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A、Because they are busy serving food to their children. B、Because they are busy keeping order at the dinner table. C、Because the
A、Because they are busy serving food to their children. B、Because they are busy keeping order at the dinner table. C、Because the
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2013-04-08
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问题
As any homemaker 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 and his co-workers carried out their 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 are,” 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 brothers and sisters. 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, it’s often the case that it’s 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 a non-event.”
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
27. Why do parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner?
28. What can we learn from Lewis’ research?
29. Which statement would the writer agree to?
选项
A、Because they are busy serving food to their children.
B、Because they are busy keeping order at the dinner table.
C、Because they have to pay more attention to younger children.
D、Because they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family.
答案
B
解析
因果推断题。浏览选项可知,四个选项均以because开头,应考查原因。原文提到as the number of children gets larger,conversation gives way to the parents’efforts to control the loud noise they make,一旦孩子变得越来越多,家长需要花精力纠正孩子们的餐桌礼仪,饭桌上的交谈也就相应地减少了。give way to意为“被……取代,让位于”,故选B。
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大学英语四级
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