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阅读理解 　　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(参加)in more of such organized activities as soccer(英式足球)and ballet．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 log⑦ half that time．All in all(总的来说), however, children's leisure(闲暇)time dropped from 40％of the day in 1981 to 25％． 　　“Children are affected by the same time crisis(危机)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(然而), children in both double-income and“male bread winner”house holds spent comparable amounts of time interacting(相互影响)with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively(各自的)．In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers． 　　All work and no play could make for(导致；有利于)some very messed up(麻烦的)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(自由的；非正式组织的)play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate⑧ their relationships with their peers．But kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it． 　　The children sampled(被抽样调查的)spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing(日益减少的)“free time”watching television．But that, believe it or not(信不信由你), 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 crisis”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 a child develops better if ________． [　　] A． he has plenty of time reading and studying B． he is left to play with his peers in his own way C． he has more time participating in school activities D． he is free to interact with his working parents (3) The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ________． [　　] A． are engaged in more and more structured activities B． are increasingly neglected(忽视)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(课外活动)activities promote children's intelligence(智力) 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(有益处的)to children

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．D;
解析：

可从文章第三段中的“Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationship with their peers．”中找到答案。A选项显然与作者的观点相反；unstructured这个词的使用是排除C选项的有力根据；作者认为与同龄人互动很重要，因此D选项也可排除。

提示：

(1)	第一段的种种数据提供了1981年到1997年美国儿童时间安排的变化，但最关键的是最后一句话。由此可知，这里的时间危机实际上就是指闲暇时间的缺乏。
(3)	在第一段作者就谈到了美国儿童参与有组织的活动的时间增加了，自由支配的时间缩短了，在第三段用了unstructured play这两个词，第四段用了free time，说明作者担心的是：随着孩子们参与有组织活动的时间的增加，自由支配时间的缩短，最终会影响他们的发展。
(4)	最后一段提到“Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books，”说明很多父母正是因为觉得阅读对孩子有好处，才下工夫想让孩子多花点时间读书。