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TV is so often a parent’s good friend, keeping kids happily occupied so the

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问题     TV is so often a parent’s good friend, keeping kids happily occupied so the grownups can cook dinner, answer the phone, or take a shower. But【C1】______ that electronic babysitter is not an educational【C2】______. According to a recent research, babies who watch TV are more likely to have【C3】______ cognitive development and language at 14 months,【C4】______ if they’re watching programs【C5】______ for adults and older children. It’s surprising that TV-watching made a【C6】______ at such a tender age.
    This new study【C7】______ 259 lower-income families in New York, most of whom spoke Spanish as their【C8】______ language at home. Other studies examining higher-income families have come to the【C9】______ conclusion: TV watching not only isn’t educational, but it seems to【C10】______ babies’ development.
    Babies who watched 60 minutes of TV daily had developmental【C11】______ one-third lower at 14 months than babies who weren’t watching that much TV. The【C12】______ may be due to the fact that when kids and parents are watching TV, they’re【C13】______ talking, playing, and interactions that are【C14】______ to learning and development.
    But what about【C15】"______" TV, like Sesame Street? The researchers didn’t find any pluses or minuses when【C16】______ to non-educational programs designed for small children, like Sponge-Bob SquarePants.【C17】______ research by some of the same scientists has found that parents whose children watch non-educational TV programs like SpongeBob SquarePants spend【C18】______ time reading to their children or teaching them. The latest study of educational TV programs like Sesame Street adds more【C19】______ to a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics that babies under age 2【C20】______ watch no TV at all. [br] 【C13】
选项 A、leaving out
B、leaving out of
C、missing out
D、missing out on
答案 D
解析 词义辨析兼短语搭配题。上句提到婴儿看电视会影响发育指数。这一句解释其原因，认为当小孩和大人看电视时，他们错过了交谈、玩耍和互动的机会，因此选D项，miss out on“失去获得利益或获得乐趣的机会，错过”。miss sb．／sth．out“不包括某人[某事物]”；leave out“遗漏，省略；把……排除在外，不考虑”。
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