Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are

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(观看者) 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.
【小题1】The main idea of this passage is .A．TV is more important than schoolB．fewer and fewer children go to schoolC．There is not a school which has no TV set in AmericaD．TV plays a great part in American people’s life【小题2】How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?A．TwoB．ThreeC．FourD．Five【小题3】The first reason shows .A．now children go to school less often than their parents didB．in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at schoolC．a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hoursD．parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough【小题4】In American, a child starts going to school .A．when he is 3B．when he is about 6 or 7C．when he is able to understand TV D．after he starts to do school work【小题5】Every day in America .A．teachers and professors watch TVB．90,000,000 young people watch TVC．not only young people watch TVD．15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TVD

(答案→)D 解析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了电视在美国人生活中的重要作用。【小题1】根据Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America.及下文描述，可知本句主要意思是电视在美国人的生活中扮演重要角色。故选D。【小题2】根据First,…… Second …… Finally,描述，可知作者列出了三条原因，故选B。【小题3】根据While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set.描述，可知选B。【小题4】根据People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work.描述，可知美国人大约在六七岁上学，故选B。【小题5】根据but most of the Americans watch TV every day.描述，可知选C。不只是年轻人看电视。

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