What do we learn from a new study about young children?

【精析】细节辨认题。句(1)中提到，一项新的研究表明，在看电视时，父母与学龄前儿童对话越多，这些孩子在上幼儿园时好奇心水平就越高。也就是说，父母在儿童看电视时与他们进行对话可以增进他们的好奇心水平。因此答案为A)。

What did Prachi Shah’s study specifically focus on?

【精析】细节辨认题。根据句(2)可知，朴拉琪·沙阿的研究所关注的是儿童的好奇心水平。因此答案为B)。

What does the passage say about excessive media exposure?

【精析】细节辨认题。句(3)中明确提到，过多接触电视等媒体可能会取代游戏和亲子互动等探索性活动，而这些活动被认为是培养孩子好奇心的关键。也就是说，看电视时间过长会减少孩子们花在探索性活动中的时间。因此答案为B)。

听力原文：

Increased television time for young children has long been linked with poorer progress in some areas of development. One possible way to counter those negative effects is talking while watching the screen. （1）As a new study suggests,the more parents engaged in conversation with preschoolers during TV time, the more likely those children were to have higher curiosity levels when they reached kindergarten. This was particularly true for children with socioeconomic disadvantages.

“Our findings reinforce the importance of parent conversation to promote early childhood development and curiosity," said lead author Prachi Shah at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Researchers assessed hours of daily television exposure and frequency of parent screen-time conversation among 1,500 preschoolers, and then measured early childhood curiosity in kindergarten.（2）The study specifically focused on curiosity levels, which are associated with enhanced learning and higher academic achievement in reading and math at kindergarten, and behavioral-developmental benefits,especially for children from families with lower socioeconomic status. While many young children are now growing up with digital media exposure through mobile devices like tablets and phones, television remains a dominant screen activity,accounting for 72% of all screen time. TVs are in 98% of all homes, keeping television exposure a relevant developmental context in young children.

（3）Excessive media exposure,including television，can displace exploratory activities such as play and parent-child interactions， which are believed to be key to cultivating curiosity in kids. “Our findings suggest the importance of parents finding opportunities to foster conversational exchanges in daily routines with their young childrenincluding while watching television," Shah said.