单选题 The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school, though reluctantly — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic devices, according to a new study. Those ages 8 to 18 spend seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago. And that does not count the hour and a half that youths spend texting, or the half hour they talk on their cellphones. And because so many of them are multitasking — say, surfing the Internet while listening to music — they pack on average nearly 11 hours of media content into that seven and a half hours. The study's findings shocked its authors, who had concluded in 2005 that use could not possibly grow further, and confirmed the fears of many parents whose children are constantly tethered to media devices. It found, moreover, that heavy media use is associated with several negatives, including behavior problems and lower grades. Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Boston who directs the Center on Media and Child Health, said that with media use so ubiquitous , it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of children's environment, "like the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat." Contrary to popular wisdom, the heaviest media users reported spending a similar amount of time exercising as the light media users. Nonetheless, other studies have established a link between screen time and obesity. While most of the young people in the study got good grades, 47 percent of the heaviest media users — those who consumed at least 16 hours a day — had mostly C's or lower, compared with 23 percent of those who typically consumed media three hours a day or less. The heaviest media users were also more likely than the lightest users to report that they were bored or sad, or that they got into trouble, did not get along well with their parents and were not happy at school. The study could not say whether the media use causes problems, or, rather, whether troubled youths turn to heavy media use. "This is a stunner," said Donald F. Roberts, one of the authors of the study. "In the second report, I remember writing a paragraph saying we've hit a ceiling on media use, since there just aren't enough hours in the day to increase the time children spend on media. But now it's up an hour."
单选题 It can be inferred that young Americans probably______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。根据题干中的young Americans将答案出处定位于第一段。该段提到,根据最新研究,美国年轻人现在几乎把所有清醒的时间——但除去在学校的时间,虽然他们不情愿——都花在了使用智能手机、电脑、电视或其他电子设备上。由此可知,虽然他们不情愿,但在学校的时间是不允许使用这些电子设备的,故答案为[A]项。其他三个选项均属于无中生有,原文未提及,故排除。
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。[C]项的内容在原文中没有提及,属于无中生有,故为答案。第三段第一句提到,研究结果使研究者震惊,因为研究者在2005年曾下结论说电子设备的使用时间不可能再增加,而现在的使用时间比当时增加了一个小时,故[A]项正确,予以排除;[B]项是对原文第三段最后一句的同义转述,故排除;第三段第一句提到,对于沉迷于电子设备的孩子们的家长,研究结果证实了他们的担心,由此可排除[D]项。
单选题 The word "ubiquitous" in Paragraph 4 is close in meaning to______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:词义理解题。文章第四段提到,是时候停止争论媒体使用到底是好是坏了,应该承认它是儿童生活环境的一部分,就像他们呼吸的空气、喝的水和吃的饭。由此推断,“ubiquitous”一词的词义可理解为“普遍存在的,无所不在的”。四个选项中只有[A]项符合题意。
单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that generally people believe that______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。第五段第一句提到,与普遍观点相反,据报道,重度媒体使用者(the heaviest media users)与轻度媒体使用者(the light media users)花在锻炼上的时间量相似,故可推知,通常人们认为,花在媒体使用上的时间越多的人,花在锻炼上的时间越少。故选[A]项。[B]项和[C]项在文中均为提及,故排除。[D]项内容是文中研究已经证实的内容,与大众普遍观点没有关系,故排除。
单选题 It seems that the time children spend on media______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。最后一段引用了这项研究其中一位研究人员的话,他说:“这是一件令人震惊的事,我记得在第二份报告中专门有一段写到我们的媒体使用已经达到上限,因为一天中已经没什么剩余时间能让孩子们花在媒体上了。但现在却增加了一小时。”[A]项是对原文内容的同义转述,故为答案,其中unexpectedly对应文中的stunner,increasing对应文中的up an hour。[B]项文中未提及,故排除;[C]项和[D]项都是之前研究的预测,与现在的事实相悖,故排除。