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Recently a group of children in America poured some gasoline on a sleeping man and set him on fire. When caught, the children said they had done what they’d seen on TV.
The incidents make people angry who believe that American children are harmed by watching too much TV. They claim children can’t tell between the fiction of TV and reality, and TV distracts them from learning and makes them violent.
To estimate the impact of TV on young people, “Life” magazine hires a company to interview hundreds of school children in Nora Springs, Iowa and in Dallas, Texas. Although the two cities are very different, the company finds children in each city watch the same TV shows.
Many Iowa children, who watch an average of three hours of TV a day, recognizing that life on TV is rosier than what they experience. Their favourite shows are situation comedies about American families in trouble. Many boys like violent shows about police detectives or heroes, girls particularly soap operas-stories about families and friends.
On the whole, children find real violence on news programs hard to take. “If you see a bus crash on the news, it’s frightening,” one fifth grader says. By and large, the Iowa children agree that the best thing about TV is it makes you laugh.
Children in Dallas are savvier about programs of drug use on TV. “They don’t really show them doing it right. On TV they are not real.” A fifth grader says.
“Life” agrees with a 1988 study by the U. S Department of education that finds children are none the worse for watching TV. The study finds TV doesn’t have lasting effect on children. On the contrary, kids show good judgment about what they watch. “There are very few good shows on TV anymore,” a 10-year-old boy says.
While the debate about TV is so heated, the “Life” survey gives hope that American kids aren’t wasting three or four hours a day (what is worse, by the time young people enter college today, they will have devoted more time to watching television than they will spend in college). However, a child watching TV isn’t reading a good book or joining in healthful sports.
1.The main idea of the passage is .
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A．children who watch more TV are smarter than those who watch only one hour a day |
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B．children learn about drugs from watching TV |
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C．watching too much TV can cause children to go out and kill people |
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D．children learn from TV and can tell reality from what they see on it |
2.Children who see real violence on TV news programs .
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A．change the channel to watch other programs |
B．live in Iowa or Texas |
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C．are sometimes upset and scared |
D．think TV gives a very positive image of friendship |
3.Children who enter college today .
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A．usually cause the satisfaction of the society |
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B．think life on TV is happier than their life at home |
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C．have spent more time watching TV than they will spend in college |
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D．watch most the same TV shows as children in Dallas |
4.The “Life” survey of children’s TV habits .
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A．concludes that watching up to seven hours a day of TV is good for children |
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B．agrees with the U.S. Department of Education study that finds few negative effects from watching TV |
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C．concludes that there aren’t any good shows on TV any more |
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D．concludes that children shouldn’t pour gasoline on sleeping man |
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It is midnight on September 22，2012．The sky above Manhattan，New York is filled with a curtain of colorful light． New Yorkers are fascinated by the beautiful aurora(极光)．However, their fascination is short-1ived．
Within a few seconds，electric bulbs dim(变暗)and flicker(闪烁)，then become unusually bright for a few seconds．Then all the lights second go out．Within 90 seconds，the entire eastern half of the US is without power．
Besides the US，Europe，Japan and China are also hit by the same terrible event．It is a violent solar flare(太阳耀斑)，150 million kilometers away on the surface of the sun．
Science fiction? No．A report funded by NASA and issued by the US National Academy of Sciences in January this year says it could happen．
A massive solar flare is most likely on a spring or autumn night in 2012，according to the report．
Solar flares are huge explosions on the surface of the sun．In a matter of just a few minutes they heat material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons(百万吨)of TNT explosives．Solar flares release a stream of charged high-energy particles(粒子)．They are called“solar winds”
If one solar‘‘wind’’should hit the Earth's magnetic shield(磁扬)，the result could be terrible for humans.
But there’s no need to run for cover from solar winds． They do not harm 1ife on Earth，they only affect the way we live，especially since we depend so much on modern technology．They can pump extra electricity into power line, and pipelines，causing blackouts and fuel leaks(泄漏). Solar winds are also known to affect mobile phone operations, and may disrupt wireless Internet services．
Moreover, solar winds can prevent normal satellite operations，and disrupt radio communications and navigation systems such as the Global Positioning System．
Auroras are powered by solar wind．This wind blows past the Earth at about 400-700 km per second and creates storms in the Earth’s magnetic environment．In the polar regions these explode into southern or northern polar lights．
The most serious solar storm that hit Earth in history happened in 1859． It caused the failure of telegraph(电报)systems in Europe and North America．
So, for humans，the sun is a double-edged sword． Without1 the sun, there would be no 1ife on Earth． Without the sun， Earth would be a frozen dark ball floating in space．However, on the other hand，the sun can disorder our 1ives from time to time．
10．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．It introduces to readers the advantages and disadvantages of the sun．
B．It describes a science fiction set in Manhattan on 22 September 2012．
C．It shows readers the way in which solar winds form inside the sun．
D．It explains what solar flares are and their effects on human life．
11．The first two paragraphs are written_________.
A．to show a beautiful scene in a true story
B．to describe the beautiful scenery of Manhattan
C．to describe the power problem around the world
D．to introduce the topic of this passage
12．What can we conclude from the passage?
A．Solar flares will do great harm to those who are using the Internet．
B．Solar flares cannot reach as far as the polar regions．
C．Solar flares are huge explosions that happen inside the sun．
D．1f it weren’t’t for our reliance on technology, solar flares probably wouldn’t affect us．
13．Solar winds will likely affect us in the following ways EXCEPT that ．
A．normal satellite operations will be stopped
B．the lights in the areas affected will go out at the same time
C．people on the streets will be struck to death
D．some navigation systems will be out of order
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On my arrival in America, the one thing I noticed more than anything else was the tremendous amount of advertising that went on,－on the radio, on television, on billboards and signposts, and in magazines．In the last three years, I have become used to this fact in American life, for I believe that it is a creative and necessary part of an industrial society．I, too, want to improve my life style and to buy better products, so I look to advertising to show me how to do it．
Deciding what to believe in advertising, however, isn’t easy．It seems to me that a person must buy things with a lot of care．As a consumer, I want to get the best for my money, but I really have to understand the techniques of advertising．Otherwise, manufactures(制造商)will be able to sell me anything, no matter what its quality may be．
More and more people are becoming conscious, like me, of the ways in which advertising can affect them．The creative aspects of commercials, for instance, often cover up defects or problems in products．I have learned this well, since I have made purchases and lost money because the items were of poor quality．
The future of advertising most likely will involve a much greater of public participation(参与)．I intend to become involved in consumer groups that want to protect people from misleading advertising．But I also want to see Americans, keep their high standards of living in the process．In the future, if consumers like me really care about the quality of something as well as the quantity, maybe advertisers will begin to care more about ________．
1．What was the author most impressed when he got to the USA?(Please answer within 10 words．)
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2．What the main idea of the passage?
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3．What should be done to guarantee healthy development of advertisement?
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4．Please complete the sentence in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases．(Please answer within 10 words．)
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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．
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