【正文】 olicy. Families should have a nodevice rule during meals and after bedtime, the guidelines say. Parents should also set family rules covering the use of the Inter, cellphones, including, perhaps, which sites can be visited, and who can be called. The policy also restated the existing remendations: Kids should limit the amount of screen time for entertainment to less than two hours per day。 children younger than 2 shouldn’t have any TV or Inter exposure. Also, televisions and Interaccessible devices should be kept out of kids’bedrooms. Doctors say parents need to obey the family rules, too, to model healthy behavior. That, some say, may be the toughest part. “If you go to any restaurant, Family is Mom and Dad on their devices and the kids on theirs”, says Donald, a pediatrician and an AAP spokesman. “Who is talking to each other?” Children aged from 8 to 18 spent an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes a day consuming media for fun, including TV, music, video games and other content in 2021, according to a 2021 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report was based on a survey of 2021 third through twelfth graders, 702 of whom pleted a sevenday media use diary. That was up about an hour and 17 minutes a day from five years earlier. About twothirds of 8 to 18yearolds said they had no rules on the amount of time they spent watching TV, playing video games or using the puter, the Kaiser report found. Use of mobile devices by young kids has soared. A new report from Common Sense Media, a childadvocacy group based in San Francisco, found that 17% of children 8 and younger use mobile devices daily, up from 8% in 2021. 25. Which statement is TRUE according to the first paragraph? A. Parents are advised to ban electronic media after mealtimes. B. A “Family media use plan” is being carried out throughout America. C. Electronic media are evil in the eyes of parents and educators. D. The overuse of electronic media has caused many severe problems. 26. Why should parents themselves obey the family rules? A. It’s beneficial to their health. B. It’s essential to parenting their kids. C. It’s beneficial to their work. D. It’s essential to develop good relationship with their kids. 27. What can be inferred according to the report from the Kaiser Family Foundation? A. The majority of the surveyed kids can use electronic devices as they like in their homes. B. The report was based on the statistics in 2021. C. 702 of the surveyed kids pleted a sevenday media use diary. D. Kids are spending less and less time using media for fun. 28. What can be the best title of the passage? A. Consuming media for fun is a nature of kids B. No use, no worry C. Measures should be taken to stop children’s overuse of electronic media D. Electronic devices threaten the relationship of many families C Love, success, happiness, family and freedomhow important are these values to you? Here is one interview which explores the fundamental questions in life. Question: Could you introduce yourself first? Answer: My name is Misbah, 27 years old. I was born in a wartorn area. Right now I’m a web designer. Q: What are your great memories? A: My parents used to take us to hunt birds, climb trees, and play in the fields. For me it was like a holiday because we were going to have fun all day long. Those are my great memories. Q: Does your childhood mean a lot to you? A: Yes. As life was very hard, I used to work to help bring money in for the family. I spent my childhood working, with responsibilities beyond my age. However, it taught me to deal with problems all alone. I learnt to be independent. Q: What changes would you like to make in your life? A: If I could change something in my life, I’d change it so that my childhood could have taken place in another area. I would have loved to live with my family in freedom. Who cares whether we have much money, or whether we have a beautiful house? It doesn’t matter as long as I can live with my family and we are safe. Q: How do you get along with your parents? A: My parents supported me until I came of age. I want to give back what I’ve got. That’s our way. But I am working in another city. My only contact with my parents now is through the phone, but I hate using it. It filters(過濾 ) out your emotion and leaves your voice only. My deepest feelings should be passed through sight, hearing and touch. 29. In Misbah’s childhood, . A. he was free from worry B. he liked living in the countryside C. he often spent holidays with his family D. he was fond of getting close to nature 30. What did Misbah desire most in his childhood? A. A colorful life. B. A beautiful house. C. Peace and freedom. D. Money for his family. 31. How would Misbah prefer to municate with his parents? A. By chatting on the Inter. B. By calling them sometimes. C. By paying weekly visits. D. By writing them letters. 32. If there were only one question left, what would it most probably be? A. What was your childhood dream? B. What is your biggest achievement? C. What is your parents’ view of you? D. What was your hardest experience in the war? D While IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tells you how smart you are. EQ (Emotional Quotient) tells you how well you use your smartness. Professor Salovery, the psychologist who created the term, EQ, says that it is IQ that gets you hired but it is EQ that gets you promoted. Supported by his research, he suggested that when predicting future successes, a person’s brainpower, as measured by IQ tests, might actually matter less than a person’s character, or EQ. Professor Salovery may be correct. For example, have you ever wondered why some of