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America is a society in which children have watched about 18,000 television commercials (商业广告)
by the time that they have reached their middle teens. My friend Jolie learned this fact a few weeks ago and
decided to do something about it. She thinks that the number of commercials that children see can influence
the way in which they view the world. That is, Jolie believes that children who watch so many advertisements
will grow up to believe that the most important thing in life is to buy, buy, buy! This, says Jolie, is wrong. A
little child cannot understand advertisements for what they are and so believes totally in what he or she hears.
I have been thinking about what Jolie has told me. I suppose that she is right. I know that it is easy to
control the minds of children because they don't see things logically as adults do. And I am upset myself at
how the advertisers can control a child's outlook on the world. I think I should join Jolie in her efforts to
change advertising methods when it comes to advertisements for children. I really have a responsibility (责任)
to make sure that future generation are given every chance to develop their minds without being influenced by
anything bad.
Of course, there is another side to the problem. After all, parents ought to take responsibility for what their
children watch and how much television they see. I know that many parents just want their children to be quiet,
and so they let them watch as much television as they want. But,in the long run,the methods of advertisers have
great power because we are society of consumers (消费者). I only hope that someday there can be an answer
of this problem. Children need our guidance, not the guidance of advertisers.
1. Compared with adults, children can _____. [ ]
A. not tell good advertisements from bad ones
B. be more interested in TV advertisements
C. sit for longer hours watching advertisements
D. not judge things reasonably
2. The author thinks that _____. [ ]
A. children should not be affected by TV advertisements
B. watching television is unhealthy to children
C. most TV advenisements tend to tell lies
D. little children have difficulty in understanding advertisements
3. In order to prevent children from watching too much television, the author suggests that _____. [ ]
A. parents keep their children away from the television sets
B. advertisements be changed to suit the needs of children
C. more programs be started to give guidance to children
D. ways be found to have the least influence of commercials on children
4. American children will have watched 18,000 _____. [ ]
A. hours of commercials when they are about 15 years old
B. television commercials when they are about 15 years old
C. hours of commercials when they have reached middle age
D. television commercials when they have reached middle age
5. The main idea of the passage is that _____. [ ]
A. children should watch any television commercials
B. television advertising has a bad influence on children
C. the number of commercials that children see can influence the way in which they view the world
D. parents ought to take responsibility for what and how much their children watch on TV
