单选题 Many people are worried 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 television 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 experiences. Thus, they grow up to be passive watchers who can only respond 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 used to 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 acts that they see on television.

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

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“由于电视，孩子们丧失了什么样的能力?”由文章的第二、三句话可知，看电视会导致孩子们丧失对新事物的想象能力。所以本题的正确答案选C。

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

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“学校的老师担心什么?”文章的第六句话说... worrying situation is the serious dissatisfaction frequently expressed by school teachers that children show a low patience for the pains in learning. 即孩子们不能面对困难。所以本题的正确答案为D。

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

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“当孩子们看到电视上血腥杀戮的场面时，他们会怎样?”文章倒数第二句话说who have come to believe that it is an everyday thing. 即孩子们可能会认为那些事情是真实存在的普通事情。所以本题的正确答案为D。

单选题 The main purpose of the text is to tell people ______.
[A] what bad effects TV programs have on children
[B] how children like frightening TV programs
[C] how to prevent children from watching TV
[D] what teachers think of today's children

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[精解] 主旨题。题干意为“这篇文章的主要目的是告诉人们什么?”整篇文章都是在说明看电视对孩子们造成的不好影响。所以本题的正确答案为A。