Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blanks with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Danger of Sharenting

For the vast majority of people, checking social media involves a mix of expectation and curiosity. The app feeds on a collective 【1】 that we are missing out on something, whether it’s a fabulous party, a pop-up sale, or the mere concept of vacation. But the same dynamic doesn’t quite 【2】 to parents sharing pictures of their young children online. There certainly may be an element of proud boasting: “Admire my little son’s taste in jazz,” etc. But these carefully chosen photos often do little more than help parents escape from a harsh day 【3】. The isolation of parenthood delivers one to strange places, and you need your tribe. Sharing images on social media makes the experience 【4】, connecting one to a larger world.

In his new book Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online, Leah Plunkett, a Harvard psychology professor, argues that “sharenting” happens when an adult transmits private details about a child via digital channels. It 【5】 a child’s entry into “digital life.” Studies estimate that by 2030 nearly two-thirds of identity-fraud cases affecting today’s children will have been caused by sharenting.

For Plunkett, there are a couple of reasons to be concerned about sharenting. On a philosophical level, sharenting exposes children to the larger digital world without their permission, 【6】 them of a kind of privacy. This feeds into Plunkett’s second, much broader concern. The 【7】 problem with sharenting is the same with many adult-world privacy issues: the bargain we have made in exchange for these services is that we surrender our data and choose not to imagine the worst-case scenarios. Could things that parents post about children produce real-world 【8】, in terms of bullying, professional reputation, or future prospects? Today, long before children take their first step, their digital data already travels to “thousands, likely tens of thousands, of human and machine users.” How long will it be until someone 【9】 the power to predict who a child will become as an adult based on these data points?

Plunkett’s concerns made parents reconsider their choices. In the end, Plunkett’s advice is to “make more mindful choices” about digital lives though parenthood is often so 【10】 vague that mindfulness seems impossible.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】H

【4】E

【5】D

【6】B

【7】G

【8】K

【9】I

【10】A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了父母在社交媒体上“晒娃”是危险的。

【1】考查名词。句意：这款应用程序助长了一种集体的恐惧，即：我们正在错过某些东西，无论是一个精彩的派对，一个弹出式销售，或仅仅是度假的概念。作动词短语feeds on的宾语用名词，根据空后的同位语从句可知此处表示“恐惧”，故填F。

【2】考查动词。句意：但同样的情况并不适用于父母在网上分享孩子的照片。此处缺少动词做谓语，apply to表示“适用于”，故填C。

【3】考查副词。句意：但这些精心挑选的照片，往往只会帮助家长暂时逃离难熬的一天。修饰动词短语escape from用副词，根据句意可知此处表示“暂时地”，故填H。

【4】考查形容词。句意：在社交媒体上分享图片让这种体验变得可以忍受，将一个人与一个更大的世界连接起来。此处为“make+宾语+宾补”结构，此处缺少形容词作宾补，上文说这些照片会帮助家长暂时逃离难熬的一天，因此此处指“可忍受的”，故填E。

【5】考查动词。句意：这加速了孩子进入“数字生活”。此处缺少动词做谓语，根据“try into “digital life.””可知此处表示“加速”，故填D。

【6】考查非谓语动词。句意：在哲学层面上，“晒娃”让孩子们在未经允许的情况下接触到更大的数字世界，剥夺了他们的某种隐私。空前没有连词，此处使用非谓语动词，用现在分词做结果状语，表示一种自然而然的结果，rob sb of sth表示“剥夺某人的某物”，故填B。

【7】考查形容词。句意：分享的根本问题和许多成人世界的隐私问题是一样的。修饰名词problem用形容词，根据句意可知此处表示“根本的”，故填G。

【8】考查名词。句意：父母发布的关于孩子的帖子会产生现实世界的结果，比如欺凌、职业声誉或未来前景?做动词produce的宾语用名词，根据句意可知此处表示“结果”，故填K。

【9】考查动词。句意：要过多久，才会有人声称有能力根据这些数据点来预测一个孩子长大后会成为什么样的人？此处缺少动词做谓语，根据句意可知此处表示“声称”，故填I。

【10】考查副词。句意：最后，普伦基特的建议是，在数字生活中做出更谨慎的选择，尽管为人父母常常是如此令人困惑地模糊，以至于专注似乎不可能。修饰形容词vague用副词，根据句意可知此处表示“令人困惑地”，故填A。