A few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.
As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special position. My parents were complementary instructors：Mom taught me the words, and Dad taught me to obey them. But the stranger... He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies(喜劇).
If I wanted to know anything about politics，history or science，he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind.
I now know that my early concepts about relationship were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom blamed...and NEVER asked to leave.
More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended(融合) right in but is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you were to walk into my parent's room today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name?
We just call him...“TV”.
He has a younger sister now. We call her “Computer”.
小題1:When the stranger came to live with our family, he was ________.
A．ignored by the children
B．driven away for no reason
C．a(chǎn)bandoned because it was too noisy
D．a(chǎn)ccepted by every family member
小題2:The stranger can do all the following things EXCEPT that he can ________.
A．tell us some funny storiesB．reject our proposals(提議)
C．influence the children's characterD．predict the future
小題3:The underlined word “spellbound” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________.
A．concentratedB．puzzled
C．fascinatedD．a(chǎn)stonished
小題4:What can we learn from the last three paragraphs of the passage?
A．The computer is more advanced and has gained greater popularity.
B．Old as he is，we like the stranger best.
C．The TV set is out of fashion and often breaks down.
D．We decide to throw the TV set away immediately.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：作者以生動形象的擬人手法描述了電視對自己的影響。而現(xiàn)在產(chǎn)品已推陳出新，電腦更先進，更受人們青睞。
小題1:事實細節(jié)題。由首段尾句The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.可知這個陌生人被家庭成員接受了，答案是D。
小題2:事實細節(jié)題。由第3段內(nèi)容If I wanted to know anything about politics，history or science，he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind.可知電視具有告訴我們有趣的故事，預測未來，影響孩子的性格的功能，而不能“拒絕建議”，故按題意要求選B。
小題3:詞義猜測題。由第2段尾句語境“數(shù)小時連續(xù)地看冒險故事、神秘故事和喜劇”可知應是“沉迷于，對……著迷的”，故答案為C。倒數(shù)第3段第2句中的fascinating也是暗示。本題易誤選A，但是如果注意一下后面的介詞就可排除，因為concentrate和on搭配。
小題4:推理判斷題。文章中提到電視伴隨我們五十年，而現(xiàn)在它有了一個年輕的妹妹那就是電腦，說明了產(chǎn)品已推陳出新，暗示了電腦更先進更受人們青睞，故答案為A。
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