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A number of recent studies suggest that children are experiencing a high degree of anxiety over the prospect of nuclear war.

I am sure there are children who are deeply concerned, even terrified, by the perceived threat of nuclear destruction, but I wonder whether this is not caused in part by the way they are exposed to this subject. If we are going to do research, I think some of it should extend to the emotional health of parents who bring their children up with these fears. Some of the most ardent disarmament proponents seem to be sorely lacking in common sense when it comes to child-rearing: The young ages of some of these frightened children indicate that they are receiving their nuclear-war information directly from their parents long before they are able to read books, magazines or newspapers on the subject, or even before they would voluntarily choose to view televised reports and programs on the subject.

No one can be comfortable expecting the prospect of nuclear war. It is a global problem that does exist, must be acknowledged and should be addressed by individuals and their governments. But life cannot stop in the meantime; children must have their childhood if they are to grow into emotionally healthy adults. Can they really do so if they are preoccupied with death; if in response to concerns thrust upon them by their misguided parents, they place the fear of nuclear war before every other concern in their lives?

1．Why does the author say that some of the most ardent disarmament proponents “seem to be solely lacking in common sense when it comes to child-rearing”?

A．Because it is harmful to the emotional growth of the young children to tell them so many terrifying scenes.

B．Because they probably have no children of their own.

C．Because they are not aware that their efforts will prove useless.

D．Because they often differ in opinions as to how they should raise their children.

2．Which of the following is the source from which pre-school children learn about nuclear war?

A．Newspapers and magazines.

B．Books.

C．TV reports and programs.

D．Their parents.

3．The author implies that so much exposure to the threat of nuclear war will cause the children____.

A．to be mentally unhealthy

B．to commit suicide during their childhood

C．to distrust their parents

D．to fear everything

4．The last sentence of this passage implies that____.

A．children in the United States have misguided their parents

B．children in the United States thrust upon their parents great concern over their future

C．children deeply concerned about death cannot grow into emotionally healthy adults

D．children should be taught to place the fear of nuclear war before every other concern

5．The best title of the passage would be____.

A．Save Our Children in a Proper Way

B．Is Nuclear War So Terrible?

C．Why Terrify Our Children?

D．The Prospect of Nuclear War

1．【答案】A

【精析】文章提到“The young ages of some of these frightened children indicate that they are receiving their nuclear-war information directly from their parents long before they are able to read books, magazines or newspapers on the subject, or even before they would voluntarily choose to view televised reports and programs on the subject.”故选A项。

2．【答案】D

【精析】从文章第二段中“If we are going to do research, I think some of it should extend to the emotional health of parents who bring their children up with these fears.”可知是父母过早地给学龄前儿童灌输了对于核战争的恐慌。

3．【答案】A

【精析】文章第三段开头提到“No one can be comfortable expecting the prospect of nuclear war.”而后又提到“But life cannot stop in the meantime; children must have their childhood if they are to grow into emotionally healthy adults.”因此可判断A项是正确答案。

4．【答案】C

【精析】根据此话的前一句“But life cannot stop in the meantime; children must have their childhood if they are to grow into emotionally healthy adults.”可知正确答案是C项。

5．【答案】C

【精析】从文章结构可以看出，文章最先列举一个现象，而后又解释了这个现象的原因，在文章末尾处提出作者的观点，以反问来强调作者的意图，所以C项更能成为文章的题目。