Question

【題目】

On Sesame Street (芝麻街,美國(guó)兒童教育節(jié)目), things have changed. The show first ran 45 years ago. That was on 10 November 1969.

Now, Cookie Monster has changed a lot. Sometimes he even eats fruit and vegetables. Another change is that, now, millions of kids watch the show on phones and computers instead of on TV.

In 1973 Sesame Street was one of two TV shows for little children. Now it's competing with 84 kids' shows on TV. Yet Sesame Street still holds its own. It is popular among kids aged 2 to 5 with 850,000 viewers per TV episode(集).

Half the viewers watch it in digital formats (數(shù)碼格式). They can watch iton some 50 apps, like Sesame Street. org, PBSKids.org, Netfiix, Amazon, iTunes.

Sesame Street also has a high "co-viewing" experience. That means parents watch the show with kids. Nearly half of Sesame Street viewers are over 18.

Sesame Street was one of the few shows in the 1970s about all races (種族).Today the show also have shows for children with disabilities. Newer seasons have real human characters. They make it more popular with children.

All the changes help Sesame Street compete with many other kids' shows.

【1】Cookie Monster seems to be_________ .

A. a child watching Sesame Street B. a character in Sesame Street

C. designer of Sesame Street D. a parent watching Sesame Street

【2】Sesame Street has a history of ________

A. nearly half a century B. less than a quarter of a century

C. nearly a whole century D. more than half a century

【3】The underlined word "Yet" may mean ________

A. But B. So C. Because D. Since

【4】Which of the following is True about Sesame Street?

A. Parents seldom watch it.

B. It has no real human characters.

C. It has to compete with many other shows for children.

D. Most people watch it on TV only.

【5】The report mainly talks about ___________

A. how Sesame Street has changed B. why Sesame Street is popular

C. what Sesame Street is about D. who Sesame Street is popular with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文簡(jiǎn)述了美國(guó)一檔歷史較長(zhǎng)的電視節(jié)目——芝麻街。

【1】句意：Cookie Monster似乎是芝麻街的一個(gè)角色。A.一個(gè)看芝麻街的孩子B.芝麻街的一個(gè)角色C. 芝麻街的設(shè)計(jì)師。D.一位看芝麻街的家長(zhǎng)。原文“Sometimes he even eats fruit and vegetables.”（有時(shí)他甚至?xí)�吃水果和蔬菜。），猜測(cè)這是芝麻街中的角色，故選B。

【2】句意：芝麻街有近半個(gè)世紀(jì)的歷史。A.近半個(gè)世紀(jì)B.不到四分之一世紀(jì)C.近一個(gè)世紀(jì)D.超過(guò)半個(gè)世紀(jì)。原文“In 1973 Sesame Street was one of two TV shows for little children.”（1973年，芝麻街成為兩個(gè)給小孩子看的電視節(jié)目之一。），所以其歷史接近50年，即半個(gè)世紀(jì)左右，故選A。

【3】句意：帶下劃線的單詞“Yet”可能的意思是“但是”。A.但是B.所以C.因?yàn)?/span>D.自從。原文“Sesame Street still holds its own.”（芝麻街仍然擁有自己的特色。），這句話和前面的“it's competing with 84 kids' shows on TV”（其已經(jīng)完結(jié)了）形成轉(zhuǎn)折，說(shuō)明歷經(jīng)這么多年過(guò)去雖然完結(jié)了芝麻街還是很流行，故選A。

【4】句意：關(guān)于芝麻街的以下哪一項(xiàng)是正確的？A.父母很少看。B.它沒(méi)有真正的人類角色。C.它必須與許多其他兒童節(jié)目競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。D.大多數(shù)人只在電視上看。原文“That means parents watch the show with kids.”說(shuō)明A錯(cuò)誤，原文“Newer seasons have real human characters.”說(shuō)明B錯(cuò)誤，原文“All the changes help Sesame Street compete with many other kids' shows.”（所有這些變化都有助于芝麻街與許多其他孩子節(jié)目競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。）說(shuō)明C正確，原文“millions of kids watch the show on phones and computers”說(shuō)明D錯(cuò)誤，故選C。

【5】句意：該報(bào)告主要討論芝麻街如何變化的。A.芝麻街如何變化B.為什么芝麻街很受歡迎C.芝麻街是關(guān)于什么的D. 芝麻街在什么人中是受歡迎的。本文主要講了芝麻街的歷史，發(fā)展過(guò)程，沒(méi)有將其受歡迎的原因、主題等等，故選 A