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 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!

60．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.

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

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

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

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

You'd better ___________ some money for your child’s schooling.

　 A．set aside B．pick up 　　　　　　　 C．put off 　　　　　　　　　　 D．give away

　　Your body is made up of little cells（细胞）.Each one of these is alive. The big difference between your body and a man-made machine is that every part of your body is alive. Each cell has a job to do and needs energy to do it. If you count correctly, you will find the total is around 60,000,000 cells.

　　Nerve（神经）cells have long thread like shapes. Bone cells may have branching parts to link with other cells, while red blood cells are round and almost flat.

　　The cells are alive, but they do not live nearly as long as you do. Each cell lives for a while--from a few weeks to a year or more--and then it dies and a new cell is made to do the same. Only one kind of cell is not made after birth, the brain cells. So a new born baby is the brainiest person in the world, he has a full set of brain cells in thinking.

　　All our lives, we are storing more and more information in the brain. The fastest rate is at the time when we are young.

(1) Which one of the following is right?

[　　]

A．Everything in the world is made up of little cells.

B．Nothing has cells but people.

C．The man-made machine's cells are dead.

D．Your legs are made up of little ceils.

(2) The amount of cells in a human body is ______.

[　　]

A．about sixty billion

B．about sixty million

C．less than sixty million

D．more than sixty billion

(3) The shapes of cells in the human body are ______.

[　　]

A．about the same

B．almost round or flat

C．changed at any time

D．quite different

(4) _______ after birth.

[　　]

A．Each kind of cell can be made

B．Not all cells can be made

C．The brain cells are changeless

D．The new cells are made unlimitedly

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 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!

60．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.

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

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

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

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