王迈迈英语

59．What can we infer about Mrs. Bolt?

       A．She was unkind to her students.            B．She was unfit for her position.

       C．She was a teacher with ripe experience. D．She always did something strange.

B

       Digital（数字）television broadcasting, the“TV of the 21st Century”, was launched in Japan on Dec. 1, 1999.

       At first, the service is limited only in three of Japan’s largest cities—Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, but the Japanese government is aimed to make it available（可用的）in all major Japanese cities by the end of 2006. The government says that by July 24, 2011, analog（模拟）television broadcasting in Japan will officially be a thing of the past.

       “As we mark 50 years since the start of analog television broadcasting in 1953, I believe we are at a historic moment as television evolves one step further,”said Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

       For now, it’s estimated that about 12 million families around the area of the three above-mentioned cities can enjoy the service of digital television broadcasting. But because of Japan’s mountainous terrain（地形）,actual viewers may be as low as 300,000, according to scientists.

       To watch digital television broadcasting, viewers need to get a digital TV set or attach a tuner（调谐器）to an ordinary one.

       Scientists say the service of digital television broadcasting may not become popular in Japan for a while because mast Japanese are not familiar with it now. A recent survey found 40 percent of Japanese TV viewers know nothing about the digital broadcasting technology.

60．What may limit the number of the viewers of digital television broadcasting?

       A．The TV viewers’ lack of the digital television broadcasting technology.

       B．Most Japanese are living in mountains.

       C．The majority of Japanese are unwilling to fit a tuner to an ordinary TV set.

       D．Many people can’t afford to buy digital TV sets.

61．The proper meaning of the underlined word evolves in the third paragraph is       .

       A．falls behind          B．overtakes