One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill of the hours till dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, and his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi's forty-fifth birthday.

My wife and I heard none of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.

I found in my baby's behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don't read and they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight about it? Let them watch it all they want!

1.Why did the author bring a TV set into his son's room?

A. To make his son keep quiet.    　　   B. To spend the night by watching TV programs.

C. In order not to let his son feel lonely.  　D. To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible.

2.The baby's reaction to the TV program was _______ for the writer.  

A. unexpected                       B. encouraging              C. exciting                     D. calm

3.From this passage we know that the author is probably           .

A. a doctor                               B. a reporter                  C. an editor                    D. a teacher

4.According to the passage, which is true of the school children?

A. They prefer reading to watching TV.    　　 

B. They like watching TV after school.

C. They would rather watch TV than read books.

D. They like their teachers who teach them reading.

 

One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill of the hours till dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, and his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard none of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby’s behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight about it? Let them watch it all they want!
【小题1】Why did the author bring a TV set into his son’s room?

A．To make his son keep quiet.	B．To spend the night by watching TV programs.
C．In order not to let his son feel lonely.	D．To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible.

【小题2】The baby’s reaction to the TV program was _______ for the writer.  

A．unexpected

B．encouraging

C．exciting

D．calm

【小题3】From this passage we know that the author is probably           .

A．a doctor

B．a reporter

C．an editor

D．a teacher

【小题4】According to the passage, which is true of the school children?

A．They prefer reading to watching TV.

B．They like watching TV after school.

C．They would rather watch TV than read books.

D．They like their teachers who teach them reading.

One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rockings. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I would have a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable (便携式)TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then walked out of the room quietly, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fiftieth birthday.

My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself. I found in my baby’s behavior a metaphor (暗喻) for the new generation (代). My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want is watching TV.

After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion “Let them watch it!”If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!

1.The father brought a TV set into his son’s room ______.

A.to kill the time

B.to let him learn something

C.to make him go to sleep as quickly as possible

D.to let his son spend a good night

2.To the couple’s surprise the boy ______ after they brought a TV set into his room.

A.soon fell asleep

B.slept quite well that night

C.became silent

D.showed little interest in the TV programmes

3.From the passage we know that the writer of the story probably is a ______.

A. teacher　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.scientist　　　　　　　　　　 C.worker　　　　　　　　　　  D.doctor

4.From what the writer describes we learn that now school children ______.

A. would rather stay at home than go to school

B.show little interest in their school subjects

C.spend most of their school time watching TV

D.are looked down upon by the teachers

5.From the last paragraph we know that the writer thinks it ______.

A. terrible for children to watch so much TV programmes

B.useless for parents to blame (责备) their children

C.necessary for TV stations to improve their TV programmes

D.favourable for children to watch the programmes they like

 

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　　One hot night last July when our new baby couldn't sleep , I 1 everything I could think of: a warm bottle , songs , gentle rocking. Nothing would 2 him. Guessing that I had a long 3 ahead of me, I brought a portable （手提的） TV into his room, figuring that watching the 4 movie was as good a way as any to kill off the 5 until dawn. To my 6 , as soon as the TV lit up, the baby 7 right down, his little eyes focused （集中） brightly on the tube. Not to waste a chance for 8 I then tiptoed out of the room , 9 him to watch the Mickey Mouse.

　　My wife and I heard 10 of the baby that night , and the next morning when I went into his room , I found him still watching TV himself. I found 11 my baby's behavior （行为） a metaphor （暗喻） for the new 12 . My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he took no notice of them. When we 13 to him , he did not feel 14 . And so it is in the schools. We find that our students 15 read and they look down upon reading and 16 those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with 17 , however, I have reached a 18 , “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more 19 to children than hooks , 20 should we fight it? Let them watch all they want!

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One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of : a warm bottle, songs gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill of the hours till dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoes out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi's forty-fifth birthday.

My wife and I heard none of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.

I found in my baby's behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don't read and they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight about it? Let them watch it all they want!

1．Why did the author bring a TV set into his son's room?

　　A．To make his son keep quiet.

　　B．To spend the night by watching TV programs.

　　C．In order not to let his son feel lonely.

　　D．To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible.

2．The baby's reaction to the TV program was _______ .

　　A．unexpected 　　 B．encouraging　　 C．exciting 　 D．nervous

3．From this passage we know that the author is　　　　　 .

A．a doctor　 B．a reporter C．an editor　 D．a teacher

4．Accordingg to the passage, which is true of the school children?

　　A．They prefer reading to watching TV.

　　B．They like watching TV after school.

　　C．They would rather watch TV than read books.

　　D．They like their teachers who teach them reading.