Haveyouthoughtaboutwhatdeterminesthewayweareaswegrowup?RemembertheTVprogramSevenUp?Itstartedfollowingthelivesofagroupofchildrenin1963.Wefirstmeetthemaswide-eyedseven-year-oldsandthencatchupwiththem

　　Haveyouthoughtaboutwhatdeterminesthewayweareaswegrowup?RemembertheTVprogramSevenUp?Itstartedfollowingthelivesofagroupofchildrenin1963.Wefirstmeetthemaswide-eyedseven-year-oldsandthencatchupwiththematseven-yearintervals(间隔) :nervous 14-year-oldsserious 21-year-oldsthen grown-ups.

　　Someofthestoriesareinspiringotherssadbutwhatisinterestinginalmostallthecasesisthe way inwhich the children'searlyhopesanddreamsare shown intheirfuturelivesforexampleatsevenTonyisalivelychildwhosayshewantstobecomeasportsmanorataxidriver.Whenhegrowsuphegoesontodoboth. HowaboutNickiwhosays"I'dliketofindoutaboutthemoon."andgoesontobecomeaspacescientist. Asachildsoft-spokenBrucesayshewantstohelp"poorchildren"andendsupteachinginIndia.

　　Butifthelivesofallthechildrenhadfollowedthispatterntheprogramwouldbefarlessinterestingthanitactuallywas.Itwasthechildrenwhosechildhooddidnotpreparethemforwhatwastocomethatmadetheprogramsoinspiring.Wheredidtheirideascomefromaboutwhattheywantedtodowhentheygrewup?Arechildreninfluencedbywhattheirparentsdobywhattheyseeontelevisionorbywhattheirteacherssay?Howgreatistheeffectofasingleimportantevent?ManyfilmdirectorsincludingStephenSpielbergsaythatanearlyvisittothecinemawastheturningpointintheirlives. Dr.Magaret McAllisterwhohasdonealotofresearchinthisareathinksthatthemajorinfluencesareparentsfriendsandthewidersociety.

　　【小题1】Whatdoesthetextmainlydiscuss?

　　A．NewwaystomakeaTVprograminteresting.B．Theimportanceoftelevisionprogramstochildren.C．Differentwaystomakechildhooddreamscometrue.D．Theinfluenceofchildhoodexperienceonfuturelives.【小题2】IntheTVprogramSevenUpwecanmeet______.A．differentgroupsofpeopleatdifferentperiodsoftheirlivesB．differentgroupsofpeopleatthesameperiodoftheirlivesC．thesamegroupofpeopleatdifferentperiodsoftheirlivesD．thesamegroupofpeopleatthesameperiodoftheirlives