Question

【題目】

On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such 【1】 activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time 【2】 from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.

“Children are affected by the same time crisis that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who 【3】 the recent study of children’s timetable. A(n) 【4】 reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male bread winner” households spent 【5】 amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours 【6】. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.

All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is a(n) 【7】 way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week 【8】 in it.

The children 【9】 spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might 【10】 as good news. If they’re spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】K

【2】C

【3】F

【4】A

【5】H

【6】J

【7】G

【8】E

【9】B

【10】I

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了一項(xiàng)關(guān)于孩子的休閑時(shí)間的調(diào)查——造成孩子休閑時(shí)間減少的原因以及孩子的休閑活動(dòng)的方式。

【1】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：他們還做更多的家務(wù)活，參加更多的像足球和芭蕾舞這樣組織的活動(dòng)。此處作定語(yǔ)修飾名詞activities，根據(jù)“soccer and ballet”可知此處表示“組織的”，activities與organize之間是邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，表示被動(dòng)，用過(guò)去分詞作定語(yǔ)，故填K。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：然而，總的來(lái)說(shuō)，兒童的休閑時(shí)間從1981年的40%下降到25%。此處缺少動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，根據(jù)空后的百分比可知此處表示“下降”，故填C。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：“孩子們同時(shí)受到影響他們父母的時(shí)間危機(jī)的影響，”桑德拉·霍弗思說(shuō)，她是最近一項(xiàng)關(guān)于孩子時(shí)間表的研究的負(fù)責(zé)人。此處缺少動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，根據(jù)句意可知此處表示“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、主管”，故填F。

【4】考查形容詞。句意：她說(shuō)，一個(gè)主要原因是越來(lái)越多的母親在外工作。修飾名詞reason用形容詞，根據(jù)“more mothers are working outside the home”可知，越來(lái)越多的母親在外工作，是主要原因。故此處表示“主要的”，故填A。

【5】考查形容詞。句意：盡管如此，在雙職工家庭和靠男人養(yǎng)家糊口的家庭中，孩子們與父母交流的時(shí)間相當(dāng)，相對(duì)而言，是19小時(shí)和22小時(shí)。修飾名詞amounts用形容詞，根據(jù)空后提到的19小時(shí)和22小時(shí)可知此處表示“相當(dāng)?shù)摹�，故�?/span>H。

【6】考查副詞。句意同上，修飾動(dòng)詞或句子用副詞，根據(jù)空前提到的兩個(gè)時(shí)間可知此處表示“相對(duì)而言”，故填J。

【7】考查形容詞。句意：游戲是孩子探索世界和了解自己的一種強(qiáng)有力的方式。修飾名詞way用形容詞，根據(jù)常識(shí)可以判斷出，游戲是孩子探索世界和了解自己的一種強(qiáng)有力的方式。所以此處填“強(qiáng)有力的”，故填G。

【8】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：無(wú)組織的游戲鼓勵(lì)獨(dú)立思考，并允許年輕人與同齡人協(xié)商他們的關(guān)系，但3至12歲的孩子每周只花12個(gè)小時(shí)參與其中。be engaged in表示“參與”，此處去掉be作后置定語(yǔ)，故填E。

【9】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：被抽樣的孩子花了四分之一的時(shí)間看電視。根據(jù)句意可知此處表示“抽樣調(diào)查的”，children與sample之間是邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，表示被動(dòng)，用過(guò)去分詞作后置定語(yǔ)，故填B。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：但不管你信不信，這可能是家長(zhǎng)們認(rèn)為的好消息之一。情態(tài)動(dòng)詞might后用動(dòng)詞原形作謂語(yǔ)，regard… as表示“將……視為”符合句意，故填I。