2019四级长篇阅读段落信息匹配题练习(3)

2019

四级长篇阅读段落信息匹配题练

习

(3)

Section B

Directions

：

In this section, you are going to read a

passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement

contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify

the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may

choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked

with a letter Answer the questions by marking the corresponding

letter on Answer Sheet 2.

TV Linked to Lower Marks

A) The effect of television on children has been debated

ever since the first sets were turned on. Now three new studies

find that too much tube time can lower test scores, retard

learning and even predict college performance. The reports

appear in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Ado-

lescent Medicine.

B) In the first report, researchers studied the effect

that having a TV in a child's bedroom can have on third

graders.

relation to

academic achievementon mathematics, reading

and language arts tests,

Borzekowski, an as- sistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health.

C)

Borzekowski and her colleague, Dr. Thomas Robinson of

Stanford University, collected data on386 third graders and

their parents about how much TV the children watched, the

number of TV sets, computers and video game consoles in the

household and where they were. They also collected data on how

much time the children spent using the different media, as well

as the time spent doing homework and reading. The researchers

found that the media in the household, where it is and how it

is used can have a profound effect on learning.

the household media environment has a very close association

with performance on the different test scores,

said.

D)

to have a score that is eight points lower on a mathematics

test compared to a child who doesn't have a TV in the bedroom,

she noted. These children also scored lower on the reading and

language arts tests. However, children who have ac-cess to a

home computer are likely to have higher scores on each of the

tests compared with children who don't have access to a home

computer, Borzekowski noted.

E)

The reasons why TV has this negative effect are not

clear, Borzekowski said.

parents are less likely to have control over the content and

the amount watched,

know how early or how late the set is on. This seems to be

associated with kids' performance on academic tests.

Borzekowski believes that content and the time the TV is on may

be the primary reasons for its negative effect.

in the family room, then parents can see the content of what

children are watching,

alongside and watch, or turn the set off. A simple and

straightforward, positive parenting strategy is to keep the TV

out of the child's bedroom, or remove it if it's already

there.

F)

In the second report, Dr. Robert J. Hancox from the

University of Ot ago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and colleagues

found, regardless of your intelligence or social background, if

you watch a lot of TV during childhood, you are a lot less

likely to have a college degree by your mid-20s. In their

study, the researchers followed 1,037 people born in 1972 and

1973. Every two years, between the ages of5 and 15, they were

asked how much television they watched. The researchers found

that those who watched the most television during these years

had earned fewer degrees by the time they were 26.

that the more television the child had watched, the more likely

they were to leave school without any qualifications,

said in a prepared statement.

television had the best chance of going on to university and

earning a degree.

G)

Hancox's team found that watching TV at an early age

had the most effect on graduating from college.

finding was that although teenage viewing was strongly linked

to leaving school without any qualifications, it was earlier

childhood viewing that had the greatest impact on getting a

degree,

younger children has a long-lasting adverse effect on

educational performance.

H)

In the third paper, Frederick J. Zimmerman and Dr.

Dimitri A. Christakis from the University of Washington report

that, for very young children, watching TV can result in lower

test scores in mathematics, reading recognition and reading

comprehension.

watched before age 3 and then at ages 3 to 5,

the earlier years, there was co nsider able beneficial effect

compared to children who watched a lot of TV.

I)

F

or children aged 3 to 5, the effect was not as clear,

Zimmerman said.

TV on reading, but no beneficial effects for math or

vocabulary,

than three hours of TV before age 3. Those kids had a

significant disadvantage compared to the other kids.

should follow the American Academy of Pediatrics

recommendation, which is no TV for children under 2, Zimmerman

said.

3, because there is just not any good content for children

under 3.

J)

One expert believes that TV can have both positive and

negative effects, but it all depends on what children are

watching.

assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who co-

authored an accompanying editorial.

been found to be related to performance on school readiness

tests, higher grades when they are teen-agers, whereas, non-

educational content tends to be associated with lower academic

performance.

K)

Another expert agrees.

that could be used by more useful things,

P. Lucas, a clinical coordinator at the Early Childhood

Evaluation and Treatment Program at the New York University

Child Study Center.

thing that has to be done in moderation;

something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy

development.

L)

Lucas puts the responsibility for how much TV kids watch and

what they watch squarely on parents.

certainly has a link with the reduced amount of time reading or doing

homework,

limiting the amount of access. Get the TV out of the bedroom; be aware

of what is being watched; limit the amount of TV watching.

46. According to Borzekowski, children having chances to use a

family computer are likely to acquire better results on the different

tests.

47. The reports issued in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescents

Medicine find that watching too much TV leads to poor performance in

school.

48. Watching more than three hours of TV before age 3 has bad

effect on kids.

49. According to the second report, the chance for one to acquire a

college degree depends on the amount of his TV watching during

childhood.

50. In Deborah L. Lingbarger's opinion, educational content is

helpful for teenagers to get better results on school readiness tests.

51. The environment of family media greatly affects children's test

scores according to the first report.