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Listen to a short passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

1 

1. That parents having full-time jobs have to keep little kids occupied.
   

2. That parents buy their young kids expensive electronic products.

3. That parents have to try their utmost to keep their kids quiet.

4. That parents living in the city have little peace and quiet. 

2 

1. Lego.

2. Colored pencils. 

3. Building blocks.

4. Old-fashioned paper books.

3 

1. They make for excellent enteminment. 

2. They are useful for the annual family vacation.

3. They keep children at different age occupied.

4. They are helpful when going to store.

4 

1. It is advisable.

2. It is wasteful.

3. It is surprising.

4. It is understandable.

录音文本、参考答案（留言区）

Living in the city is hard enough for a single person, but if you have kids life can get more complex. Finding ways to keep the little ones occupied can be a full-time job. So it should be no surprise that parents will go to great lengths to get a little peace and quiet.

However, when I first got to know that some parents bought their young children - not teenagers - iPads, I was shocked. Who spends $500 on an iPad for a young child when so many adults in the United States go without or have limited access to computers and the Internet? Whatever happened to Lego, building blocks and colored pencils? And for those slightly older kids how about a good, old-fashioned book instead of an iPad for the car journey to the beach?

Recently, I was at dinner with a couple and I brought up the subject of parents buying iPads for their young children. I was curious to see how they responded since I knew they had three young kids. It turned out they are a part of this growing trend. The iPad can download or stream cartoons, so it makes for excellent entertainment when they're trying to get to the grocery store or head out of the city for the annual family vacation. But the best thing about iPads is that there are games and educational applications for nearly every age level.

It got me thinking that maybe my first reaction was a little too “reactionary" Now I can understand the parents a little better. If I had three kids and was living in the city they would probably have an iPad, too.

Questions

• 1 What shocked the speaker?

• 2 What is appropriate for slightly older kids according to the speaker?

• 3 What is the best thing about iPads according to the couple?

• 4 What does the speaker think of buying iPads for kids after talking with the couple?

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