Zach Linsky, 11, watches TV for 3 and a half hours a day and plays video games every other day. Zach, a sixth grader in Washington, D. C., is an American. But unlike many kids, he doesn’t have a TV, VCR, or computer in his bedroom. He only has a boom box (手提錄音機(jī)).
The survey of 3,155 kids, aged 2 to 18, shows that they spend 5 hours and 29 minutes on average(平均的) a day using some types of media outside of school, including 2 hours and 46 minutes watching TV, 21 minutes on the computer, 20 minutes playing video games, and 8 minutes on the Internet. The good news: The total includes 44 minutes spent reading.
The survey also shows that those aged 2 to 7 spend 3 hours and 9 minutes watching TV every day and shows that 32 percent in that age group have TV sets in their rooms. Among those aged 8 to 18, 21 percent have computers in their rooms, 65 percent have TV sets, and 61 percent say their parents don’t stop them from watching TV. Nearly 1 in 4 say they watch more than 5 hours a day.
“Kids are living much more lonely lives than ever before,” says Kay S. Hytnowitz. “They just disappear into their rooms and spend all of their time with these media.”
小題1:At what age do children in America spend about five and a half hours on the media a day?
| A．Aged 2 to 7. | B．Aged 2 to 18. | C．Aged 8 to 18. | D．Aged 2 to 11. |
小題2:How long do kids aged 2 to 18 spend reading?
| A．46 minutes. | B．21 minutes. | C．20 minutes. | D．44 minutes. |
小題3:How many kids aged 2 to 7 have TV sets in their rooms?
小題4:Why do the children spend all of their time with these media? Because _______.
| A．they have too much free time |
| B．they feel very lonely |
| C．they like these media |
| D．they want to find out something |
小題5:What’s the problem of the kids in America according to the passage?
| A．There are too many media now. |
| B．Kids spend too much time on the media. |
| C．Kids are too fat. |
| D．Kids would rather be with friends than the TV. |
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