一道初中英语阅读试题

CATV
CATV is a short way saying “community antenna (公用天线) television”. But “cable
television” is the name most people use. Cable television allows viewers(观众) to receive TV
programs that they can not pick up with their ordinary antenna.
Television signals (信号) do not follow the curve(曲线) of the earth. They travel in straight lines in all directions. Signals from a TV station move towards the horizon(水平线) and then go into space. If you live only a few miles from a TV station, you may get a good picture on your set. But if you live more than 50 miles from a station, you may not get any pictured at all.
CATV began in 1948. People in places far from TV stations had to pay for putting up high antennas. A community antenna was usually placed on a hill, a mountain or on a high tower. The antenna picked up TV signals and fed them into a small local(当地的) station. From the station, thick wires called cable ran out to nearby homes. Each person using the cable paid a month

1.C
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.A
to tell the truth,i am not sure about no.1 and 3
CATV公用天线电视，cable television就是有线电视 文中说大部分人用cable tv 来代替catv

CATV是有线电视

1.b 第一句话
2.a 第三自然段第一句话
3.d 第四自然段第一句话
4.c 从整体上做出的分析
5.d 第三自然段的下半段

汗颜....

这真的是初中生的问题吗？

出得真是迷雾重重。

1. From the first paragraph we know that

C. a community antenna is used for cable television 社区天线被用于有线电视上。
2. Of the following, which is not the way TV signals travel?
A. In a curve

3. Cable TV is becoming more and more popular because it can
provide more programs

4. On the whole, this passage is about

D. the way that TV signals are sent

5. From the passage we can infer (推测) that
A. TV has begun to be used for educational purpose（放到教室不是用来播放教育的片子难道还能用来放什么什么片吗？）
至于其他都不对，D项，没见过哪里的CATV那个盒子一定要摆在社区中央的。

CATV
CATV 是短方法叙述 " 社区天线 (公用天线) 电视 " 。 但是 "电缆