Too much televisión selectividad resuelto

Junio 2005

Too much televisión

A new study suggests that the amount of televisión young children watch may be directly related to
attention problems later in school.

QUESTIONS
1.

Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given
for only TRUE or FALSE.
a. It seems that the Attention Déficit Disorder appears when children's brains are not
stimulated.

FALSE

A.D.D. Experts say that A.D.D. Involves an over-stimulation of young developing brains
and teachers say many children in the United States are showing signs of the disorder.
b. The new study examined the effect of TV on attention problems in teenagers.

FALSE

This new study tested the idea that televisión watching by very young children is linked to
attention problems by the age of seven

(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

2. In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
a. According to the new study, how can watching a lot of televisión affect children's behaviour?
According to the new study, watching too much televisión is directly related to attention
problems in children, problems such as the inability to read for a long time or pay attention.
b. Why didn't earlier research encourage the habit of watching televisión?
Earlier studies linked the habit of watching televisión in children to the increase of weight
and agressiveness.

(Puntuación máxima; 2 puntos)

3. Find the words the text that mean.
a. Quantity (paragraph 1)

Amount

b. Symptoms (paragraph 1)

Signs

c. Examined (paragraph 2)

Tested

d. Previous (paragraph 3)

Earlier

(Puntuación máxima: 1 punto)

4. Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given.
a. Thirty years ago, scientists began (begin) to study the link between aggressive behaviour and
televisión watching.
b. "How often do you go to the cinema?" "I usually go once a month,"
c. Switch on the TV now, the news are (be) about to start.
Complete the following sentence to report what was said
d. What will you do when you finish your homework? ¨ He asked the girl what she would do when she
finished her homework.

(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)

5. Write about 100 to 150 words on one of the following topics.
a. Which are your favourite TV programmes? Describe them and explain why you like them.

My favorite is Sponge Bob. It's a cartoon.
I like that is unreal, because they live under the sea.
Bob, is a yellow sponge, full of holes. lives in a pineapple. His best friend is a starfish a little silly, but very funny.Bob works on the "Krusty Krab", making crab burgers. Your neighbor is very moody.Bob has a friend who goes on adventures.I like these cartoons, but only see them sometimes.
I also like to see other things on TV, for example: "Two and a Half Men, " "TheSimpsons, " "CSI, " "House "....I see the ordenador.Me like that are fun or interesting.
Soil also see movies in the cinema, as the TV is always busy.
Actually, I prefer the computer to the TV. Here I can see everything I like in my roomwithout being disturbed.

b. Do you think the government should control TV programmes? Discuss.
I think the government should not control the programs.
Each person must be free to choose what he sees.
If I think they could put restrictions on minors, as they emit violent things on TV. Couldtraumatize children. But this should take care
parents, who are responsible for them.
I think the government should help people, and do not control the TV.
But the government rules.
All this would have very easy solution. If there were no wars, no murders there wouldneed to control the TV, it would be for everyone, including children.
This is what I think, and can be fulfilled.