Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(觀看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.

1.The main idea of this passage is ___________.

A．TV is more important than school

B．fewer and fewer children go to school

C．There is not a school which has no TV set in America

D．TV plays a great part in American people’s life

2.How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Four             D．Five

3.The first reason shows ____________.

A．now children go to school less often than their parents did

B．in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

C．a(chǎn) TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours

D．parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough

4.In American, a child starts going to school _________.

A．when he is 3                           B．when he is about 6 or 7

C．when he is able to understand TV           D．a(chǎn)fter he starts to do school work

5.Every day in America ______________.

A．teachers and professors watch TV

B．90,000,000 young people watch TV

C．not only young people watch TV

D．15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TV

用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空

1.Our teachers are all very _____________ （friend） to us students.

2. A cat has four _______________ （foot）.

3. What about going ______________ （swim） this afternoon?

4.My brother and my uncle are ______________ （policeman）.

5. It is quite _______________ （comfort） to take the train.

6. What an _______________ （interest） film it is!

7. How many _______________ （child） stand in front of the class?

8. There will be a heavy __________ （snowy） next week.

Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(觀看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.
【小題1】The main idea of this passage is ___________.

Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(觀看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America

1. 1.

   The main idea of this passage is______.

   1. A.
      TV is more important than school
   2. B.
      fewer and fewer children go to school
   3. C.
      There is not a school which has no TV set in America
   4. D.
      TV plays a great part in American people’s life
2. 2.

   How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

   1. A.
      Two
   2. B.
      Three
   3. C.
      Four
   4. D.
      Five
3. 3.

   The first reason shows______.

   1. A.
      now children go to school less often than their parents did
   2. B.
      in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school
   3. C.
      a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours
   4. D.
      parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough
4. 4.

   In American, a child starts going to school______.

   1. A.
      when he is 3
   2. B.
      when he is about 6 or 7
   3. C.
      when he is able to understand TV
   4. D.
      after he starts to do school work
5. 5.

   Every day in America ______.

   1. A.
      teachers and professors watch TV
   2. B.
      90,000,000 young people watch TV
   3. C.
      not only young people watch TV
   4. D.
      15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TV

A new kind of Sports shoes have been worked out in the UK recently. They can work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to allow time in front of the television.

The shoes－named Square Eyes－h(huán)ave an electronic sensor and a small computer chip (芯片) to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day.A wireless transmitter(無(wú)線傳導(dǎo)器) passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer can have, depended on the day’s efforts.

The idea was encouraged by a wish to fight against overweight among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes. “We considered the problems and childhood overweight really stood out.” She says, “And I wanted to work out that with my idea.”

Once a child has used up their daily allowance(許可) got through exercise, the television itself turns off. And further time in front of the TV can only be got through more steps.

Swan thought over how exercise should change to television time.Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes means one minute of TV time.

Other similar sports shoes normally keep count of steps by measuring(測(cè)量) sudden movement. Swan says people may easily get recording steps through shaking. But her shoes have been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort，” she says. “That was one of my main invention considerations.”

(　　)61.According to Swan，the purpose of her sports shoes is to________.

A. keep children away from the TV　　　

B. deal with overweight among teenagers

C. keep a record of the steps of the wearer　

D. prevent children from being cheated by TV programs

(　　)62.Which of the following is TRUE of Square Eyes shoes?

A. They control a child’s daily exercises.

B. They record all the information of the receiver.

C. They control a child’s evening TV viewing time.

D. They have caused the problem of watching TV too much.

(　　)63.Compared with other similar products, Swan’s sports shoes ________ .

A. make it hard for lazy teenagers to cheat

B. count the wearer’s steps through shaking

C. record the sudden movement of the wearer

D. send teenagers’ health information to the receiver

(　　)64.Health experts suggest that a child should take________ .

A. 12,000 steps each day

B. watch more than two hours of television.

C. 100 steps one minute

D. keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement

(　　)65.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight

B. Smart Shoes Promise More Exercise

C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise

D. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time