Question

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.How many more hours do children spend on TV than in a classroom?

A.6,000 hours. B.12,000 hours. C.18,000 hours.

2.What is ‘‘Sesame Street’’ according to the passage?

A.A recreational program.

B.A program for cartoon.

C.An educational program.

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.TV commercials should be cut down.

B.Children should watch less TV.

C.There’s much room for improving the US TV programs.

4.What will be the result of children seeing hours of TV every day?

A.They will become inactive and dull.

B.They will forget their homework.

C.They will follow the TV programs.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

【原文】

W: Television is the most significant influence on children in the United States, because the habit of watching television usually begins before children go to school. And, by the time that the average child finishes high school, he or she will have spent 18, 000 hours in front of a television set as opposed to 12, 000 hours in a classroom.

Parents are concerned about these figures and the lack of quality in television programs for children. They are worried the violence in many of these shows may have a negative effect on the young minds. Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children. Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents are favor of. The most famous of these is “Sesame street (芝麻街(幼儿教育电视节目))”, which tries to give preschool children a head start (获得领先优势) in learning the alphabet and numbers. It also tries 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 argue that all television, whether educational or not, is harmful to children. They say that the habit of watching hours of television a day turns children into bored and passive consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it.