1 . Parents often find children watch cartoons for three to four hours a day. Studies show that children start watching cartoons on TV at an early age of six months, when they reach the age of two or three, they become cartoon fans and they would like to spend much time on it. Parents often see this as a problem because most of the children are found to become addicted (上瘾的) to watching cartoons. Parents think if children spend too much time on cartoons, they will fall behind (落后) in study.

Some people think cartoons are worth watching. It helps the working parents a lot because they can do much work by making their children watch cartoons on TV.

When they watch educational cartoons, they can learn many things. They also help to improve their language Educational cartoons help them to try different languages. Children can learn English well with the help of those cartoons. At the same time, some children can learn about the friendship and teamwork from the cartoons.

So sometimes we needn’t stop kids from watching cartoons, but parents should make sure that their children are watching the right things.

1. When do children start to watch cartoons on TV?

A．When they are six months old.	B．When they are two years old.
C．When they are six years old.	D．When they are three years old.

2. Why are children addicted to TV in the passage?

A．Because their parents don’t take care of them.	B．Because they have nothing to do at home.
C．Because they are not cartoon fans.	D．Because they like to watch cartoons.

3. According to the passage, what can’t children learn from cartoons?

A．Different languages	B．Friendship
C．Teamwork	D．History

4. Who is the passage mainly written for?

A．Teachers

B．Children

C．Parents

D．Cartoon makers

5. What is the writer’s opinion about cartoons?

A．Children can’t watch any kinds of cartoons.

B．It’s useful to stop children from watching cartoon.

C．Children can spend time watching cartoons on weekend.

D．Parents should let their kids spend some time watching the right cartoons.