33. Reading Skills Comprehension: Television

TELEVISION

With the coming of the television, the radio no longer holds the same attraction for people as it did once. Yet somehow I have not quite reconciled myself to the idea of sitting in front of the TV, viewing it. I prefer the radio set, the good old box by your bedside. And here, again, the older and the larger the radio set the better for me. I do not like these new-fangled transistors. Maybe, I am old-fashioned.

1. ” I have not quite reconciled myself to ” implies that the person has not fully

(a) applied

(b) admitted

 (c) accepted

(d) understood

 2. The word ‘new-fangled’ suggests

 (a) very complex

(b) recently assembled

(c) colourfully decorated

(d) newly come into fashion

 3. The passage implies that the author

(a) has a liking for television

(b) dislikes radio sets

(c) prefers transistors to radio sets

(d) prefers radio sets to transistors and the television

ANSWERS:-

1. (c)

2. (d)

 3. (d)

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