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　　Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family round table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member.

　　We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real. Our family was a unit and we supported each other, cared for each other, and liked each other, and－we were even willing to admit－we loved each other.

　　Today, the family round table has moved to the local fast-food franchise(特權) and talk is not easy, much less encouraged.

　　The working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four-year-old child.

　　So family conversation is no longer in existence and parental questions such as “What have you been doing, Bobby?” have been replaced by “I'm busy; go watch television.

　　And watch TV they do.

　　But it's usually not children's television that children watch. Saturday morning, the children's hour, amounts to only about 8 percent of their weekly viewing.

　　But wait! Where are they to be found? Watching adult television, of course, from the Match Game in the morning, to the afternoon at General Hospital, from the muggings(啞劇) and battles on the evening news right through the family hour and past into Starsky and Hutch. That's where you find our kids, over five million of them, at 10 p.m., not fewer than a million until after midnight! All of this is done with parental permission.

　　Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some judgment. When the carpet is clean, we turn off the vacuum(真空) cleaner. When the dishes are clean, the dishwasher turns itself off.

　　It is not the same with the television, which is on from the sun in the morning to the moon at night and beyond!

　　Parents must exercise some control and interest themselves in the cultural influence on the child when a program not intended for that child is viewed. Parents need to intervene(干預). Nonintervention(不干預) may be a popular policy in international affairs, but the results of parental nonintervention will not be welcome at the United Nations or anywhere else.

1．From the first two paragraphs one may infer that the writer's attitude towards “the old days” is ________.

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A．preferring

B．hating

C．being tired of

D．surprising

2．The working parent is not willing to listen to her(his) four-year-old child talking about his sandbox games because she (he) is ________.

[　　]

A．boring

B．very tired

C．busy

D．angry

3．If we use television with some ________, television can provide our young people with much knowledge.

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A．instruction

B．judgment of our own

C．background

D．information

4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．Parental nonintervention will have a bad effect on international affairs.

B．Nonintervention may be a good policy in international affairs.

C．Parents must exercise some control and interest themselves in the cultural influence on the children.

D．Parents have rights to intervene.

Answer 1

答案：A;B;B;C
解析：

1．A　　這是一道細節理解題。從第一段的…，but everyone was recognized…；以及第一段可以看出作者對于過去的歲月是懷念和贊賞的。 　　2．B　　從文中的The working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four-year-old child. So family conversation is no longer in existence and parental questions such as “What have you been doing, Bobby?” have been replaced by “I'm busy; go watch television.”可知父母不愿與子女說話的原因主要是工作太辛苦。 　　3．B　　這也是一道細節理解題。從Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some judgment.可知B項為最佳答案。 　　4．C　　最后一段的第一句是這一段的主題句，所以答案應選C。