PASSAGE 3
CABLE TV AND CHILDREN
hl TV has come to stay, It has made a great "corner' in most urban homes todau
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For some, it is a symbol of social status, for others, a necessity for keeping with tho times. Parents have realised that the cable 1s to be reckoned with. For althoughh novelty is slowly wearing off, the attraction still remains. So it is no longer a craze tis
a phenomenon.
2 The impact of cable TV on children is too strong to be ignored. The consequences of
the cable phenomenon are slowly beginning to be felt now. Nita is five and very bright.
But she has lately failed to progress much with her alphabet. However, her TV vocabulary
has been improving with every passing day. She can be heard discussing an 'extra
channel with her school friends, who like her have a cable connection at home. Films
Star plus serials, Wimbledon on Prime Sports and the latest hot numbers on Music TV
(MTV) are the current topics of discussion among children who are getting more and
more 'star' struck. It is only to be hoped that like all new inventions people will soon
learn to use cable TV also only for a short while.
Questions
1. Parents now realize that cable TV can't be dismissed off because
(6) it makes life comfortable
(a) it has come to stay for ever
(c) it has become a fact of life (d) it is not useless.
2. Cable TV has become an integral part of life today because 2.
(6) children are charmed by it (a) it has become a necessity like food
c) one can get all things on it
3. Children's vocabulary is more about
(d) it has become a source of entertainment
(a) TV programmes (6) TV advertisements
(c) TV serials (d) various channels.
4 Cable TV has started affecting the children's
(a) behaviour (b) academic progress
(c) eyesight (d) thinking.
5. The word phenomenon' means 5.
(a) a strange event (6) some occurrence in nature
(c) an accident (d) nature.
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it has been a fact of life
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one can get all things from this
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various channels
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eyesight
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some occurrence in nature
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