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(dòng)的)consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it.

　　41.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.

　　42.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

　　43.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

　　44.Educational television is widely appreciated because

　　A.it does have the same commercials as others B.it offers programs for both children and their parents

　　C many parents like the programs it offers for their children D.children can learn some school subjects before they go to school

　　45.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

　　A.Watching Too Much Television May Be Harmful to Young Minds B.Television Is More Harmful than Educational

　　C.Television’s Influence on Children D More Education Television

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　　現(xiàn)在的美國(guó)兒童與他們的父母不同，受到各個(gè)方面的影響。這些影響中最重要的是電視節(jié)目，因?yàn)槌３Ｔ诤⒆觽冞�沒(méi)上學(xué)之間就養(yǎng)成了看電視的習(xí)慣了。

　　家長(zhǎng)們對(duì)于兒童節(jié)目質(zhì)量的低下很擔(dān)憂。這些節(jié)目中出現(xiàn)的暴力的程度也煩惱著他們。研究顯示，當(dāng)兒童接觸到暴力相關(guān)的節(jié)目，很多人會(huì)變得具有攻擊性或者沒(méi)有安全感。

　　家長(zhǎng)們對(duì)于孩子們?cè)陔娨暽峡吹降膹V告同樣也很擔(dān)憂。在兒童節(jié)目的時(shí)間，家長(zhǎng)建議減少?gòu)V告的播出。一些家長(zhǎng)甚至認(rèn)為這種時(shí)間段的節(jié)目中根本不應(yīng)該有廣告，鑒于兒童的思想還不夠成熟，不能對(duì)廣告中的一些話語(yǔ)做出判斷。

　　教育臺(tái)沒(méi)有廣告，而且播出的兒童節(jié)目家長(zhǎng)們都很贊賞。其中有個(gè)最有名的節(jié)目叫芝麻街，主要是給學(xué)齡前兒童關(guān)于數(shù)字和字母的啟蒙教育，以及對(duì)他們所在的世界的一些有幫助的認(rèn)識(shí)。

　　即便大多數(shù)的家長(zhǎng)和教育者給與芝麻街，以及這類的節(jié)目很高的評(píng)價(jià)，一些評(píng)論家還是認(rèn)為所有的電視節(jié)目，無(wú)論教育性與否，對(duì)于兒童都是有害的。他們認(rèn)為每天看幾個(gè)小時(shí)電視這種習(xí)慣讓兒童變成世界消極無(wú)聊且被動(dòng)的取食者，而不是鼓勵(lì)兒童變成世界積極的探索者。

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