MySpace, the social networking website, is different from other websites which only provide stories about other people. MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast your own stories and personal information to as many people as you like. Started two years ago, it is a big source of information for and about American kids.
Teenagers and their parents feel very differently about it. Teens are rushing to join the site, not sharing their parents' worries. It signals yet another generation gap in the digital era.(數(shù)字時(shí)代)
For teenagers, it is reliable network to keep in touch with their friends. They will often list their surnames, birthdays, after­school jobs, school clubs, hobbies and other personal information.
“MySpace is an easy way to reach just about everyone. I don't have all the phone numbers of all my acquaintances (熟人). But if I want to get in touch with one of them, I could just leave them a message on MySpace.” said Abby Van Wassen. She is a sixteen ­year­ old student at Woodland Hills High of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the security problems of MySpace.
“Every time we hold a parents meeting, the first question is always about MySpace,” said Kent Gates, who travels the country doing Internet safety seminars (研討會).The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has received at least 288 MySpace­ related complaints, according to Mary Beth Buchanan, a lawyer in Pittsburgh.
“Your profile on MySpace shows all your personal information to anyone on the Web. And MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. It's like a free checklist(清單)for troublemakers and it endangers children,” Buchanan said.
小題1:From the passage we can learn that MySpace ________.
A.brings about the generation gap
B.is very careful about people's privacy
C.encourages you to list your personal information
D.lists the telephone numbers of your friends
小題2:Why are some parents against MySpace?
A.Because MySpace has a bad influence on their children.
B.Because they don't want to pay so much money for MySpace.
C.Because it takes up too much of their children's spare time.
D.Because troublemakers can easily approach their children through the site.
小題3:The writer's attitude towards MySpace is ________.
A.negativeB.positiveC.optimisticD.objective
小題4:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.Internet safetyB.MySpaceC.Generation gapD.The digital era

小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:D
小題1:B

試題分析:本文主要討論的就是一個(gè)社交網(wǎng)站MySpace,以及這個(gè)網(wǎng)站引起父母的擔(dān)心的問題。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Your profile on MySpace shows all your personal information to anyone on the Web. And MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. It's like a free checklist(清單)for troublemakers and it endangers children,說明在這家網(wǎng)站上你的信息很全面,那么應(yīng)該是這個(gè)網(wǎng)站鼓勵你列出你的個(gè)人信息。故C正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the security problems of MySpace.和Your profile on MySpace shows all your personal information to anyone on the Web. And MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. It's like a free checklist(清單)for troublemakers and it endangers children說明父母很擔(dān)心孩子的網(wǎng)上安全的問題,故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:D 態(tài)度意圖題。根據(jù)文章最后一段說明在這個(gè)網(wǎng)站上有很多的個(gè)人信息,這對孩子來說是一個(gè)很大的安全隱患,可以看出作者對于這個(gè)網(wǎng)站是持有否定的態(tài)度的。故D正確。
小題4:B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容本文主要討論的就是一個(gè)社交網(wǎng)站MySpace,以及這個(gè)網(wǎng)站引起父母的擔(dān)心的問題。故B正確。
點(diǎn)評:本文主要考查的是推理題,要在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎(chǔ)上,把握文章的真正內(nèi)涵。①要吃透文章的字面意思,從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索,這是推理的前提和基礎(chǔ);②要對文字的表面信息進(jìn)行挖掘加工,由表入里,由淺入深,從具體到抽象,從非凡到一般,通過分析、綜合、判定等,進(jìn)行深層處理,符合邏輯地推理。不能就是論事,斷章取義,以偏概全。③要忠實(shí)于原文,以文章提供的事實(shí)和線索為依據(jù)。立足已知,推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在,猜測未來。不能主觀臆想,憑空想象,隨意揣測,更不能以自己的觀點(diǎn)代替作者的觀點(diǎn);④要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系,了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào),揣摸作者的態(tài)度,摸準(zhǔn)邏輯發(fā)展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音。
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