英语四级长篇阅读段落信息匹配题练习及答案解析(3)

英语四级长篇阅读段落信息匹配题练习及答案解析（

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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.

academic achievementon mathematics, reading and language arts tests,

L.G. 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.

household media environment has a very close association with performance on the different test

scores,

D)

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

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.

TV in the bedroom, parents are less likely to have control over the content and the amount

watched,

seems to be associated with kids' performance on academic tests.

content and the time the TV is on may be the primary reasons for its negative effect.

the family room, then parents can see the content of what children are watching,

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.

likely they were to leave school without any qualifications,

G) Hancox's team found that watching TV at an early age had the most effect on graduating

from college.

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leaving school without any qualifications, it was earlier childhood viewing that had the greatest

impact on getting a degree,

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.

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

that for children who watched a small amount of TV in the earlier years, there was co nsider able

beneficial effect compared to children who watched a lot of TV.

I) For children aged 3 to 5, the effect was not as clear, Zimmerman said.

beneficial effects of watching TV on reading, but no beneficial effects for math or vocabulary,

noted.

a significant disadvantage compared to the other kids.

Academy of Pediatrics recommendation, which is no TV for children under 2, Zimmerman said.

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.

professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who co-authored an accompanying editorial.

higher grades when they are teen-agers, whereas, non-educational content tends to be associated

with lower academic performance.

K) Another expert agrees.

things,

Treatment Program at the New York University Child Study Center.

is some-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.

or doing homework,

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.

52. Borzekowski believes that TV's negative effect on children's marks may mainly lie in what

children watch on TV and how much time they spend on it.

53. Lucas thinks parents should take the responsibility to supervise kids' TV watching.

54. According to the recommendation from American Academy of Pediatrics, children under 2

should watch no TV.

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