Do you like to sit in front of the computer and play computer games hour after hour? Have you ever thought of what that may be doing to your health? More and more children are becoming overweight(肥胖的) and growing less creative because they spend too much time in front of the computer according to a survey.
Last week Child Protective Services(兒童保護(hù)組織)in America organized an activity. The aim of the activity was to encourage children to do some outdoor activities instead of playing computer games at home. Many American children spend about 1,000 hours a year playing computer games — more time than they spend in school. As a result, they are overweight. Some of them have very poor eyesight, and they can’t see clearly.
Everyone should pay attention to his health and try to keep healthy. The doctor says that the longer children play computer games, the more overweight they may become. And the junk food children eat while they’re playing computer games makes the weight problem more serious.
To keep fit, children need to take exercise regularly, play outside with friends, and explore the world around them. Can you spend two weeks without playing computer games? It might be difficult for computer lovers, but why not have a try?
【小題1】Children may become______ if they play computer games all day.

A．much younger B．much lighter C．less creative D．less careful
【小題2】American children may spend______ hours in school a year according to the passage.
A．less than 1,000 B．more than 1,200 C．a(chǎn)bout 1,500 D．a(chǎn)bout 2,000
【小題3】The underlined word “eyesight” means “______” in Chinese.
A．凝聚力 B．想象力 C．記憶力 D．視力
【小題4】What can we learn from the passage?
A．Playing computer games has caused some health problems.
B．Playing computer games can make children cleverer and more creative.
C．Child Protective Services in America organized an activity for parents.
D．Child Protective Services asked children to study at home and not to play outdoors.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要描述了孩子過度地玩電腦游戲給健康帶來(lái)的巨大傷害；并告誡世人要求孩子適當(dāng)?shù)剡h(yuǎn)離電腦，加強(qiáng)戶外活動(dòng)。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段More and more children are becoming overweight(肥胖的) and growing less creative because they spend too much time in front of the computer according to a survey.可知在電腦前過度地玩電腦游戲會(huì)削弱孩子的創(chuàng)造力；故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段 Many American children spend about 1,000 hours a year playing computer games — more time than they spend in school.可知美國(guó)孩子每年玩電腦游戲的時(shí)間大約在1000小時(shí)左右，故選A。
【小題3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)短文第二段中劃線詞語(yǔ)后面的內(nèi)容and they can’t see clearly.可知eyesight的意思為視力；故選D。
【小題4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知本文主要就是描述的孩子過度地玩電腦游戲給健康帶來(lái)的巨大傷害；故選Ａ。
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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