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American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest natural and historic museums in the world and one of the main natural history research and education centres in the United States, set up in 1869 and located in the west of the Central Park, Manhattan District, New York. It (1) 7 hectares in its total area, (2) classical types of buildings. The (3) of ancient creatures and humanity is (4) the first place of all the museums in the world, (5) the representative samples from South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia were collected, besides those from the (6) country, the United States.In the museum, there are five kinds of exhibits, including astronomy, mineralogy, human history, and animals in the (7) times and those in modern times. There are thirty-eight exhibition halls with different (8) from 500 to 1,500 square metres. Besides these, there is a Roosevelt Memorial Hall in (9) of President Roosevelt who supported the (10) of the museum, which is also used to have a special exhibition, showing the new important (11) on natural sciences and (12) affairs and social problems, and special topics connected closely with the life of the citizens. Besides this, it is also used for avocation (13) to have all kinds of scientific activities in the laboratories, centres of natural science and centres for citizens. There are more than 10 (14) research departments mainly(15) for collection of samples, research and work of publication.In the museum, there are (16) and sub-libraries of Aulspond ancient amniote, with about 300 thousand books and magazines (17) natural history, many of(18) are very valuable monographs for the first edition. It has published many expert books and magazines, and a large number of propaganda materials, (19) which are the two magazines, Natural History and Members of Museum that have the biggest (20) of their magazines.

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A.fans

B.lovers

C.addicts

D.actors

答案

参考答案:B

解析:

[考点解析] 本题考查点是动词不定式。本题的A、B和C三个选项均含有“对……着迷之人”的含义,但是本题空白处前面的信息内容“avocation(业余爱好)”提示本题应该选用B(lovers),因为这样才能准确地表达“业余爱好者(avocation lovers)”的含义。

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Do your children always sit still and watch TV? If so, you should be very alert!

Nowadays, children watch television for long hours. They often spend evenings watching their favorite programs on TV. Sometimes they might stay up late to watch TV. Their addiction to television results in their not having time to play or do exercise. They should go outside with friends or spend time reading books. Moreover, watching television too much is harmful to their eyesight.

Researchers claim that attention deficit disorders in children are a result of watching too much television. They say that watching television leads to a developmental disorder in the part of the brain which is responsible for language skills. Children who watch television more and read less have greater difficulty paying attention and concentrating. Children that spend long hours watching television are more likely to be affected by attention deficit disorders.

Television is one form of media which is used to show all kinds of products. Watching too much television can lead to early exposure to a wide variety of things. Television advertisements may cause children to behave incorrectly or damage themselves. Advertisements about fast food, cold drinks or other such products that are not good for children’s health can have a bad effect on them. Some TV shows and films also affect how children think and behave.

Studies in psychology have shown that certain programs can have a long-lasting effect on children’s minds. Horror scenes and other frightening shows can have a negative effect on the minds of children watching them.

Television is a means of recreation but watching it too often is harmful to children’s physical and mental health. You need to help you children deep a balance of everything in life.

小题1:The underlined word “deficit ” in the third paragraph most probably means _____.

A.need

B.habit

C.fear

D.lack小题2:It’s implied in the last paragraph that you should ______.

A.decide on when children can watch television

B.give children more time to play

C.help you children balance everyday life

D.stop you children from watching TV小题3:What is the passage mainly about?

A.The bad effects watching TV has on children.

B.How many hours children should spend watching TV.

C.How advertisements affect children’s behavior.

D.What scenes children should not watch on TV.小题4:Which of the following are the effects of watching too much TV according to the passage?

a. causing children to have less time to read good books.

b. making children behave improperly

c. harming children’s eyesight

d. affecting the parent-child relationship

A.a, b, d

B.b, c, d

C.a, b, c

D.a, c, d