Question

American boys and girls love watching television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.

Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn both bad things and good things from them. Some programs help children to understand the world, and others show people the places of other countries or other time in history. With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.

Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crimes(犯罪活动)and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.

1.Some children spend eight hours or more _____ on Saturday.

A. studying       B. playing card games

C. watching TV    D. helping their parents

2.On television children can see_____.

A. games    B. big animals

C. oceans    D. almost everything

3.Children usually spend _____ a day in school.

A. six hours           B. more than eight hours

C. only a few hours    D. four hours

4.The underlined sentence means_____.

A. television makes things happen in homes

B. we can know places and events on TV without going to see them

C. we can see houses and buildings on TV

D. we can find the places easily

5.Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is _____ for children.

A. a bad program     B. an animal

C. a game            D. an uninteresting film

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本篇文章介绍了孩子们花费大量的时间用在看电视上，当然有好的方面的影响，但是还有不好的影响，所以有时候，父母要为孩子选择一些电视节目看。

1.1】C细节理解题。根据Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.可知一些孩子们花费八个小时甚至更多的时间用在看电视上。故选A。

2.2】D细节理解题。根据With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.可知有了电视，孩子不用去动物园就可以看到动物，也不用去海洋上看船了，还可以在家看音乐会，电视剧和游戏，所以选D。

3.3】A细节理解题。根据Some children spend six hours a day in school可知孩子们花费六个小时在学校里，所以选A。

4.4】B句子翻译题。句意：通过看电视我们可以得知一些地方和世界上发生的一些大的事件，所以选B。

5.A综合理解题。题意：对于孩子来讲没有好节目时，父母有时帮助他们孩子去找其他的事情去做。先排除B、C；答案A的意思“糟糕的节目”，D的意思“没趣的电影”，两个选项对比，A应是最佳答案。

考点：考查社会现象类短文阅读。