Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.Many of us worry about the effects of television on family life. We think that we spend too much time watching television and that it takes us away from more important activities, such as reading, exercising and talking to family and friends. But is this really true?Studies have shown that people in the United States do spend a lot of time in front of their...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Many of us worry about the effects of television on family life. We think that we spend too much time watching television and that it takes us away from more important activities, such as reading, exercising and talking to family and friends. But is this really true?
Studies have shown that people in the United States do spend a lot of time in front of their television sets. About 98% of American homes have at least one TV set, and in the average home the TV is on more than six hours a day. But how much attention do people actually pay to the programs? And do people who watch TV really spend less time on other free-time activities? Recently some researchers in New York City tried to find the answers to these questions by conducting a telephone survey. They phoned more than a thousand people all over the United States and asked them questions about how they spend their free time.
No one was surprised to find out that watching TV is the most popular free-time activity in the United States. More than 70% of those asked said that they watch TV every day or almost every day. The second most popular activity that they mentioned was reading the newspaper. Listening to music at home was third, talking on the phone to friends and relatives was fourth and doing some form of exercise was fifth.
But the researchers discovered an interesting fact about Americans' TV habits. According to this survey, although most people turn the TV on every day, they do not actually watch it very much. Six out of ten people said that when the TV is on, they seldom pay attention to it. During a typical television program, they may eat dinner, do housework, read a newspaper or magazine, talk to their children or even read to them. The TV may be on, but it is just background music.
The researchers therefore concluded that television does not take Americans away from more important activities. It doesn't keep them from doing other free-time activities. In fact, when they compared people who frequently watch TV and those who seldom watch TV, they found that there were no great differences in their other activities. The frequent watchers read to their children and talk to their families just as much as the others.
(Adapted from “Reading Academic English” by Judy Rapoport, Ronit Broder and Sarah Feingold)
What did the researchers find about Americans’ TV habits in their survey
A.TV distracts most people from doing other activities.
B.People who seldom watch TV spend more time on children than frequent watchers.
C.60% of frequent watchers often do others things while the TV is on.
D.Infrequent watchers do a more variety of activities than others.
1. Millions of office workers (spend)spend most of their time sitting in front of computer screens.
2. While the man was doing the gardening, he (find) found some precious metals.
3. Thousands of animals (kill) are killed in the forest fire.
4. All the hotels are full and we 've got somewhere (stay) to stay
5. "Would you like a drink?"-"Oh, yes. I (have) will have a coke. Thank you.
6. Look out! That glass (fall) is falling off the table.
7. If John (not phone) doesn't me, I won't speak to him any more.
8. I will phone you as soon as I (see) see her.
9. It's unusual for him (be) to be ill.
10. It was horrible to work as an au pair. My family expected me (work) working seven days a week.
11. I rang the door bell, but no one seemed (be) to be at home.
12. It was good for you (explain) to expain everything to me
Câu số 5: I would like to have a coke
Câu số 10: My family expected me to work (expect sb to do sth)