Surfing is a thrilling and dangerous activity in which a
person balances on a board and rides the surface of a big, crash ocean wave.
62. ______. Channel surfing is a bit
different. In this activity a person sits on a couch and pushes
the button of a television remote-control devices many times a
minute check and recheck all the channels. In the United
States, channel 63. ______. surfing is by far the
more popular sport. When television first replaced
radio, in the 1950s. channel surfing was known. Back then, there were
64. ______. only a few stations. Viewers
had their favorite shows and watched it
65. ______. devotedly all the way through. In fact, studies showed that
when a family sat down to watch a favorite
program at 7 p. m. , they stayed with the
same channel rest of the evening. With the coming of the cable
television. 66. ______. dozens of channels now offer a
great variety of featured films, situation 67.
______. comedies, news, weather, talk, science
shows, documentaries, and
advertising. Facing with so many choices, viewers often become quiet and
68. ______. feel a need to check, in all the other
stations.
69. ______. Some
studies show that men m a unique U.S. household usually want
70. ______. to hold the remote control and surf
the channel: women usually like to choose
one program and watch through.
71. ______.