Question

【題目】As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping (錄像) the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”

The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.”

【1】The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.

A.show the relationship between parents and children

B.teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table

C.report on the findings of a study

D.give information about family problems

【2】Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _________.

A.they are busy serving food to their children

B.they are busy keeping order at the dinner table

C.they have to pay more attention to younger children

D.they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

【3】By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

A.have to help their parents to serve dinner

B.get the least attention from the family

C.are often kept away from the dinner table

D.find it hard to keep up with other children

【4】Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

A.It is important to have the right food for children.

B.It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.

C.Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.

D.Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

試題本文是一則研究報(bào)告，通過(guò)對(duì)餐桌時(shí)間對(duì)話的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)吃飯時(shí)候的交流對(duì)孩子有很大的影響。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.可知Michael Lewis和他的同事對(duì)餐桌時(shí)的家庭對(duì)話進(jìn)行了研究，后面兩段中對(duì)這次的研究結(jié)果進(jìn)行了說(shuō)明。因此文章的目的是報(bào)道一項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果。故C項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三句But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents' efforts to control the loud noise they make.可知孩子多的家庭在吃飯的時(shí)候，父母親要忙于管理秩序，和孩子們之間的對(duì)話就少了很多。故B正確。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention.可知在多個(gè)孩子的家庭里，第一個(gè)孩子和最后一個(gè)孩子經(jīng)常會(huì)得到最多的關(guān)注，而中間的孩子經(jīng)常被忽視。故B項(xiàng)正確。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段后兩句“In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”可知父母親和孩子交流越多 ，孩子的智商更高。那么父母親應(yīng)該和孩子做更多的交流。故C項(xiàng)正確。