Question

Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families．Television is the most significant of these influences，because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school．

Parents are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children．The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them．Studies indicate that，when children are exposed to violence，they many become aggressive or insecure.

Parents are also concerned at，out the commercials that their children see on television． Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children．And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers．

Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents approve of The most famous of these is Sesame Street，which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet(字母)and numbers．It also flies to teach children useful things about the world in which they live．

Even though most parents and educators give Sesame Street and shows like it high marks for quality，some critics argue that all television，whether educational or not，is harmful to children．These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive(被動的)consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it．

1.Which of the following statements is NOT based on the passage?

A. Parents are worried about the influence from television on their children

B. Television has much influence on children

C. Both parents and their children like watching educational television．

D. Some critics think that television is no good for children．

2.In what ways do children suffer from television?

A. They become the victims of social violence

B. They spend hours watching television instead of doing school work

C. The programs make the children lose interest in the world．

D. The programs make the children spend too much of their parents’ money

3.Parents would not like their children to see commercials because ____

A. they think that their children ore not old enough to handle advertising

B. commercials teach children alphabet and numbers

C. commercials help to sell products

D. they don’t like commercials

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1. are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children．家長們對于兒童節目質量的低下很擔憂。從這里可排除A項；根據文章第一段第二句Television is the most significant of these influences這些影響中最重要的是電視節目，因此可排除B；根據根據最后一段中的some critics argue that all television，whether educational or not，is harmful to children一些評論家還是認為所有的電視節目，無論教育性與否，對于兒童都是有害的。從這里可排除D。綜上所述此題選C。

2. critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive(被動的)consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it．他們認為每天看幾個小時電視這種習慣讓兒童變成世界消極無聊且被動的取食者，而不是鼓勵兒童變成世界積極的探索者。可知選C。

3. parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children．And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers．在兒童節目的時間，家長建議減少廣告的播出。一些家長甚至認為這種時間段的節目中根本不應該有廣告，鑒于兒童的思想還不夠成熟，不能對廣告中的一些話語做出判斷。從這里可知選A。

考點：考查科教文化類閱讀。