第四篇

　　Many people are worded about what television has done to the generation of American children who have grown up watching it. For one thing, recent studies show that TV weakens the　ability to imagine. Some teachers feel that televisi ion has taken away the child' s ability to　form mental pictures in his own mind, resulting in children who cannot understand a simple　story without pictures. Secondly, too much TV too early usually causes children to be removed from real-life experences. Thus, they grow up to be passive (被动的) watchers who can only　respond (反应) to action, but not start doing something actively. The third area for such a worrying situation is the serious dissatisfaction frequently expressed by school teachers that　children show a low patience for the pains in learning. Because they have been usedt0 seeing　results of all problems in 30 or 60 minutes on TV, they are quickly discouraged by any activity that promises less than. immediate satisfaction.But perhaps the most serious result is the TV effect of bloody fights and death on children, who have come to believe that it is an　everyday thing. Not only does this increase their admission of terrible acts on others, but some children will follow anti-social (反社会的) acts that they see on televison.

68. Because of TV, children have lost their ability to_______.
[ A ] have ideas of new things
[ B ] understand pictures in books
[ C ] read story books
[ D ] think in a clear way

69. What do school teachers worry about?
[ A ] Children suffer from mental pains.
[ B ] Children are weak at facing diffculties.
[ C ] Children become uninterested in class activities.
[ D ] Children spend little time learning unknown things.

70. When children see terrible killing on TV, they _______.
[ A ] are frightened
[ B ] think it' s real
[ C ] become annoyed
[ D ] feel satisfied

71. The main purpose of the text is to tell people_______.
[ A ] how to prevent children from watching TV
[ B ] how children like frightening TV prograrmnes
[ C ] What bad effects TV programme have on children
[ D ] what teachers think of today' s children

72. The main purpose of this leaflet is to_______.
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A ] give information to people who are planning to buy cars
[ B ] discuss the major causes of pollution problems in Boston
[ C ] give suggestions to people suffering from pollution-related diseases
[ D ] persuade people to use public transportation instead of their own cars

73. How much percent of the land in downtown Boston is taken , up by streets, garages and_______
highways?
[A] 30%. [B] 50%.
[C] 80%. [D] 89%.

74. We may infer from the leaflet that_______.
[ A ] loud noises can make people lose their hearing
[ B ] many people in Boston can. only afford cheaper cars
[ C ] poullution by cars costs $ 2 000 per person per year in Boston
[ D ] people in Boston don' t have gardens because of the need for garages

75. According to the leaflet, better public transportation is very effective in reducing pollution because_______.
[ A ] the city will have more money to deal with pollution problems