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閱讀理解 　　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 organized activities as soccer and ballet(芭蕾舞)．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 dropped from 40％ of the day in 1981 to 25％． 　　“Children are affected by the same time crunch(危機)that affects their parents, ” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable．A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home．Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively．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 the most powerful 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 engaged in it． 　　The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television．But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard 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? (1) By mentioning “the same time crunch”(Line 1, Para．2)Sandra Hofferth means ________． [　　] A． children have little time to play with their parents B． children are not taken good care of by their working parents C． both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time D． both parents and children have trouble managing their time (2) According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is ________． [　　] A． quite convincing B． partially true C． totally groundless D． rather confusing (3) The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ________． [　　] A． are engaged in more and more structured activities B． are increasingly neglected by their working mothers C． are spending more and more time watching TV D． are involved less and less in household work (4) We can infer from the passage that ________． [　　] A． extracurricular activities promote children’s intelligence B． most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off C． efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful D． most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．D;
解析：

(1)	根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句“All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40％ of the day in 1981 to 25％．(不過，總的來說，兒童閑暇時間從1981年時的每天的40％下降到現(xiàn)在的25％。)”以及第二段第一句“Children are affected by the same time crunch that affects their parents．(孩子們和他們的父母一樣都存在著(閑暇)時間(短缺)危機)”可知，正確答案為選項C。
(2)	根據(jù)第二段后兩句 “Nevertheless, children in both double-income…9 hours with their single mothers．”可知，母親外出工作是導致孩子玩耍時間減少的部分原因，但不是主要原因。因此，正確答案為選項B。
(3)	根據(jù)第三段最后半句“…but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it．”可知，作者認為美國兒童花在“unstructured play”上的時間太少(這里的it即指代unstructured play)，換言之，作者對美國兒童參加越來越多的“structured activities”這種情況感到擔心。因此，正確答案為選項A。
(4)	根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二句前半句“Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books,…”可以推論，父母親之所以要努力使孩子們對看書感興趣，是因為他們大都認為開卷有益。因此，正確答案為選項D。