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【題目】The family sphere(范圍) used to be defined by its isolation from the public realm. There was the public male realm（領(lǐng)域）of "rational accomplishment" and cruel competition, and the private female and child-rearing sphere of home, intuition（直覺(jué)）and emotion. The private realm was supposed to be isolated from the realities of adult life. For both better and worse, television and other electronic media tend to break down the difference between those two worlds. The membrane around the family sphere is much more permeable(可滲透的). TV takes public events and transforms them into dramas that are played out in the privacy of our living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms.

Parents used to be the channel through which children learned about the outside world. They could decide what to tell their children and when to tell it to them. Since children learn to read in stages, books provide a kind of natural screening process, where adults can decide what to tell and not tell children of different reading abilities. Television destroyed the system that separated adult from child knowledge and separated information into year-by-year slices for children of different ages. Instead, it presents the same information directly to children of all ages, without going through adult filters.

So television presents a real challenge to adults. While a parent can read a newspaper without sharing it with children in the same room, television is accessible to everyone in that space. And unlike books, television doesn't allow us to flip（翻轉(zhuǎn)）through it and see what's coming up. We may think we're giving our children a lesson in science by having them watch the Challenger take off, and then suddenly they learn about death, disaster and adult mistakes.

Books allow adults to discuss privately what to tell or not tell children. This also allows parents to keep adult material secret from children and keep their secret keeping secret. Take that same material and put it on The Today Show and you have 800,000 children hearing the very things the adults are trying to keep from them. "Television takes our kids across the globe before parents give them permission to cross the street."

More importantly, children gradually learn that adults are worried and anxious about being parents. Actually, television has also places families under a lot of stress.

How Television Changes Childhood?

Main comparisons		Contexts
Distance between __【1】_and the outside.		Homes used to be isolated from the ____【2】__realm.
		Homes nowadays are __【3】_to the outside world.
Media through which children can obtain information		In the past, children might learn __【4】__about the outside world with the help of parents and ___【5】___.
		More information is got directly through TV and other electronic media, which breaks down the __【6】___ between adult world and the child world.
___【7】___ of the information children get		Traditionally, kids could only knew what they should learn at their age, carefully___【8】__by their parents.
		Everything can possibly be known by children, including many aspects of __【9】__ life.
Effects on family education
Parental instruction	Families are now under greater stress than before. Adults are anxious about being parents and faced with new __【10】_____.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Homes

【2】public

【3】connected

【4】indirectly

【5】books

【6】difference

【7】Content

【8】decided/ chosen

【9】adult

【10】challenges

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇議論性很強(qiáng)的文章。文中說(shuō)到家庭范圍是用來(lái)定義與公共領(lǐng)域隔離的區(qū)域，分為公共男性領(lǐng)域和私人女性領(lǐng)域以及育兒領(lǐng)域。私人領(lǐng)域應(yīng)該遠(yuǎn)離成人生活的現(xiàn)實(shí)環(huán)境，但是現(xiàn)在，電視或者電子媒介逐步打破兩個(gè)世界之間的不同，電視以一種戲劇的方式在人們的客廳、臥室、廚房報(bào)道和傳播公共事件。父母是孩子了解世界的渠道，他們可以決定告訴孩子什么，什么時(shí)候告訴他們，但是，電視卻沒(méi)有經(jīng)過(guò)父母的過(guò)濾，把相同的信息傳遞給所有年齡階段的孩子，在教育孩子認(rèn)識(shí)世界上面，電視給父母造成一種真實(shí)的挑戰(zhàn)，并且給父母造成壓力。

【1】Homes。第一自然段The family sphere(范圍) used to be defined by its isolation from the public realm意思是：家庭范圍常常用來(lái)定義它與公共區(qū)域的分離。故這里是指家與外邊世界距離。故填Homes。

【2】public。第一自然段The family sphere(范圍) used to be defined by its isolation from the public realm意思是：家庭范圍常常用來(lái)定義它與公共區(qū)域的分離。故這里是指家與外邊世界距離。故填public。

【3】connected。第一自然段最后一句話(huà)TV takes public events and transforms them into dramas that are played out in the privacy of our living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms. 意思是：電視報(bào)道公共事件，把他們轉(zhuǎn)化成戲劇，在我們的客廳、臥室以及廚房的私人空間播放�？芍�，現(xiàn)在家庭已經(jīng)與外界聯(lián)系起來(lái)了。故填connected。

【4】indirectly。第二自然段第一句Parents used to be the channel through which children learned about the outside world.意思是：父母過(guò)去常常是孩子們了解外面世界的渠道，可知孩子孩子過(guò)去經(jīng)常是在父母的幫助下間接地了解世界。故填indirectly。

【5】books。由第二自然段第三句話(huà)Since children learn to read in stages, books provide a kind of natural screening process, where adults can decide what to tell and not tell children of different reading abilities.意思是：自從孩子階段性地學(xué)會(huì)閱讀，書(shū)提供了一種自然的帥選過(guò)程，在這個(gè)過(guò)程中，成人可以決定在不同的閱讀能力中，告訴孩子什么，和不告訴孩子什么�？芍�在過(guò)去，孩子經(jīng)常通過(guò)父母和書(shū)間接地了解世界。故填books。

【6】difference。由第一自然段For both better and worse, television and other electronic media tend to break down the difference between those two worlds.意思是：無(wú)論是好是壞，電視和其他電子媒體易于打破這兩個(gè)世界之間的差別。而由前文可知，這兩個(gè)世界是指成人世界和孩子的世界。故填difference。

【7】Content。文章的第四自然段主要講述了過(guò)去，父母可以決定在不同的階段告訴孩子一些信息，信息的內(nèi)容主要是由成人根據(jù)孩子的理解和接受能力來(lái)確定，而現(xiàn)在電視卻把成人世界的信息傳遞到孩子面前。因此，這部分是講述孩子接受到的信息的內(nèi)容。故填Content。

【8】decided/ chosen。有第二自然段第三句話(huà)Since children learn to read in stages, books provide a kind of natural screening process, where adults can decide what to tell and not tell children of different reading abilities.意思是：自從孩子階段性地學(xué)會(huì)閱讀，書(shū)提供了一種自然的帥選過(guò)程，在這個(gè)過(guò)程中，成人可以決定在不同的閱讀能力中，告訴孩子什么，和不告訴孩子什么�？芍�，過(guò)去孩子在不同的年齡，只能通過(guò)父母了解他們應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)的東西，而這些都是他們的父母小心細(xì)致地決定或者挑選的。故填decided/ chosen。

【9】adult。由第四自然段的第三句Take that same material and put it on The Today Show and you have 800,000 children hearing the very things the adults are trying to keep from them意思是是：報(bào)道那些相同的信息，而且把它放到《今日節(jié)目》上面，你會(huì)讓800,000的孩子聽(tīng)到成人正在盡力讓他們遠(yuǎn)離的事情�？芍�孩子可能知道所有的東西，包括成人的生活方面。故填adult。

【10】challenges。文章最后一自然段講述成人越來(lái)越擔(dān)心和憂(yōu)慮成為父母，而第三段第一句話(huà)So television presents a real challenge to adults.意思是：電視給成人呈現(xiàn)挑戰(zhàn)。故填challenges。