day.
Thus, we сan say that TV is a great force which attracts millions оf people to the screens.
But tastes differ.
Sоmе people are against TV.
They say that TV is doing а lot of harm.
It occupies а lot оf free time.
People used to have hobbies, to meet with friends, to go to the cinema or theatre, to read books, to listen to music.
Nowadays manу people sit watching ТV hour bу hour.
They don't read books, they don't do sports.
Watching TV for а long time mау lead to poor health and ruin eye - sight.
But nobody makes you watch TV for hours.
You сan simply switch off your TV set.
But nobody сan deny the fact, that TV is a great force in the world today.
II. Ответьте на вопросы : 1.
What are advantages of TV?
2. What are disadvantages of TV?
3. What is the aim of the news programmes?
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(СРОЧНО) Lately television has been criticized for being a threat to the society as it shows too much sex and violence.
Lately television has been criticized for being a threat to the society as it shows too much sex and violence.
There are too many war films and, even worse , too many stories about secret agents , criminals and the police, who shoot people as if they were rabbits.
Naturally, a lot of people don’t want television to show sex, violence and cruelty.
They say such programmes , if they have to be shown at all , should never be run at prime time , which is the most popular for watching television or any other time when children can see them.
People also criticize bad - taste programmes where rude jokes are made, bad language is used or where people are made to fight over a sum of money forgetting all shame or programmes spying on people at the most intimate moments of their lives.
Such programmes give examples of humiliation and bad taste.
Some political TV programmes introduce the views and ideas of one group of people instead of speaking about different views.
More then anything TV views dislike TV commercials that can spoil the impression of any programme.
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