I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.

I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.

I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.

In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.

1. A. maps       B. titles         C. articles                  D. reports

2. A. the reader     B. the college student   C. the shop owner      D. the customer

3. A. a book         B. a job        C. some tea                D. any help

4. A. planning          B. saving      C. preparing          D. studying

5. A. read           B. studied          C. cooked            D. worked

6. A. boring           B. surprising        C. satisfying          D. disappointing

7. A. anything         B. something        C. nothing         D. everything

8. A. in need         B. in all          C. in order          D. in store

9. A. worried        B. satisfied        C. excited          D. puzzled

10. A. pride        B. failure           C. regret          D. surprise

11. A. doctor        B. store owner     C. bookseller        D. TV reporter

12. A. pay         B. cost         C. afford         D. spend

13. A. shame              B. honour         C. horror            D. danger

14. A. advised       B. forced        C. persuaded      D. permitted

15. A. action        B. program    C. treatment         D. operation

16. A. repaired       B. connected             C. injured           D. improved

17. A. pleasure        B. sadness        C. interest            D. disappointment

18. A. at the TV station               B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service          D. at McCarley’s Bookstore

19. A. so           B. and           C. but            D. because

20. A. readers       B. viewers     C. customers    D. passengers

PALO ALTO, California—“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise, ”US researchers said last week.?

A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.9 kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.?

“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.?

“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled ?over? the past 20 years,” Robinson said.?

In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.?

Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continued their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet or took part in any extra exercise.?

“One explanation for the weight loss could be that the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories,” Robinson said.?

“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” ?Robinson? said.?

The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that _______.

A. children will get fatter if they eat too much?

B. children will get thinner if they eat less?

C. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV?

D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV?

According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV_______.

A. is more than four hours a day   B. is less than four hours a day?

C. doubled in the last twenty years       D. is more than on any other activities?

The time children spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about _______.?

A. six hours    B. eight hours C. three hours D. one hour?

Which one of the followings is right??

A. Children usually eat fewer while watching TV.?

B. Children usually eat more while watching TV.?

C. Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.?

D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.?

PALO AITO, California—“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.

A study of 192 third and fourth grades, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.91 kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.

“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.

“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.

In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.

Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continue their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.

“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around and burning off calories,” Robinson said.

“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson added.

The purpose of the first two paragraphs is ______.

A. to report the time children spend watching TV

B. to show that more TV time leads to getting fatter

C. to tell us the best way to reduce weight

D. to introduce the background of the research

According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____.

A. is more than four hours a day       B. is less than four hours a day

C. doubled in the last twenty years      D. is more than on any other activities

The time the 100 children spend on TV every day is about _______ in the study.

A. a quarter of an hour  B. four hours         C. three hours        D. one hour

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?

A. Weight increase owes to the result of a reduction in TV viewing.

B. The percentage of children getting fatter has doubled in the last 20 years.

C. Children usually eat less while watching TV.

D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.

The main idea of the passage would be ______.

A. less TV time helps reduce children’s weight

B. fewer meals is a must in reducing children’s weight

C. the less you eat, the thinner you will be

D. more exercise is of great benefit to reduce weight

As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping(录像) the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”

The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.”

66.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.

       A.show the relationship between parents and children

       B.teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table

       C.report on the findings of a study

       D.give information about family problems

67.Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ____________.

       A.they are busy serving food to their children

       B.they are busy keeping order at the dinner table

       C.they have to pay more attention to younger children

       D.they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

68.By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

       A.have to help their parents to serve dinner

       B.get the least attention from the family

       C.are often kept away from the dinner table

       D.find it hard to keep up with other children

69.Lewis’ research provides an answer to the question _________.

       A.why TV is important in family life

       B.why parents should keep good order

       C.why children in small families seem to be quieter

       D.why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life

70.Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

       A.It is important to have the right food for children.

       B.It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.

       C.Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.

       D.Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner

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