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  3. About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table,

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table,

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问题         About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, and I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, "So, how have you been?" And the boy—who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied, "Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately."
        This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were "depressed" , that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.
        Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.
        Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why!
        Human development depends not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
        In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation machine has been equipped in 99 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn, their attention from printed text to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
        Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world____________.
选项 A、through contact with society
B、gradually and under guidance
C、naturally and by biological instinct
D、through exposure to social information
答案B
解析 根据第五段最后一句“Children have always been taught adult secrets，but slowly and in stages；traditionally，we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.”可知，孩子们会慢慢地、分阶段地破传授成人的秘密；传统上，我们不会过早地告诉孩子们一些超越他们年龄段的事情。由此可推知，传统上，孩子是在成人的指导下逐渐了解成人世界的。故选B。
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