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One of the 10 things that happy families do is to eat dinner together. As growing up, I thought everyone ate dinner as a family. However, now I realized that is not the case. In fact, most families eat dinner together only about four times a week and 10% of families only eat together twice a week. And as children get older and the number of activities they are involved in increases, the meals eaten as a family decrease.

Studies show that families who eat dinner together benefits in a variety of ways. Eating together helps families achieve better communication, children do better in school and are better adjusted, and the entire family enjoys better nutrition(营养).

Increased Communication

Eating dinner together as a family provides opportunities for communication. A “Family Dinner Experiment ” conducted by Oprah Winfrey in 1993 challenged five families to eat dinner together every night for a month for at least half an hour. At first the families found it difficult but by the end of the study they wanted to continue eating dinner together. The biggest surprise for the parents was “How much their children treasured the dependence time with their parents at the table.”

Superior Academic Performance

Family meals also help improve school performance. A 1994 survey by Louis Harris and Associates had 2000 seniors take an academic test and answer a list of personal questions. Researchers found that “Students who regularly ate dinner with their families four or more times a week scored better than those who ate family dinners three or fewer times a week. These results crossed racial(种族的) lines and were a greater indicator than whether the child was in a one or two-parent family.”

Better Adjusted

A study by Drs. Bowden and Zeisz found that “the teens who were best adjusted ate a meal with an adult in their family at an average of 5.4 days a week, compared to 3.3 days for teens who didn’t show good adjustment.” The well-adjusted teens were “less likely to do drugs or be depressed and were more motivated at school and had better relationships.” Dr. Bowen said, “that mealtimes were a sort of ‘marker’ for other positive family attributes and seemed to play an important role in helping teens deal well with the stresses of adolescence (青春期).”

41. In Paragraph 1, the author implies that___________.

A. a happy family must eat dinner together

B. her family usually ate dinner together when she was a child.

C. families have dinner together more often than before.

D. the older children grow, the more often they have family dinner

42. According to the “Family Dinner Experiment” in 1993, what surprised the parents was that _______________.

A. The five families ate dinner together for half an hour every night.

B. The families felt it hard to have dinner together every day.

C. The families wanted to have dinner together even after the experiment.

D. Their children cherished the dinner time with them very much.

43. According to Paragraph 4, which of the following is NOT mentioned?

A. What race a student comes from?

B. How nutritious the meals a student has are.

C. Whether a student is from a single-parent family.

D. How often a student eats dinner with their families.

44. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Mealtime with their families helps teenagers deal with stress properly.

B. 2000 senior students took part in the survey conducted by Louis Harris and Associates.

C. Each family in the 1993 experiment spent at least 14 hours at dinner that month.

D. Most people have meals with others more often than with their families weekly.

45. In the next paragraph, the author is mostly likely to write about __________.

A. how family mealtime helps the family achieve better nutrition

B. how Drs. Bowden and Zeisz continue their research

C. the other nine things that make a happy family

D. the dinner experiences of her own family

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