Have you thought about what determines the way we are as we grow up? Remember the TV program Seven Up ? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1963. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and then catch up with them at seven-year intervals (間隔 )  : nervous  14-year-olds , serious  21-year-olds , then  grown-ups.
Some of the stories are inspiring ,others sad ,but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the  way  in which  the  children's early hopes and dreams are  shown  in their future lives, for example ,at seven ,Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both.  How about Nicki ,who says, "I'd like to find out about the moon. " and goes on to become a space scientist.  As a child, soft - spoken Bruce says he wants to help "poor children" and ends up teaching in India.
But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so inspiring. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do ,by what they see on television ,or by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors ,including Stephen Spielberg ,say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives.  Dr. Magaret  Mc Allister ,who has done a lot of research in this area ,thinks that the major influences are parents , friends and the wider society.
小題1:What does the text mainly discuss?
A．New ways to make a TV program interesting.
B．The importance of television programs to children.
C．Different ways to make childhood dreams come true.
D．The influence of childhood experience on future lives.
小題2:In the TV program Seven Up ,we can meet______.
A．different groups of people at different periods of their lives
B．different groups of people at the same period of their lives
C．the same group of people at different periods of their lives
D．the same group of people at the same period of their lives
小題3: What are the examples in paragraph 2 meant to show?
A．Many people's childhood hopes are related to their future jobs.
B．There are many poor children in India who need help.
C．Children have different dreams about their future.
D．A lot of people are very sad in their childhood.
小題4:Spielberg's story is meant to show that_______.
A．going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society
B．a(chǎn) single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown-up
C．parents and friends can help a child grow up properly
D．films have more influence on a child than teachers do
小題5:What does the writer think of the TV program?
A．Interesting.B．Crazy.C．Dull.D．Serious.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：文章介紹幼年時(shí)，父母、朋友和較廣泛的社交圈子將影響孩子日后的生活。
小題1:主旨大意題。從文章所舉的電視節(jié)目Seven Up及斯皮爾伯格的小時(shí)候去影院后來(lái)終成導(dǎo)演的例子來(lái)看，文章全是圍繞著“童年經(jīng)歷對(duì)未來(lái)生活有很大影響”來(lái)展開(kāi)的，故可知本文的主旨是D項(xiàng)。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and then catch up with them at seven-year intervals (間隔 )  : nervous  14-year-olds , serious  21-year-olds , then  grown-ups.可知在電視節(jié)目Seven Up里面我們會(huì)遇到不同人生階段的相同的人，選C
小題3:推理判斷題。第二段第一句講到所有事例中最有趣的就是孩子們的希望和夢(mèng)想在未來(lái)得到了實(shí)現(xiàn)，可見(jiàn)童年的希望與未來(lái)的工作是有關(guān)聯(lián)的，故本題選A
小題4:推理判斷題。包括斯皮爾伯格在內(nèi)的許多導(dǎo)演都說(shuō)，早期到電影院去是他們?nèi)松霓D(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)，由此可見(jiàn)特定的兒童時(shí)期的經(jīng)歷會(huì)決定孩子未來(lái)從事的職業(yè)。例子前的話“How great is the effect of a single important event？”也是暗示。B
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Some of the stories are inspiring ,others sad ,but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the  way  in which  the  children's early hopes and dreams are  shown  in their future lives,可知作者認(rèn)為這個(gè)節(jié)目很有趣，選A
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