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Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
In today's competitive world, what responsible parents would not want to give their children the best possible start
in life? For this reason, many parents want their children, often as young as ten months old, to become familiar with
computers. They seem to think that if their children grow up with computers, they will be better equipped to face
the challenges of the future.
No one has proved that computers make children more creative or more intelligent. The truth may even be the
opposite. Educational psychologists claim that too much exposure to computers, especially for the very young, may
negatively affect normal brain development. Children gain valuable experience of the world from their interaction
with physical objects. Ten-month-old babies may benefit more from bumping their heads or putting various objects
in their mouths than they will from staring at eye-catching cartoons. A four-year-old child can improve hand-eye
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coordination and understand cause and effect better by experimenting with a crayon than by moving a cursor
around a computer screen. So, as educational psychologists suggest, instead of government funding going to more
and more computer classes, it might be better to devote resources to music and art programs.
It is ludicrous to think that children will fall behind if they are not exposed to computers from an early age. Time is
too precious to spend with a "mouse". Now is the time when they should be out there learning to ride a bike. There
will be time later on for them to start banging away at keyboards.
What would be an appropriate title for this passage?
More computers mean brighter future
Never too early to start
Computers in schools
Let kids be kids
H. Huong
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