Dr. Julie Coulton, a British psychologist, focuses her research on the extraordinary function of the play in the physical and spiritual development of children and Martti Bergson from the University of Helsinki shows that playing outside, in the open air, contributes to a better development of the brain.
Thus parents must encourage their children to spend as much time as possible in the open air, and at the same time, to ask schools and kindergartens to assure the small a playground outside. Recent statistics (數(shù)據(jù)) and studies show an alarming increase of the number of hours spent by children in front of the TV and the computer and a decrease of the time spent outside.
As a consequence more and more children suffer from eye problems and have to wear glasses. Also the problem of fatness among children concerns many parents who don't know what to do anymore to make their children eat healthy and balanced.
Children need a space where to develop their creativity mid parents should encourage them all the time. Too many rules hold back the child's personality and creativity and prevent them to develop the desire to know, to find out, to learn.
If you tell your child so many times: "Don't do that, don't mess the room, don't go there ...", he will lose the desire to do something, anything. Parents must watch their children without suffocating (窒息) them. Should you consider they mustn't do that or this, you have to logically explain them your reasons and they will understand.
Through playing a child learns how to communicate, how to take decisions. Playing is connected to the intellectual, emotional and social progress of the child. Playing lets your children learn how to express his feelings.
小題1:What is worrying the scientists is that ______.
A．most parents pay no attention to their children's playing
B．most schools and kindergartens have no playgrounds
C．most parents encourage their children to watch TV or go surfing
D．most children spend more time on TV or tile Internet than on playing outside
小題2:Children who watch TV or surf the Internet too much may suffer all the following EXCEPT .
A．eye problemsB．weight problems
C．lack of creativityD．lack of interest in their lessons
小題3:The author advises us ______.
A．to allow children to do whatever we want them to do
B．never to forbid children to do anything they want to do
C．to explain why when you don't let children do something
D．to watch children playing anytime to ensure their safety
小題4:Which would be a best title for this passage?
A．How to develop the brain of your children better
B．Playing is good for your children in many aspects
C．Teaching your children what and how to play
D．Don't forbid your children to do anything

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
文章討論的是要給孩子更多的時間去玩，因為玩耍對孩子的發(fā)展很重要。
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二daunting后兩行studies show an alarming increase of the number of hours spent by children in front of the TV and the computer and a decrease of the time spent outside.說明D項這正是科學及擔心的問題。
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。在第三段中提及了AB兩項，在第四段中提及了C項，D項文章沒有涉及，故D符合要求。
小題3:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一行you have to logically explain them your reasons and they will understand.說明C正確。
小題4:B主旨大意題。文章討論的是要給孩子更多的時間去玩，因為玩耍對孩子的發(fā)展很重要。
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