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Section B
Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C]and [D].You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with a sin-gle line through the centre.
Passage OneQuestions 57 t0 61 are based on the following passage.
Children leam almost nothing from television, and the more they watch the less they remember. They regard television purely as entertainment, resent programs that demand on them and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously. Far from being over-excited by programs, they are mildly bored with the whole thing.These are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television. The author Cardiac Cullingford confirms that the modem child is a dedicated viewer. The study suggests that there is little point in the later hours. More than a third of the children regularly watch their favorite programs afier 9 p.m. All ll-year-olds have watched programs afier midnight.
Apart from the obvious waste of time involved, it seems that all this viewing has little effect. Children don't pay close attention, says Cullingford, and they can recall few details. They can remember exactly which programs they have seen but they can rarely explain the elements of a particular plot. Recall was in "reverse proportion to the amount they had watched". It is precisely because television, unlike a teacher, demands so little attention and response that children like it, argues Cullingford. Programs seeking to put over senous messages are strongly disliked. So are people who frequently talk on screen. What children like most, and remember best, are the advertisements. They see them as short programs in their own right and particularly enjoy humorous presentation. But again, they react strongly against high-pressure advertisements that attempt openly to influence them.
On the other hand. they are not emotionally involved in the programs. If they admire the stars, it is because the actors lead glamorous Iives and eam a lot of money, not because of their fictional skills with fast cars and shooting villains (忍棍 ). They are perfectly clear about the functions of advefiisements; by the age of 12, only one in ten children believe what even favorite ads say about the product. And says Cullingford, educational television is probably least successful of all in imparting attitudes or information.
57. The study of children and television implies that _.
A. delaying TV programs to the later hours seems to be useless
B. watching TV until midnight is especially harmful to children
C. children should shorten their time on TV programs
D. children are supposed to Ieam a Iot from television programs请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!

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正确答案:A
根据题干信息词thestudyofchildrenandtelevision定位到第一段后半部分。第一段倒数第三句话是本题的答案:研究表明,电视节目播出得晚并不起什么作用。注意thereislittlepointin...意为“……没有多大作用”,故选A。翻译:(59)儿童从电视上几乎学不到什么,他们看得越多,记得就越少。他们完全把电视当成娱乐,他们讨厌那些要求他们做这做那的节目,并且对人们把媒体看得很严肃感到惊讶。电视节目完全没有让他们过度兴奋,他们对整件事感到有些厌倦。这些都是一项有关儿童和电视的新研究得出的重要结论。作家卡尔迪亚克·卡棘福德证实,现代的孩子是很忠实的观众。(57)研究表明,电视节目播出得晚并不起什么作用。超过三分之一的儿童经常在晚上9点以后观看自己喜欢的节目。所有11岁的孩子都在午夜之后看过电视。抛开最明显的浪费时间不说,似乎所有的观看都收效甚微。卡林福德说,孩子们并没有全神贯注地观看,而且他们几乎回想不起细节。他们可以清楚地记得看过哪些节目,但是很少能解释出某一情节的内容。(58)记住的内容“与他们所观看的节目数量成反比”。卡林福德认为,正是因为电视不像老师,只需要很少的关注和回应,所以孩子们才喜欢它。(60)试图传达严肃信息的电视节目让孩子们很反感,在银幕上讲个不停的人也一样。孩子们最喜欢、记得最清楚的就是广告。他们把广告本身当成短节目,尤其喜爱其幽默的表现方式。但同样,他们对那些试图公然影响他们的高压广告也表现出强烈的反感。另一方面,他们在看节目时并没有动感情。如果他们崇拜明星,那只是因为明星们过着光彩夺目的生活,挣很多钱,而不是因为他们开快车或打死恶棍的虚构技艺。他们非常清楚广告的作用;12岁的孩子中,只有十分之一相信广告对商品的描述,甚至是他们喜欢的广告。(61)卡林福德还认为,在传授态度或知识方面,教育类节目大概是最不成功的。

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