5.Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids!Come to have a ball!Or 60,000of them!There's a new type of business franchise(经销权) that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds,which feature toys,games,guided fun and a workout that doesn't break the family bank.
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty,the for-profit centers offer clean,safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids'physical fitness,usually for a fee of around $5an hour."Playgrounds are dirty,not guided,"says Dick Guggenheimer,owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers,N.Y.,part of Kansas City-based chain,"We are indoors; we are padded;parents can feel their child is safe".
In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families,the new franchise stays open in the evenings,long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable.However,these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers.Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off.But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services.At some of the Discovery Zones,parents can register their children in special guided programs,then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner.If there is a problem,Mum and Dad are called.
The most fun of all,though,is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes,play with their kids.That,at least,is old-fashioned,even at per-hour rates.
29.What is this article mainly talking about?B
A.Children can play without parent's care
B.A new type of business franchise for kids.
C.The fast development of Discovery Zone
D.The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds.
30.According to the article,which of the following is TRUE to the new playground?C
A.The cost is high for a family.
B.It doesn't allow parents to leave their kids.
C.It's a place where parents can play together with their kids.
D.It stays open in the evening just as traditional playgrounds.
31.The writer's attitude toward the new playground isC.
A.doubtful
B.negative
C.agreeable
D.unknown.
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读,属于说明文,作者主要介绍了一种新型的游乐场,父母可以付费让孩子在里面安全,快乐的游乐.
解答 29.B.主旨大意题:根据第一段的句子:There's a new type of business franchise(特许经销权)that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds,可知这篇文章介绍的是一种针对孩子的新的特许经销权,所以选B.
30.C.细节理解题:根据第三段的句子:Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off.可知在这个新的游乐场父母可以和孩子一样玩,所以选C.
31.C.推理判断题:根据文章的内容:可知作者介绍了一种新型的游乐场,父母可以付费让孩子在里面安全,快乐的游乐,作者在字里行间表示的是同意的态度,所以选C.
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