Children lie on couches or sit on floors, nearly hypnotized(迷住) by all kinds of messages coming from the television. This scene has become all too familiar. Increasingly, young children are adopting a watching-TV lifestyle, at s stage in life when activity is important to their growth. Furthermore, family time is being destroyed by too much TV time. Here are some facts you need to know:
*Research shows that children spend between five and six hours per day watching TV, and they go to bed before having any communication with other family members.
*Time spent in front of a screen is reducing the amount of time children spend sleeping.
*The more time a youth spends in front of a screen, the more likely he or she is to be overweight.
Experts(专家) offer the following advice to parents on how to stop their children from becoming addicted to television:
*Do not put a TV in a child’s bedroom.
*Make meal time, family time -----turn off the TV during a family meal time. Better yet, remove the TV from the eating area.
*Make TV time active time by doing simple exercise during advertisement breaks.
*Help your kids be clever TV watchers by teaching them to recognize a sales trick in advertisements(广告).
*Create family memories by planning fun activities instead of always watching TV with your family.
*_______. Limit your own TV watching to less than two hours per day. The best way to learn is to follow; this is especially true for children.
小题1:Which fact is not mentioned(提到) as a result of watching TV in this passage?
A．Family time has been destroyed.
B．Children who watch too much TV are often overweight.
C．Children spend less time sleeping because of watching TV.
D．Children’s study can be badly influenced if they watch too much TV.小题2:Which of the following is one piece of advice given in this passage?
A．Parents should teach children to judge TV advertisements.
B．TV should be removed from homes that have children.
C．The family should watch TV together while eating.
D．Parents should not allow children to watch TV.小题3:The sentence in the blank in the last advice should be “_______”.
A．Be a good role model
B．Limit children’s TV time
C．TV time should not be over 2 hours.
D．Watching too much TV is bad for children