8．[1]One out of many important things for the whole family to do is to have dinner together．Researchers began reporting the benefits of family dinner about a decade ago，focusing mainly on how it affects children．Studies show that those families who eat dinner at least 3or 4times a week together，benefit in many ways．
[2]Eating together helps families achieve open communication and build stronger and healthier relationships．Children have better grades at school and are better adjusted as teens and adults，and the entire family enjoys healthier nutrition．For many families，eating dinner together proves to be good and effective way to reduce the risk of youth rates of addiction，and helps to raise healthier children．It is also a great time to share the events of the day，discuss news and ideas and just be together and enjoy each other's company．
[3]During dinner time parents have better opportunity to show that they are for their children．Sitting at the same table and sharing meals is where and when parents can find out more about their children's school performance，daily activities and attitudes toward life．When parents have all this information they can better direct their kids toward positive things in life．They also have better chance to reduce the possibility that children will get involved with alcohol，tobacco，and illegal drugs．
[4]However，family researchers say that the benefits of family dinner by no means can be considered as automatic．Parents can sit down to dinner with their kids every day and achieve nothing．没有要作答的内容 if there is too much arguing going on，if there is no meaningful conversation or，what is even worse，if there is just plain silence during gathering．
76．What is the main idea of the text？（no more than 8words）1．Familiesbenefit from eating together．/Having dinner together is beneficial to families．
77．Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one？
By having dinner together family members can have free exchange of information and develop closer ties among them．Knowingmore about their building stronger and healthier relationships with theirchildren； getting chance to show that they are prior to their children．
78．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4with proper words．（no more than 8words）Nofamily dinners can benefit．/Family dinner may not benefit．
79．What information can parents probably get about their children at family dinner？（no more than 12words）Theirchildren's school performance，daily activities and attitudes towards life．
80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3into Chinese．Familydinner．
families．．
分析 本文是一篇说明文，对于一个家庭来说许多重要的事情之一就是家庭成员聚在一起吃饭．研究发现一个星期聚餐3或4次有很多的好处．家庭聚餐对于每个家人都有很大的意义，一起吃饭有助于家庭实现开放式沟通和建立更好的关系．在家庭聚餐的时间父母有更好的机会象孩子们表明父母的爱．但这种好处不是自动生成的，要看看操作如何，运作不好也会带来意想不到的坏影响．比如是否在聚餐期间进行有意义的对话等．
解答 1．根据第一段"One out of many important things for the whole family to do is to have dinner together．"可以得出本文的主要内容即答案为：Families benefit from eating together．/Having dinner together is beneficial to families．
2．根据第二、三段文章列出了许多家庭聚餐的好处，如："helps families achieve open communication and build stronger and healthier relationships"及"For many families，eating dinner together proves to be a good and effective way to reduce the risk of youth rates of addiction，and helps to raise healthier children．"选择两处写出答案：Knowing more about their building stronger and healthier relationships with their children； getting chance to show that they are prior to their children．
3．根据后面提出了一系列的if条件，而且都是不好的假设，所以导致的结果就是横线上要填的内容即：Family dinner may not benefit．
4．根据第三段可以直接写出答案"Their children's school performance，daily activities and attitudes towards life．"
5．it所代指的内容是前面提到的单数名词或不可数名词，向前很容易找到family dinner，即答案．
点评 解答细节理解题时，一个常用的方法就是运用定位法，即根据题干和选项中的关键词从原文中找到相关的句子，与选项进行比较从而确定答案；推理判断题既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思，又要求学生对作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断，力求从作者的角度去考虑，不要固守自己的看法或观点．
