Question

As digital technology increasingly controls the lives of young people, scientists have begun to wonder: Is the Internet good or bad for kids?

“It’s impossible to answer that question because the Internet is so many things,” says psychologist Patricia Greenfield. “It’s networked computer games and news about politics and instant messaging and e-mails to your grandmother. It can be both an educational resource and a hiding place for kidnappers.”

Adults have many reasons to worry about kids’ Internet use. In chat rooms, for instance, it is easy to lie and kids can get trapped in dangerous situations. In searching for and visiting websites, kids can come across words and pictures that they may not be prepared for. To help prevent that situation, in 2000, the US Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act, which requires schools to block offensive and obscene（淫穢的）websites.

Researches have pointed out how confusing the Internet can be for children, even when they think they know how it works. To find out how much kids know about the technology, Zheng Yan, an educational professor in New York, interviews over 300 students in grades four to eight. Most of the youngest students think the Internet is simply an icon (圖標) on the screen. It often isn’t until 10 that kids realize that the Internet is a network of millions of computers. It takes another 2 or 3 years for them to understand that a stranger can see what they’ve posted.

Understanding the technology helps kids understand how dangerous the web can be. It’s not simply enough to block harmful websites or to limit the number of hours kids spend online. Learning about the Internet can also give young people the power to use it in beneficial ways.

1.By saying “the Internet is so many things”, Patricia Greenfield means that ______.

A. computer technology is hard for people to master

B. computers have more disadvantages than expected

C. computers have more advantages than expected

D. computers bring advantages as well as disadvantages

2.According to the Children’s Internet Protection Act passed in 2000, ______.

A. children are not allowed to go online at schools

B. schools must watch students’ behavior all the time

C. children must be prevented from having access to unhealthy websites

D. it is against the law to search for unhealthy information online

3.In the mind of very young children, the Internet is ______.

A. harmful B. simple

C. a complicated network D. a news source

4.What might be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to protect children against the danger of the Internet.

B. How to use the Internet for beneficial purposes.

C. What the public think of the Children’s Internet Protection Act

D. How the Children’s Internet Protection Act was passed.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：隨著數(shù)碼科技越來越多地影響到年輕人的生活，科學家們開始懷疑：互聯(lián)網(wǎng)對孩子的成長是好還是壞？孩子們的思維是簡單的，容易受到網(wǎng)上不良信息的傷害。我們應該做的就是，讓孩子真正了解互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，從而引導孩子們趨利避害。

1.It can be both an educational resource and a hiding place for kidnappers.”可知，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)可以作為教育資源，同時也暗藏著綁架等危險，故選D。

2.which requires schools to block offensive and obscene（淫穢的）websites”可知，法令的頒布是為了防止孩子受到不良網(wǎng)站上的信息的影響，故選C。

3.Most of the youngest students think the Internet is simply an icon (圖標) on the screen.”可知，大多數(shù)孩子認為互聯(lián)網(wǎng)僅僅就是一個圖標，直到10歲，孩子們才會意識到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是成千上萬個電腦連成的一張網(wǎng)，故選B。

4.Learning about the Internet can also give young people the power to use it in beneficial ways.”可知，了解互聯(lián)網(wǎng)以后，年輕人會做到趨利避害，文章接下來可能會講到怎樣趨利避害，故選B。

考點：科技類短文閱讀