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TV is so often a parent’s good friend, keeping kids happily occupied so the grownups can cook dinner, answer the phone, or take

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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.
(17)
选项 A、Further
B、Later
C、Recent
D、Earlier
答案D
解析 句意关系题。根据下一句话的提示，对教育类节目的研究是最新的(latest)，那么对非教育类节目的研究则是较早之前的，所以选D项。
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