Question

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(觀看者) 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.
【小題1】The main idea of this passage is ___________.

A．TV is more important than school

B．fewer and fewer children go to school

C．There is not a school which has no TV set in America

D．TV plays a great part in American people’s life

【小題2】How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

【小題3】The first reason shows ____________.

A．now children go to school less often than their parents did

B．in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

C．a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours

D．parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough

【小題4】In American, a child starts going to school _________.

A．when he is 3	B．when he is about 6 or 7
C．when he is able to understand TV	D．after he starts to do school work

【小題5】Every day in America ______________.

A．teachers and professors watch TV

B．90,000,000 young people watch TV

C．not only young people watch TV

D．15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TV

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了電視在美國人生活中的重要作用。
【小題1】根據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電視在美國人的生活中扮演重要角色。故選D。
【小題2】根據First,…… Second …… Finally,描述，可知作者列出了三條原因，故選B。
【小題3】根據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，可知選B。
【小題4】根據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，可知美國人大約在六七歲上學，故選B。
【小題5】根據but most of the Americans watch TV every day.描述，可知選C。不只是年輕人看電視。
考點：關于美國人生活的說明文閱讀
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