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As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.
Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping(錄像) the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general, the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is. ”
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.”
【小題1】The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ______.

A．report on the findings of a study

B．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table

C．show the relationship between parents and children

D．give information about family problems

【小題2】Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ______.

A．they are busy serving food to their children

B．they have to pay more attention to younger children

C．they are busy keeping order at the dinner table

D．they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

【小題3】By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children ______.

A．have to help their parents to serve dinner

B．find it hard to keep up with other children

C．a(chǎn)re often kept away from the dinner table

D．get the least attention from the family

【小題4】Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

A．Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.

B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.

C．It is important to have the right food for children.

D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文介紹了跟蹤研究的報(bào)告，從不同家庭就餐時(shí)的狀況可以看出孩子小的時(shí)候和大的時(shí)候不同，中間的孩子受到父母的關(guān)注少，建議父母要多和孩子交流。
【小題1】概括推理題。Sociologist(社會(huì)學(xué)家)Michael Lewis寫此文的目的概括說(shuō)來(lái)應(yīng)是“關(guān)于一份50年的跟蹤研究的報(bào)告”，而B、C、D項(xiàng)都只是這份report中的一項(xiàng)，故選A
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)認(rèn)定題。根據(jù)文中第二段第三句“But as the number of children gets larger，conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make”可知此題選C。
【小題3】推理判斷題。Middle children處于the oldest children與the youngest child中間。根據(jù)文中第三段第二句話的介紹，可推知“Middle children are invisibles(無(wú)視的，看不見(jiàn))”一句話的意思是D項(xiàng)，即the middle children get the least attention from the family。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中第二段“In general the more question—asking the parents do，the higher the children’s IQ scores”，可推知A項(xiàng)正確。
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