Read the text then answer the questions.

Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. Children who watch a lot of television are likely to have lower grades in school, read fewer books, exercise less, and be overweight. Parents can help by doing the following: ♦ Don’t allow children to watch long blocks of TV. ♦ Help them choose suitable programmes. Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not. ♦ Set certain periods when the television will be off. Study times are for learning, not for sitting in front of the TV doing homework. Make TV viewing an active process for child and parent!

75. How much TV do children in the United States watch on an average day? ___________________________________________________________________________

76. What are the good effects of television on children? ___________________________________________________________________________

77. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work? ___________________________________________________________________________

78. Should parents let their children watch TV for a long time? ___________________________________________________________________________

79. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not? ___________________________________________________________________________

80. What can parents do to limit their child’s screen time? 

Read the text then answer the questions.

Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day.

While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. Children who watch a lot of television are likely to have lower grades in school, read fewer books, exercise less, and be overweight.

Parents can help by doing the following:

♦ Don’t allow children to watch long blocks of TV.

♦ Help them choose suitable programmes. Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not.

♦ Set certain periods when the television will be off. Study times are for learning, not for sitting in front of the TV doing homework.

Make TV viewing an active process for child and parent!

1. How much TV do children in the United States watch on an average day?

2. What are the good effects of television on children?

3. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work?

4. Should parents let their children watch TV for a long time?

5. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not?

6. What can parents do to limit their child’s screen time?

XI. Read the text then answer the questions.

Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day.

While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. Children who watch a lot of television are likely to have lower grades in school, read fewer books, exercise less, and be overweight.

Parents can help by doing the following:

♦ Don’t allow children to watch long blocks of TV.

♦ Help them choose suitable programmes. Children’s shows on public TV are appropriate, but soap operas, adult sitcoms and adult talk shows are not.

♦ Set certain periods when the television will be off. Study times are for learning, not for sitting in front of the TV doing homework.

Make TV viewing an active process for child and parent!

1. How much TV do children in the United States watch on an average day?

____________________________________________________

2. What are the good effects of television on children?

____________________________________________________

3. What may be the bad effects of watching too much TV on school work?

____________________________________________________

4. Should parents let their children watch TV for a long time?

____________________________________________________

5. Which programmes are appropriate for children and which are not?

____________________________________________________

6. What can parents do to limit their child’s screen time?

____________________________________________________

Fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE words from the passage.

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Children and Watching TV

Television viewing influences children a lot. American children often spend from three to four hours a day watching TV. Some of them spend more time watching television than studying in the classroom. While television can entertain and inform our children of news and real knowledge, it may also influence them in bad ways. Time spent watching television takes away from their important activities such as reading books, playing outdoor sports, doing homework, having family gatherings and developing social skills. Children can also learn incorrect or inappropriate information from television. If children watch TV a lot, they may have lower grades at school, read fewer books and do less exercise or even be overweight

1.

Children in the U.S. often spend from 

  hours a day watching TV.

2.

Television can 

  and provide information for children.

3.

Watching TV can take time away from 

  activities for children.

4.

Kids can learn incorrect and unsuitable 

  on TV.

5.

Watching TV a lot may make students have 

  marks at school

Television is (1)......form of entertainment in the American household. People of (2).......ages use this medium to entertain themselves for an average of four hours a day. Thus, television has had a tremendous influence (3)..........its viewers, especially children.Scientists now say that children can be negatively affected by constantly (4)...........television.This is due to the fact that they participate less in physical activities, spend (5).........time reading and studying, and see a world of violence that can affect their own feelings of security.

1.A.the more popular B.most popular C.more popular D.the most popular

2.A.all B.no C.every D.each

3.A. in B. of C. from D.on

4.A.being watched B. to watch C.watching D.watch

5.A. less B.few C.more D.much

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

PROBLEMS OF WATCHING TELEVISION IN BRITAIN

British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time gluing to the telly and not enough for other activities like sports and reading. A survey recently carried out on people's viewing habits (28)____ not disapprove it. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average twenty three hours a week in front of the television, (29)_______ works out at over three hours every day.

What is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We seem to have become a nation of tally addicts. Just about (30)_______ household in the country has a television and over half have two or more.

According (31)_______ the survey, people nowadays don't just watch television sitting in their living room, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain's pupils should spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do less reading than young people. In fact, reading is on the bottom of their list of favorite pastimes. They would (32)____ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their television at home.

Question 32:

A. rather

B. like

C. had better

D. prefer

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

PROBLEMS OF WATCHING TELEVISION IN BRITAIN

British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time gluing to the telly and not enough for other activities like sports and reading. A survey recently carried out on people's viewing habits (28)____ not disapprove it. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average twenty three hours a week in front of the television, (29)_______ works out at over three hours every day.

What is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We seem to have become a nation of tally addicts. Just about (30)_______ household in the country has a television and over half have two or more.

According (31)_______ the survey, people nowadays don't just watch television sitting in their living room, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain's pupils should spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do less reading than young people. In fact, reading is on the bottom of their list of favorite pastimes. They would (32)____ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their television at home.

Question 28:

A. is

B. has

C. do

D. does

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

PROBLEMS OF WATCHING TELEVISION IN BRITAIN

British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time gluing to the telly and not enough for other activities like sports and reading. A survey recently carried out on people's viewing habits (28)____ not disapprove it. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average twenty three hours a week in front of the television, (29)_______ works out at over three hours every day.

What is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We seem to have become a nation of tally addicts. Just about (30)_______ household in the country has a television and over half have two or more.

According (31)_______ the survey, people nowadays don't just watch television sitting in their living room, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain's pupils should spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do less reading than young people. In fact, reading is on the bottom of their list of favorite pastimes. They would (32)____ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their television at home.

Question 29:

A. where

B. who

C. what

D. which

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

PROBLEMS OF WATCHING TELEVISION IN BRITAIN

British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time gluing to the telly and not enough for other activities like sports and reading. A survey recently carried out on people's viewing habits (28)____ not disapprove it. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average twenty three hours a week in front of the television, (29)_______ works out at over three hours every day.

What is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We seem to have become a nation of tally addicts. Just about (30)_______ household in the country has a television and over half have two or more.

According (31)_______ the survey, people nowadays don't just watch television sitting in their living room, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain's pupils should spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do less reading than young people. In fact, reading is on the bottom of their list of favorite pastimes. They would (32)____ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their television at home.

Question 31:

A. to

B. on

C. for

D. with