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 (1)______ that electronic babysitter is not an educational(2)______. According to a recent research, babies who watch TV are more likely to have (3)______ cognitive development and language at 14 months,(4)______ if they’re watching programs(5)______ for adults and older children. It’s surprising that TV-watching made a(6)______ at such a tender age.
This new study(7)______ 259 lower-income families in New York, most of whom spoke Spanish as their (8)______ language at home. Other studies examining higher-income families have come to the(9)______ conclusion: TV watching not only isn’t educational, but it seems to(10)______ babies’ development.
Babies who watched 60 minutes of TV daily had developmental (11)______ one-third lower at 14 months than babies who weren’t watching that much TV. The(12)______ may be due to the fact that when kids and parents are watching TV, they’re(13)______ talking, playing, and interactions that are(14)______ to learning and development.
But what about(15)"______" TV, like Sesame Street? The researchers didn’t find any pluses or minuses when (16)______ to non-educational programs designed for small children, like Sponge-Bob SquarePants.(17)______ research by some of the same scientists has found that parents whose children watch non-educational TV programs like SpongeBob SquarePants spend(18)______ time reading to their children or teaching them. The latest study of educational TV programs like Sesame Street adds more(19)______ to a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics that babies under age 2(20)______ watch no TV at all. [br] (7)

选项 A、watched
B、followed
C、inspected
D、traced

答案 B

解析词义辨析题。根据下一句话的谓语examine“仔细观察”，可以知道此处要填一个动词。表示类似意思，所以选follow“密切注意”。watched虽然也有“观察”之意，但主要指“用眼睛观察”这一动作，不符合这里的语境。inspected“仔细检查”和traced“追踪，追溯”，均不同于调查研究中的观察行为。

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