Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its (47)______ for the joy and the interest that they have brought in the lives of the old, the sick, and the (48)______. Without it, all those people would have no (49)______ and no window on the world.
In truth, television has opened windows in everybody’’s life. No newspaper has ever reached so many people and shown so (50)______ what was happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV has (51)______ information, it not only gives the news (52)______. it also shows it in pictures which are more powerful than words. It can be said that TV has brought reality to the public.
Unfortunately, TV’’s influence has been (53)______ harmful to the young. Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows (54)______ an unreal world; that commercials lie in order to sell products that are sometimes bad or (55)______. They believe and want to (56)______ what they see. They do believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable.
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A) instantly B) present C) show D) useless E) transformed
F) clearly G) lonely H) inventors I) viewers J) imitate
K) extremely L) pleasure M) decent N) acceptance O) breakthrough