Onaverage，Americankidsages3to12spent29hoursaweekinschool，eighthoursmorethattheydidin1981.Theyalsodidmorehouseholdworkandparticipatedinmoreofsuchorganizedactivitiesassoccerandballet(芭蕾舞)。Involvementinsports，inparticular，rosealmost50%from1981to1997：boysnowspendanaverageoffourhoursaweekplayingsports;girlsloghallthattime.Allinall，however，children‘sleisuretimedroppedfrom40%ofthedayin1981to25%“Childrenareaffectedbythesametimecrunch(危機(jī))thataffectstheirparents”saysSandraHofferth，whoheadedtherecentstudyofchildren‘stimetable.Achiefreason，shesays，isthatmoremothersareworkingoutsidethehome.Nevertheless，childreninbothdouble-incomeand“malebreadwinner”householdsspentcomparableamountsoftimeinteractingwiththeirparents19hoursand22hoursrespectively.Incontrast，childrenspentonly9hourswiththeirsinglemothers.)Allworkandnoplaycouldmakeforsomeverymessed-upkids.“Playisthemostpowerfulwayachilde某plorestheworldandlearnsabouthimself，”saysT.BerryBrazelton，professoratHarvardMedicalSchoolUnstructuredplayencouragesindependentthinkingandallowstheyoungtonegotiatetheirrelationshipswiththeirpeers，butkidsages3to12spentonly12hoursaweekengagedinit.Thechildrensampledspentaquarteroftheirrapidlydecreasing“freetime”watchingtelevision.Butthat，believeitornot，wasoneofthefindingsparentsmightregardasgoodnews.Ifthey‘re第1頁(yè)共4頁(yè)spendinglesstimeinfrontoftheTVset，however，kidsaren’treplacingitwithreading.Despiteeffortstogetkidsmoreinterestedinbooks，thechildrenspentjustoveranhouraweekreading.Let‘sfaceit，who’sgotthetime?Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion：1.Bymentioning“thesametimecrunch”(Line1，Para.2)SandraHofferthmeans________.A.childrenhavelittletimetoplaywiththeirparentsB.childrenarenottakengoodcareofbytheirworkingparentsC.bothparentsandchildrensufferfromlackofleisuretimeD.bothparentsandchildrenhavetroublemanagingtheirtime2.Accordingtotheauthor，thereasongivenbySandraHofferthforthetimecrunchis________.A.quiteconvincingB.partiallytrueC.totallygroundlessD.ratherconfusing3.Accordingtotheauthorachilddevelopsbetterif________.A.hehasplentyoftimereadingandstudyingB.heislefttoplaywithhispeersinhisownwayC.hehasmoretimeparticipatinginschoolactivitiesD.heisfreetointeractwithhisworkingparents4.TheauthorisconcernedaboutthefactthatAmericankids________.A.areengagedinmoreandmorestructuredactivitiesB.areincreasinglyneglectedbytheirworkingmothersC.arespendingmoreandmoretimewatchingTV第2頁(yè)共4頁(yè)D.areinvolvedlessandlessinhouseholdwork5.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat________.A.e某tracurricularactivitiespromotechildren‘sintelligenceB.mostchildrenwillturntoreadingwithTVsetsswitchedoffC.effortstogetkidsinterestedinreadinghavebeenfruitfulD.mostparentsbelievereadingtobebeneficialtochildren1.[C]語(yǔ)義理解題。該短語(yǔ)所在句子的上文(第1段最后一句)表明“孩子的課余時(shí)間比以前少了”，而本句指出父母和孩子都受timecrunch的影響，可見(jiàn)thesametimecrunch是指空閑時(shí)間不夠用，故C正確。2.[B]觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。第2段第2句中括號(hào)里的內(nèi)容表明了作者的觀點(diǎn)。轉(zhuǎn)折詞Nevertheless說(shuō)明作者的觀點(diǎn)跟上文SandraHofferth的看法不完全一致，而作者在下文舉例中提到，單身母親因?yàn)橐习?，與孩子在起的時(shí)間只有9個(gè)小時(shí)，確實(shí)少了很多，這與Hofferth所述一致，因此選B.3.[B]事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。第3段最后一句表明孩子自由玩樂(lè)能促使他們獨(dú)立思考，并使他們學(xué)會(huì)處理與同齡關(guān)系，其中unstructuredplay相當(dāng)于B中的playinhisownway，故B正確。4.[A]觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。文章一開(kāi)頭作者就說(shuō)孩子們比1981年時(shí)上學(xué)的時(shí)間每周多8小時(shí)，他們還做更多的家務(wù)，參加更多的有組織性的活動(dòng)等等，而這些均是造成孩子們空閑時(shí)間越來(lái)越少的原因，而孩子們空閑時(shí)間少也正是作者憂慮的問(wèn)題，故可推知本題選A.B是作者在第2段括號(hào)里反駁過(guò)的觀點(diǎn);C錯(cuò)在moreandmoretime，而且作者對(duì)孩子看電視也不完全反對(duì);孩子們事實(shí)上要做更多家務(wù)，故D錯(cuò)。5.[D]推理判斷題。文章最后一段倒數(shù)第2句說(shuō)“盡管父母費(fèi)盡心思培養(yǎng)孩子的讀書興趣，可孩子們一周也只不過(guò)花一個(gè)多小時(shí)讀書”。由此可見(jiàn)，父母認(rèn)為讀書對(duì)孩子有好處，即D.A中的e某tracurricularactivities包含structuredandunstructuredactivities，文中只說(shuō)unstructuredactivities有助于培養(yǎng)孩子獨(dú)立思考以及與同齡人