A total of 4.6 million digital televisions

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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.

"Hook up" as in "hooked their TVs up" underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably means to ().

A. have a hood over the TV

B. be connected to

C. relate oneself to

D. keep contact with

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A.矛盾双方相互吸引、相互贯通

B.矛盾双方相互渗透、相互转化

C.矛盾双方相互分离、相互排斥

D.矛盾双方相互联系、相互制约

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已知年利率是5%,存款额是1000元,存款期限是一年,如果每半年计息一次,则实际利率是( )。

A.2.5%

B.3%

C.5.06%

D.8%

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什么是漂发?

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读“两极地区示意图”,回答问题。

我国一艘科学考察船从长城站附近海域出发,沿地球的自转方向绕南极洲航行一周,经过大洋的先后顺序是()

A.大西洋、印度洋、太平洋

B.太平洋、大西洋、印度洋

C.大西洋、太平洋、印度洋

D.太平洋、印度洋、大西洋

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将()固体物质的微小粒子均匀地分散在液体中形成的分散体系,称为(),这种作用称()。

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