Question

     Four out of five parents worry that their children will become addicted to Facebook, according to a study.

    Eighty percent believe social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have the ability to take over their children’s lives. One in three parents, meanwhile, believe the Internet has the power to ‘rewire’ brains(“改裝”大腦)without a person’s knowledge and think their children are in danger from the web.

    The extraordinary findings come from a poll of 1, 000 parents carried out by the Nominet Trust, an organization that promoted Internet projects which address social disadvantages.

    However, Nominet said their findings fly in the face of neurological(神經(jīng)學(xué)上的) evidence. The Trust worked with neuroscience and education expert Dr Paul Howard Jones, who analysed researches on the Internet and society. The report—The Impact of Digital Technologies on Human Well-being—concluded that there is no neurological evidence to suggest that the Internet is more effective at ‘rewiring’ our brains than other environmental influences. It also found that the Internet is a valuable learning resource and all forms of learning cause changes within the brain.

    There have been reports that the use of the Internet with its vast resources of information is changing the way people think and affecting their ability to concentrate. But Nominet said that’s scare-mongering（危言聳聽）and the misinformation about the Internet use can potentially deny（否定）its benefits to people, in particular parents who are worried about the effects on their children’s development.

    The report also found that social networking sites, in themselves, are not a special source of risk to children, and are generally beneficial as they support existing friendships. In addition, playing action video games can improve some visual processes and motor response skills, while computer-based activity provides mental stimulation, and can help slow rates of cognitive decline.

59. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Four in five parents fear their children will become Facebook addicts

B. Social networking sites make people more social

C. More and more children will become addicted to Facebook

D. The Internet has the power to ‘rewire’ brains

60. What does the underlined phrase “fly in the face of” in Paragraph four probably mean?

A. go against

B. have a lot in common with

C. be similar to

D. have something to do with

61. We can infer from the passage that________ .

A. social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will rewire children’s brains

B. Dr. Paul Howard Jones is a member of the Nominet Trust.

C. Dr. Paul Howard Jones thinks the Internet is useful and beneficial.

D. the study surveyed a poll of 1, 000 children.

62. According to the passage, the study carried by the Nominet Trust showed that______ .

A. one in three parents believe Facebook has the ability to take over their children’s lives

B. the Internet is more effective at ‘rewiring’ our brains than other environmental influences

C. four out of five parents think their children are in danger from the web

D. eighty percent of parents worry that their children will become addicted to Facebook

Answer 1

  80%的家長在擔心孩子們會沉迷于網(wǎng)絡(luò)，并且認為Facebook和Twitter這樣的社交網(wǎng)站會左右孩子的人生。但是卻沒有神經(jīng)學(xué)上的證據(jù)表明網(wǎng)絡(luò)比其他外界影響力能更有效地“改裝”大腦。

59. 【解析】選A。主旨大意題。文章主要想告訴我們80%的家長在擔心孩子們會沉迷于網(wǎng)絡(luò)，并且認為Facebook和Twitter這樣的社交網(wǎng)站會左右孩子的人生。但是卻沒有神經(jīng)學(xué)上的證據(jù)表明網(wǎng)絡(luò)比其他外界影響力能更有效地“改裝”大腦。

60. 【解析】選A。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文中的“However”以及后文的there is no neurological evidence to suggest that the Internet is more effective at ‘rewiring’ our brains than other environmental influences. 沒有神經(jīng)學(xué)上的證據(jù)表明網(wǎng)絡(luò)比其他外界影響力能更有效地“改裝”大腦�？芍�他們的發(fā)現(xiàn)和神經(jīng)學(xué)上的證據(jù)是“相悖的”。故正確選項為A。

61. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。A項只是父母的一種擔心。根據(jù)第四段的第二句話“The Trust worked with. . . ”可知Dr. Paul Howard Jones是和the Nominet Trust基金會合作的神經(jīng)科學(xué)家和教育專家, 所以B項錯誤。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知調(diào)查的對象是父母而不是孩子，所以D項錯誤 。根據(jù)文中第四段最后一句話以及最后一段內(nèi)容可知C項是正確的。

62. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的第一、二段的內(nèi)容以及后文的there is no neurological evidence to suggest that the Internet is more effective at ‘rewiring’ our brains than other environmental influences. 可知D項描述的內(nèi)容與文章相符。