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About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a young boy sat down at the next table．I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation．At one point，the woman asked："So, how have you been?"And the boy —who could not have been more than seven or eight years old—replied，"Frankly, I've been feeling a little depressed lately．"
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing．As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn't find out we were"depressed"until we were in high school．
The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years． Children don't seem childlike any more．Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to．
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different． Childhood as it once was no longer exists．Why?
Human development is based not only on innate(天生的)biological states，but also on patterns of access to social knowledge．Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status．Children have always been taught adult secrets，but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders．
In the last 30 years，however, a machine that reveals secret has been installed in 98 percent of American homes．It is called television．Television passes information, and indiscriminately(不加区分地)，to all viewers alike, be they children or adults．Unable to resist the temptation，many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging，more vivid moving pictures．
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access．Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced．Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials．

单选题 According to the author,feeling depressed is______．

A、 a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child
B、 something hardly to be expected in a young child
C、 an inevitable phase of children's mental development
D、 a mental state present in all humans, including children

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。文章第二段中作者认为现在的孩子变了，他记得自己和朋友们在上中学之前从没有过“情绪低落”的情况“As far as I can remember， my friends and I didn't find out we were"deplessed"until we were in high schoo1．”。因此可以得出，作者认为在孩子身上不应该过早地出现情绪低落的情况，因此，[B] 选项为正确答案。

单选题 Traditionally,a child is supposed to learn about the adult world_______．

A、 through contact with society
B、 naturally and by biological instinct
C、 gradually and under guidance
D、 through exposure to social information

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。答题依据在第五段第三句“Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowlv and in stages”，由此可知，孩子们在成人的指导下逐步了解成人的事情。因此，[B] 选项为正确答案。

单选题 The phenomenon that today's children seem adultlike is attributed by the author to______．

A、 the widespread influence of television
B、 the poor arrangement of teaching content
C、 the fast pace of human intellectual development
D、 the constantly rising standard of living

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。第六段中作者阐述了电视不加区分地向儿童传播信息，许多儿童抵挡不了诱惑便将注意力从书本转向更加生动的移动画面即电视节目。由此可推断出，电视对儿童的影响极深，导致了儿童成人化。故[A] 选项为正确答案。选[C] 选项的考生只看到第五段第一句中有biological，而未分析这句话与题干中的traditionallv是不相符的。答对题的一个关键是要分析题干的用词及答题范围。

单选题 Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?

A、 It enables children to gain more social information．
B、 It develops children's interest in reading and writing．
C、 It helps children to memorize and practice more．
D、 It can control what children are to learn．

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。答题依据在最后一段第一句“Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social infomation to which children have access．事实上，文字交流可以使孩子对接触到的社会信息得到较好控制。”因此[D] 选项为正确答案。选项[B] 与[C] 之所以不对，是因为这两项中的内容尽管也在末段出现，但他们均是第一句…control over…的目的，而不是本题题干的目的。

单选题 What does the author think of the change in today's children?

A、 He feels amused by their premature behavior．
B、 He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note．
C、 He considers it a positive development．
D、 He seems to be upset about it．

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。作者谈到儿童越来越成人化，分析了原因并提出自己的观点：现在的小孩具有成人的行为举止甚至心理感受是一个值得关注的现象，究其原因很大程度是受电视媒体的影响，因此还是应该重视文字教育手段，这样才能很好地控制孩子接触的信息。但是作者并未明确表态，反而在文章第四段中指出，是好是坏尚难定论。因此，[B] 选项为正确答案。选[D] 选项的考生把自己对文章内容的看法当作作者的了。做题是要客观地分析作者的观点。语言点： 1．at one point：某个时候 2．This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing．这件事给我留下了深刻印象，它使我坚信，孩子们在变化。 stickin oIae's mind：在某人脑中留下深刻印象 confiiln one's belief某人坚信 3．As far as I can remember 我记得 4．find out发现，认识到 5．Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different．这是好是坏很难说，但肯定是与以前不同了。句子分析：whether this is good or bad为主语从句。 6．base on 基于 7．Television passes information，and indiscriminately, to all viewers alike, be they children or adults．电视不加区分地将信息传给所有的电视观众，不管他们是孩子还是成人。句子分析：be they children or adults是由be引出的让步状语从句，be引出让步状语从句时需倒装。 8．resist t11e temptation抵制诱惑 9．turn attenfion from…to…把注意力从…转到… 10．Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access．事实上，通过文字交流可以大大地控制孩子们接触到的社会信息。 1)as a matter offact：in faCt事实上 2)allowfor顾及，考虑到 3)have access to有机会接近(利用) 4)句子分析：to which children have access为定语从句，修饰social information。