Television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With a T. V. set in the family people don’t have to pay expensive seats at the theatre or 1. ______ the cinema. All they have to do is to push a button or turn on a 2. ______ knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. Some people, therefore, think that this is where the 3. ______ danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have to use legs if he has a remote control. He makes no 4. ______ choice and exercises ri6 judgment. He is completely passive and has everything present to him without any effort on his part. 5. ______ Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and latest developments in science and politics, 6. ______ The most distant countries and the strangest customs are taken 7. ______ right into one’s sitting-room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service well; but on television everything is much 8. ______ more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. We get so used to look at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures, it begins to control our lives. People 9. ______ are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down 10. ______ and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and that they have actually begun to talk to each other again.