Question

As any housewives who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

Lewis carried out his study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”

The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is nothing.”

1.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.

A．show the relationship between parents and children

B．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table

C．report on the findings of a study

D．give information about family problems

2.By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

A．have to help their parents to serve dinner

B．get the least attention from the family

C．are often not allowed to come to the dinner table

D．find it hard to get along well with other children

3.Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

A．Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.

B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.

C．It is important to have the right food for children.

D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文Lewis對于普通的家庭進行了一次調查，結果發現孩子少的家庭，在吃飯時，孩子與父母的交流很積極，但是在孩子多的大家庭，父母主要去維持秩序不讓孩子吵鬧，在有三四個孩子的家里，最大和最小的孩子容易得到家長的關心，中間的孩子很少得到關心。

1.這是寫作意圖題。根據Lewis carried out his study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes.通讀全文可以看出作者就是告訴大家他的調查的情況進行了陳述，故選C。

2.這是細節理解題。根據文章第三段提到 Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. 可以看出老大和老小都是談話的焦點，只有中間的孩子是被人忽視的。故選B。

3.這是細節理解題。根據In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores.父母提出的問題越多孩子的智商就越高，自然作者同意讓父母多和孩子交流了，故選A。

考點：這是一篇社會調查。

點評：閱讀理解題目中的作者意圖題目可以包括意圖、態度、目的題目， 在考試中出現的比率很大。不同的文章可能有不同的寫作意圖,但寫作意圖通常有以下三種：1）to entertain readers（娛樂讀者，讓人發笑） 2) to persuade readers（說服讀者接受某種觀點）3) to inform readers（告知讀者某些信息）