Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(观看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.
【小题1】The main idea of this passage is ___________.

Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator(教育者) in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13,000 hours in schools, they spend 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers(观看者) start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.

1.The main idea of this passage is ___________.

A．TV is more important than school

B．fewer and fewer children go to school

C．There is not a school which has no TV set in America

D．TV plays a great part in American people’s life

2.How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Four             D．Five

3.The first reason shows ____________.

A．now children go to school less often than their parents did

B．in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school

C．a TV program usually gives lessons of 15,000--16,000 hours

D．parents think 13,000 hours of school is not enough

4.In American, a child starts going to school _________.

A．when he is 3                           B．when he is about 6 or 7

C．when he is able to understand TV           D．after he starts to do school work

5.Every day in America ______________.

A．teachers and professors watch TV

B．90,000,000 young people watch TV

C．not only young people watch TV

D．15,000--16,000 people each hour watch TV

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