ChildrenintheUnitedStatesareexposedtomanyinfluencesotherthanthatoftheirfamilies.Televisionisthemostsignificantoftheseinfluences,becausethehabitofwatchingtelevisionusuallybeginsbeforechildrenstartattendingschool.And,bythetimethattheaveragechildfinisheshighschool,heorshewillhavespent18,000hoursinfrontofatelevisionsetasopposedto12,000hoursinaclassroom.
Parentsareconcernedaboutthesefigures.Theyarealsoconcernedaboutthelackofqualityintelevisionprogmp3sforchildren.Thedegreeofviolenceinmanyoftheseshowsalsoworriesthem.
Evenifitisunreal―acartooncatbeatingupacartoonmousewithabaseballbat―thisviolencemayhaveanegativeeffectontheyoungmindsexposedtoit.Studiesindicatethat,whenchildrenareexposedtoviolence,theymaybecomeaggressiveorinsecure.
Parentsarealsoconcernedaboutthecommercialsthattheirchildrenseeontelevision.Manyparentswouldliketoseefewercommercialsduringprogmp3sforchildren.Andsomeparentsfeelthattheseshowsshouldnothavecommercialsatallbecauseyoungmindsarenotmatureenoughtodealwiththeclaimsmadebyadvertisers.
Educationaltelevisionhasnocommercialsandhasprogmp3sforchildrenthatmanyparentsapproveof.Themostfamousoftheseis“SesameStreet”,whichtriestogivepreschoolchildrenaheadstartinlearningthealphabetandnumbers.Italsotriestoteachchildrenusefulthingsabouttheworldinwhichtheylive.
Eventhoughmostparentsandeducatorsgive“SesameStreet”andshowslikeithighmarksforquality,somecriticsarguethatalltelevision,whethereducationalornot,ishamp3fultochildren.Thesecriticsfeelthatthehabitofwatchinghoursoftelevisionadayturnschildrenintoboredandpassiveconsumersoftheirworldratherthanencouragingthemtobecomeactiveexplorersofit.
Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
26.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
【解析】选[C]。在听录音之前,预览四个选项可知本文与电视带来的负面影响有关。至于是对哪一方面的负面影响,既要根据主题句区分,还需要根据文章内容进行辨别。
27.Accordingtothepassage,whatdoyouthink“SesameStreet”is?
【解析】选[B]。预读选项可知此题询问的是电视节目的类型。Themostfamousoftheseis“SesameStreet”...为答案的依据,其中的these指的就是educationalprogmp3s.
28.Whatwillbetheconsequenceifachildfomp3sahabitofwatchinghoursoftelevisioneveryday?
【解析】选[A]。预读选项可知此题询问的是They将会发生什么行为或变成怎样的状态,需要留意对动作和状态的描述。答案依据为:Thesecriticsfeelthatthehabitofwatchinghoursoftelevisiondayturnschildrenintoboredandpassiveconsumersoftheirworldratherthanencouragingthemtobecomeactiveexplorersofit.选项[A]中bored≈原文中的dull,passive≈inactive。