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 of 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(神經學上的) 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 scaremongering（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 processing and motor response skills,  while computer-based activity provides mental stimulation,  and can help slow rates of cognitive decline.

61. 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 sociable.

C. More and more children will become addicted to Facebook.

D. The Internet has the power to “rewiring” brains.

62. 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.

63. 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

64. According to the passage,  the study carried by the Nominet Trust showed that_______ .

A. one in three parents believes 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 of the web

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

65. The last paragraph mainly tells people_______ .

A. playing action video games can improve some visual processing and motor response skills

B. the Internet,  in itself,  is not a danger to children but generally beneficial

C. social networking sites,  in themselves,  support existing friendships

D. computer-based activity provides mental stimulation,  and can help slow rates of cognitive decline

Answer 1

80%的家長擔心孩子們會沉迷于網絡，并且認為Facebook和Twitter這樣的社交網站會左右孩子的人生。但是卻沒有神經學上的證據表明網絡比其他外界影響力能更有效地“改裝”大腦。

61.【解析】選A。主旨大意題。文章主要想告訴我們80%的家長擔心孩子們會沉迷于網絡，并且認為Facebook和Twitter這樣的社交網站會左右孩子的人生。但是卻沒有神經學上的證據表明網絡比其他外界影響力能更有效地“改裝”大腦。

62.【解析】選A。詞義猜測題。根據上文中的“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. 沒有神經學上的證據表明網絡比其他外界影響力能更有效地“改裝”大腦。可知他們的發現和神經學上的證據是“相悖的”。故正確選項為A。

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

64.【解析】選D。細節理解題。根據文中的第一、二段的內容以及后文的. . . there is no neurological evidence to suggest that the Internet is more effective at “rewiring” our brains than other environmental influences.  可知D項描述的內容與文章相符。

65.【解析】選B。段落大意題。A、C、D三項的內容均是最后一段的具體細節，是片面的，不具有概況性。在本段中作者以social networking sites，playing action video games和computer-based activity為例試圖告訴人們網絡本身對于孩子并沒有特別大的風險，而且大體上是有益的。