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WASHINGTON(April 7)－Teenagers with a bedroom TV tend to have poorer diet and exercise habits and lower grades in school than those without one，US researchers said on Monday.
While many studies have examined TV viewing habits of young people，researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health said little had been known about the consequences(后果)in particular for older teens of having a bedroom TV.
They questioned 781 teens，aged 15 to 18，in the Minneapolis area.Of them，62 percent had a television in their bedrooms.
Not surprisingly，those with a bedroom TV were more likely to watch it a lot，clocking four to five more hours in front of a television per week，the researchers said.The teens with a bedroom TV were classified(分类)as heavy TV watchers－at least five hours a day－compared to those without one.
Girls with a bedroom TV got less exercise－1.8 hours per week compared to 2.5 hours for girls without a TV.They also ate fewer vegetables，drank more sweetened drinks and ate meals with their family less often.
Boys with a bedroom TV had a lower grade point average than boys without one，as well as ate less fruits and had fewer family meals.
“It really clearly points out that there's some merit to not allowing your child to have a TV in the bedroom，”said Daheia BarrAnderson，one of the researchers.
“When you upgrade your TV in the living room and you have this TV that's out of date but still usable，you should really resist(阻止)putting it in one of your children's bedrooms－and resist the pressure from the child to have a TV in their bedrooms，”she said in a telephone interview.
有的父母将客厅淘汰的电视机放在孩子的卧室，但是这会对孩子造成不良影响。1．Which of the following is NOT the consequence of teens having a bedroom TV according to the passage?
A．Getting lower grades.
B．Taking less exercise.
C．Drinking less sweetened drinks.
D．Eating less fruits and vegetables.
细节理解题。文章在第一段以及第五、六段中提到卧室里有电视的孩子学习成绩低、锻炼少，吃蔬菜、水果也少，但却喝很多加糖的饮料，故选C。C
2．The underlined word “merit” in Paragraph 7 is probably closest in meaning to “________”．
A．advantage
B．chance
C．plan
D．disadvantage
词义猜测题。在揭示了卧室内的电视对青少年的影响后，研究者提出不让青少年在卧室内有电视机是有“好处”的。A
3．What is the advice given by Daheia BarrAnderson?
A．Parents should buy the latest television for the living room.
B．Teens should ask their parents not to put TV sets in their bedrooms.
C．Teens should refuse the smaller but usable television.
D．Parents should remove TV sets from children's bedrooms.
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段以及研究的结果可知，这位研究人员建议父母将电视机搬出孩子的卧室。D
4．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Much attention hasn't been paid to the effects of bedroom TV for teens.
B．If a young man watches TV for four to five hours a week，he is a heavy TV watcher.
C．Among the questioned teens，nearly 200 are heavy TV watchers.
D．Teens would like to have the most popular TV sets in their bedrooms.
推理判断题。根据第二段的“little had been known about the consequences in particular for older teens of having a bedroom TV”可知选A。A
5．The passage could probably be found in ________ news edition.
A．health
B．sports
C．entertainment
D．politics
细节理解题。这是一篇讲述电视机和青少年健康的文章，故选A。A
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Sailor Gutzler was only survivor in a plane crash that killed her family in Eddyville, Kentucky in January 3, 2017.It was reported that the 7yearold girl has walked about a mile through the cold, dark wood, wearing a shortsleeve shirt, shorts and no shoes in the freezing wind.Bleeding and frightened, she was walking alone while she saw a light in the distance, it led her to Larry Wilkins' home.She was knocked on the door.Wilkins, 71, answered to find a thin, blackhaired girl weeping and trembling.Eventual, with the assistance of the old man, she called the police for help.However, the brave girl helped the investigators locate the crashing plane in the right direction.
Sailor Gutzler was
only survivor in a plane crash that killed her family in Eddyville, Kentucky
January 3, 2017. It was reported that the 7yearold girl walked about a mile through the cold, dark
wearing a shortsleeve shirt, shorts and no shoes in the freezing wind. Bleeding and frightened, she was walking alone
she saw a light in the distance,
led her to Larry Wilkins' home. She was knocked on the door. Wilkins, 71, answered to find a thin, blackhaired girl weeping and trembling.
with the assistance of the old man, she called the police for help.
，the brave girl helped the investigators locate the
plane in the right direction.