题目内容
8.Children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to have antisocial and criminal behavior when they become adults,according to a new University of Otago,New Zealand,study published online in the journal Pediatrics.The study followed a group of around 1,000children born in the New Zealand city of Dunedin in 1972-1973.Every two years between the ages of 5and 15,they were asked how much television they watched.Those who watched more television were more likely to have a criminal conviction and were also more likely to have antisocial personality traits in adulthood.The study found that the risk of having a criminal behavior by early adulthood increased by about 30% with every hour that children spent watching TV on an average weeknight.
The study also found that watching more television in childhood was associated,in adulthood,with aggressive personality,an increased tendency to experience negative emotions,and an increased risk of antisocial personality disorder; a psychiatric disorder characterised by persistent patterns of aggressive and antisocial behavior.
The researchers found that the relationship between TV viewing and antisocial behavior was not explained by socio-economic status,aggressive or antisocial behavior in early childhood,or parenting factors.
A study co-author,Lindsay Robertson,says it is not that children who were already antisocial watched more television."Rather,children who watched a lot of television were likely to go on to manifest antisocial behavior and personality traits."
Other studies have suggested a link between television viewing and antisocial behavior,though very few have been able to demonstrate a cause-and-effect sequence.This is the first‘real-life'study that has asked about TV viewing throughout the whole childhood period,and has looked at a range of antisocial outcomes in adulthood.As an observational study,it cannot prove that watching too much television caused the antisocial outcomes,but the findings are consistent with most of the research and provides further evidence that excessive television can have long-term consequences for behavior.
Antisocial behavior is a major problem for society.While we're not saying that television causes all antisocial behavior,our findings do suggest that reducing TV viewing could go some way towards reducing rates of antisocial behavior in society,"says Associate Professor Hancox.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children should watch no more than 1to 2hours of quality television programming each day.The researchers say their findings support the idea that parents should try to limit their children's television use.
(Note:Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
81.The aim of the study is to revealthe relationship between television viewing and antisocial behavior.
82.The researchers choseabout 1,000 children born in Dunedin in 1972-1973. as their research subjects(研究对象).
83.What's the shortcoming of most of the studies on this topic?They fail to demonstrate a cause-and-effects equence
84.What do you suppose many parents will do after reading this passage?Limit their children's television use(to 1 to 2 hours)..
分析 本文通过对1000名孩子的研究,来论述看电视多少与犯罪之间的关系.
解答 81.the relationship between television viewing and antisocial behavior.理解归纳题.通过第一段的描述可以看出,该研究主要目的是通过对1000名孩子的研究,来论述看电视多少与犯罪之间的关系.
82.about 1,000 children born in Dunedin in 1972-1973.细节理解题."The study followed a group of around 1,000children born in the New Zealand city of Dunedin in 1972-1973"这句话可以得出答案.
83.They fail to demonstrate a cause-and-effect sequence.细节理解题.第五段"though very few have been able to demonstrate a cause-and-effect sequence"这句话告诉我们该研究不能阐述看电视和犯罪之间的因果关系.
84.Limit their children's television use (to 1 to 2 hours).细节理解题.最后一段"The researchers say their findings support the idea that parents should try to limit their children's television use.可以得出该研究的意义,很多父母会限制孩子看电视的时间.
点评 此篇阅读表达难度适中,考生在答题时先锁定信息源,然后再进行整合重组信息.
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