You ______ be tired. You have only been working for an hour.

  A. must not     B. won’t      C. can’t    D. may not

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family roundtable at dinnertime and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn’t very organized, but everyone was recognized, and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member.

We listened to each other and the interest was not put–on; it was real. Our family was a unit and we supported each other, and nurtured each other, and liked each other, and ---- we were even willing to admit ---- we loved each other.

Today, the family roundtable has moved to the local fast–food restaurant and talk is not easy, much less encouraged.

Grandma, who used to live upstairs, is now the voice on long distance, and the working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four–year–old.

So family conversation is as extinct as my old toys and parental questions such as “What have you been doing, Bobby?” have been replaced by “I'm busy, go watch television.”

And watch TV they do; count them by the millions.

But it’s usually not children’s television that children watch. Saturday morning, the children’s hour, amounts to only about 8 percent of their weekly viewing.

Where are they to be found? Watching adult television, of course, from the Match Game in the morning, to the afternoon at General Hospital, from the muggings and battles on the evening news right through the family hour and past into Starsky and Hutch. That’s where you find our kids, over five million of them, at 10 p.m., not fewer than a million until after midnight! All of this is done with parental permission.

Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some sense. When the carpet is clean, we turn off the vacuum cleaner. When the dishes are clean, the dishwasher turns itself off.

Not so the television, which is on from the sun in the morning to the moon at night and beyond!

Parents must exercise some control and show some concern about the cultural influence on the child when a program not intended for that child is viewed. Parents need to intervene (干涉) . Nonintervention may be a wise policy in international affairs, but the results of parental nonintervention will not be wise at all.

60. The Working parent is not willing to listen to her (his) four–year–old child talking about his sandbox games because she (he) is ____.

A. boring              B. very tired                 C. busy                       D. angry

61. According to the writer, the responsibility for the kid’s watching adult television and watching it for a long time should be undertaken by ____.

A. the television stations                            B. the society 

C. TV programs                                       D. their parents

62. If we use television with some ____ television can provide our young people with much knowledge.

A. instruction of experts                            B. judgment of our own

C. direction of engineers                           D. indication of teachers

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family round table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member.

We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real. Our family was a unit and we supported each other, cared for each other, and liked each other, andwe were even willing to admitwe loved each other.

　　Today, the family roundtable has moved to the local fast - food franchise (特权) and talk is not easy, much less encouraged.

　　The working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four - year- old child.

　　So family conversation is no longer in existence and parental questions such as “What have you been doing, Bobby?” have been replaced by “I'm busy, go to watch television.”

　　And watch TV as they do?

　　But it's usually not children's television that children watch. Saturday morning, the children's hour, amounts to only about 8 percent of their weekly viewing.

　　But wait! Where are they to be found? Watching adult television, of course, from the Match Game in the morning, to the afternoon at General Hospital, from the muggings and battles on the evening news right through the family hour and past into Starsky and Hutch. That's where you find our kids, over five million of them, at 10 p.m., not fewer than a million until after midnight! Ad of this is done with parental permission.

　　Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some judgement. When the carpet is clean, we turn off the vacuum cleaner. When the dishes are clean, the dishwasher turns itself off.

　　It is not the same with the television, which is on from the sun in the morning to the moon at night and beyond!

　　Parents must exercise some control and interest themselves in the cultural influence on the child when a program not intended for that child is viewed. Parents need to be intervened (干预). Nonintervention may be a popular policy in international affairs, but the results of parental nonintervention will not be welcome at the United Nations or anywhere else.

1．From the first two paragraphs one may infer that the writer's attitude towards “the old days” is ________.

[　　]

2．The working parent is not willing to listen to her (his) four - year- old child talking about his sandbox games because she (he) is ________.

[　　]

3．If we use television with some ________ television can provide our young people with much knowledge.

[　　]

4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．Nonintervention may be a good policy in international affairs.

B．Parents must exercise some control and interest themselves in the cultural influence on the children.

C．Parents have rights to intervene.

D．Parental nonintervention will have a bad effect on international affairs

阅读理解

　　Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family round table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member.

　　We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real. Our family was a unit and we supported each other, cared for each other, and liked each other, and－we were even willing to admit－we loved each other.

　　Today, the family round table has moved to the local fast-food franchise(特权) and talk is not easy, much less encouraged.

　　The working parent is far too beaten down each day to spend evening relaxation time listening to the sandbox experience of an eager four-year-old child.

　　So family conversation is no longer in existence and parental questions such as “What have you been doing, Bobby?” have been replaced by “I'm busy; go watch television.

　　And watch TV they do.

　　But it's usually not children's television that children watch. Saturday morning, the children's hour, amounts to only about 8 percent of their weekly viewing.

　　But wait! Where are they to be found? Watching adult television, of course, from the Match Game in the morning, to the afternoon at General Hospital, from the muggings(哑剧) and battles on the evening news right through the family hour and past into Starsky and Hutch. That's where you find our kids, over five million of them, at 10 p.m., not fewer than a million until after midnight! All of this is done with parental permission.

　　Television, used well, can provide enriching experiences for our young people, but we must use it with some judgment. When the carpet is clean, we turn off the vacuum(真空) cleaner. When the dishes are clean, the dishwasher turns itself off.

　　It is not the same with the television, which is on from the sun in the morning to the moon at night and beyond!

　　Parents must exercise some control and interest themselves in the cultural influence on the child when a program not intended for that child is viewed. Parents need to intervene(干预). Nonintervention(不干预) may be a popular policy in international affairs, but the results of parental nonintervention will not be welcome at the United Nations or anywhere else.

1．From the first two paragraphs one may infer that the writer's attitude towards “the old days” is ________.

[　　]

2．The working parent is not willing to listen to her(his) four-year-old child talking about his sandbox games because she (he) is ________.

[　　]

3．If we use television with some ________, television can provide our young people with much knowledge.

[　　]

4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．Parental nonintervention will have a bad effect on international affairs.

B．Nonintervention may be a good policy in international affairs.

C．Parents must exercise some control and interest themselves in the cultural influence on the children.

D．Parents have rights to intervene.

There is a lot of misunderstanding about studying. Most students have not been taught the principles behind really effective working. Imagine a graph showing the amount a person learns against the number of hours he works in a day. If he doesn’t do any work, he learns nothing (point 0). If he does an hour’s work he learns a certain amount (point 1). If he does two hours’ work he learns about twice as much (point 2). If he does more work he’ll learn still more (point 3). However, if he tries to do twenty-three and a half hours’ work in a day, he will be so tired that he’ll hardly remember anything: what he learns will be very little (point 4). If he did less work he’d learn more (point 5).

Now whatever the exact shape of the graph’s curve(曲线), made by joining these points, it must have a high point. Point “X” is the very maximum anyone can learn in the day. And this represents the optimum(最适度), the best, amount of work to do. It is the best possible compromise between adequate time at the books and fatigue(劳累). Fatigue is an absolutely real thing; one can’t escape it or ignore it. If you try to ignore it and press yourself to work past the optimum, you will only get on this downward slope and achieve less than the best – and then become very tired and lose your power of concentration.

The skill in being a student consists of getting one’s daily study as near the optimum point as possible. I cannot tell you what the optimum is. It differs with the type of work, it differs from person to person, and even in the same person it varies from week to week. You must try to find your own. Every day you study, bear this principle of the optimum in mind. When you feel yourself getting fatigued, if you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over again and not taking it in, that’s a pretty good sign you’ve reached your highest point for the day and should stop. Most ordinary students find their optimum at five hours a day. Yours may be a little more or a little less – but if you get in five hours’ good work a day, you will be doing well.

Now, what are you doing with yourself when you aren’t working? Before examinations some students do nothing at all except sit in a chair and worry. Here is another misunderstanding. People often think that the mind works like the body; it does not. If one wanted to save one’s physical energy in order to cut the maximum amount of firewood, one would lie flat on a bed and rest when one wasn’t chopping. But the mind cannot rest. Even in sleep you dream, even if you forget your dreams. The mind is always turning. It gets its relaxation only by variety. That is what makes the mind rest.

When you’ve finished your optimum number of hours you must stop. You must not then sit around in the chair thinking about the work – that only tires without any learning. You must get out and do something. It doesn’t matter what – anything so long as you are actively doing something else but work.

1.According to the passage, _______.

2.Fatigue can result in ________.

3.The passage tells us that a person’s optimum number of working hours _______.

4.The only way the mind can relax is by ________.

5.After you have reached the optimum point of study in a day, you should ________.