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A total of 4.6 million digital televisions have been sold, and the sales of HDTV sets have quadrupled since last year. Consumers have bought HDTVs to play their DVDs and to have clearer pictures and wide screens. Only a small percentage of the people who have purchased HDTVs, however, have actually hooked their TVs up to receive high-definition television digital signals. Perhaps television viewers are having trouble keeping up with the changes in technology. Even the manufacturers of HDTVs, like Mitsubishi, Thomson Multimedia, Sony, and Samsung seem to have a tough time learning how to make their sets work with the various digital TV formats because little standardization has been required or implemented in the industry.

Some of the HDTVs weigh over 200 lbs., and a variety of retailers offer a delivery service to the buyer’s home to help install the heavy sets. This is known as a white-glove service and usually comes with an extra fee. After HDTV purchasers get their sets home and hook them up, they will still need to work to get the digital signals to their systems. Most of the industry’s cable providers do not yet offer high~definition programing, and only about 15% of commercial television stations have switched over to even the lowest improved digital pictures. Worse yet, viewers may need to install antenna before they can even get the digital signals to their new HDTV sets. Another frustration for home-theater seekers is that the current HDTV sets allow owners only to watch high-definition programs, not to record them.

According to the first sentence, the sales of HDTV sets since last year, by the time when this article was written, had reached ().

A. 4.6 million

B. 9.2 million

C. 18.4 million

D. I do not know how many

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     At a certain time in our lives we consider every place as the possible sites (地点) for a house. I have

thus searched the country within a dozen miles of where I live. In imagination I have bought all the farms,

one after another, and I knew their prices.

     The nearest thing that I came to actual ownership was when I bought the Hollowell place. But before

the owner completed the sale with me, his wife changed her mind and wished to keep it, and he offered

me additional dollars to return the farm to him. However, I let him keep the additional dollars and sold him

the farm for just what I gave for it.

     The real attractiong of the Hollowell farm to me were its position, being about two miles from the village,

half a mile from the nearest neighbor, bounded (相邻) on one side by the river, and separated from the

highway by a wide field. The poor condition fo the house and fences showed that it hadn't been used for

some time. I remembered from my earliest trip up the river that the house used to be hidden behind a forest

area, and I was in a hurry to buy it before the owner finished getting out some rocks, cutting down the

apples trees, and clearing away some young trees which had grown up in the fields. I wanted to buy it

before he made any more of his improvements. But it turned out as I have said.

     I was not really troubled by the loss. I had always had a garden, but I don't thing I was ready for a large

farm. I believe that as long as possible it is better to live free and uncommitted (无牵挂的). It makes but little

difference whether you own a farm or not.

1. What do we know about the author?

A. He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he lived.

B. He made a study of many farms before buying.

C. He made money by buying and selling farms.

D. He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.

2. Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place?

A. It was of good market value.

B. It was next to the highway.

C. It was in a good position.

D. It was behind a nice garden.

3. Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry?

A. He was afraid the owner might changes his mind.

B. He hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm.

C. He wanted to keep the farm as it was.

D. He was eager to become a farm owner.

4. The underlined words "the loss" in the last paragraph refer to _____.

A. the money the author lost in buying the farm

B. the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place

C. the removal of the trees around the house

D. the failure to possess the Hollowell place

5. What does the author believe as important in life?

A. To own a farm

B. To satisfy his needs

C. To be free from worries

D. To live in the countryside

（）年美国电力可靠性解决方案协会（CERTS）首次提出通过发展“微电网”。

A.1996

B.1997

C.1998

D.1999

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