大学英语四级周计划阅读Test 2学习Passage2

Passage Two

 

Children are losing the ability to play properly because they are being given too many toys and games, according to a new research. The studies show that children especially those under five - are often overwhelmed and actually play less than those with fewer toys. It may even harm their development.

 

Some of the work was done by Claire Lerner, a childhood development researcher with zero to three, which is funded by the U.S. Government to run preschool educational programs across America. "Our studies show that giving children too many toys or toys of the wrong type can actually be doing them harm. They get overwhelmed and cannot concentrate on any one thing long enough to learn from it."said Lemer. Her conclusions have been backed up by British researchers looking at children with relatively few toys, whose parents spend more time reading, singing or playing with them. It showed such children surpass youngsters from more affluent backgrounds-even those who had access to computers.

 

Kathy Sylva, professor of educational psychology at Oxford University, reached her conclusions from a study of 3,000 children from the ages of three to five. She said : " There is a complex relationship between children's progress , the type of toy they are given and the time parents spend on them. When they have a large number of toys there seems to be a distraction element, and when children are distracted they do not learn or play well."

 

Some parents notice the impact early. Orhan Ismail, a researcher from Colchester Essex, saw a change for the worse in Cameron, his 10-month-old son, after he was given a "deluge(洪水）" of toys last Christmas. Ismail said:"If there are too many toys in front of him he will just keep flitting around them and then end up going off and finding something like a slipper to play with . Now we just get out one or two toys and hide the rest in a box."

 

Experts hesitate to put a figure on the number of toys children should have, but many believe two-dozen is enough for children of preschool age.

 

62. What effect do too many toys have on some children?

A) They can learn from toys.

B) They are outraged by the toys.

C) They have more time to be with parents.

D) They have a sense of being overwhelmed.

 

63. According to the second paragraph, British research implies that      .

A) children should spend more time reading and singing

B) children benefit much from toys

C) parents should carefully manage children's access to computer

D) parents should buy computer for their children

 

64. What did Orhan Ismail do after he saw a change for the worse in his son?

A) He threw toys of the wrong type

B) He gave his son other things such as slipper.

C) He limited the toys his son played with.

D) He hid all the toys in a box.

 

65. The word "flitting"(Line 4, Para 4) most probably means       

A)flinging away

B)moving quickly

C) flattering himself

D)following up

 

66. The author's intention in writing this article is to argue that      

A) children are losing the ability to play properly

B) children play less as they get more toys

C) parents should spend more time with their children

D) many toys restrict children's imagination