Question

      Meredith Marx remembers family game night and how she,her brother and their parents gathered around the dining room table to talk,laugh and move game pieces around the boards. It was a fun way to reconnect and relax.

    Try as she might,it's become much harder for the mum to create similar memories for her 6-year-old twins,Casey and Parker. The kindergartners have been surrounded by technology all of their lives. They bounced to Baby Einstein CDs,learned Spanish from Dora the Explor-er,and are reading at a first-grade level thanks to their Leapster pads. They are good at getting to games on mum's iPhone and grandma's iPad.

    Though she came of age in the “wired” 1990s,Marx worries that all of the electronic things surrounding her daughters are taking them away from precious family time.

UI had video games when I was a kid,and it was fun,but now there's so much more that they completely controls people's time,” says the radio traffic reporter,who is in her early 30s. “ I don't know if kids today would get by without knowing these things. It's becoming all electronic. The only thing electronic I had was the board game—Operation. ”

Marx is not alone in wondering how our increasingly technology-focused world is affecting her children and other “digital natives”. Parenting can seem depressing in the digital era. Smart phones,tablets and serial networking have transformed how people work,play and communicate.

According to a survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2010,children between the ages of 8 and 18  spent more than 53 hours a week on electronic media. Typically,they devoted seven hours and 38 minutes a day to listening to music,watching TV and movies,playing video games and hanging out online,with many children using two forms of media at once.

Parents who don't keep up with the changes can feel like they are standing at the side of a widening technological gulf. They don5t want to lose their ability to stay dose to their children and guide them to a successful,healthy future. Therefore,how to bridge the digital gap is what they are wondering.

51. By the first two paragraphs,the writer wants to tell us.

   A. Mother's childhood is fun but her children's is not

   B. Mother's childhood isn’t interesting but her children's is

   C. Mother and her children have a similar happy childhood

   D. Mother's childhood is different from her children's 

52. What does Mother think of all of the electronic things surrounding her daughters?

   A. She thinks that all of the electronic things will have a good effect on her daughters.

   B. She worries that all of the electronic things are affecting her daughters.

   C. She thinks that all of the electronic things will make their lives happier and more convenient.

   D. She thinks that all of the electronic things will make her and her daughters much closer.

53. is Mother's electronic game.

   A. Dora the Explorer   B. Leapster pads   C. Baby Einstein CDs   D. Operation

54. Parents feel like they are standing at the side of a widening technological gulf because they.

   A. cannot adapt themselves to the digital era

   B. stay too close to their children

   C. consider it their duty to guide their children to a successful,healthy future

   D. consider it a challenge to force their children not to spend too much time on electronic media

55. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

   A. How to Bridge the Digital Gap

   B. What is the Best Electronic Game

   C. Who is Right,Parents or Children

   D. No Electronic Games,No Fun

Answer 1

51. D 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. A

51. D解析：推理判断题。第一段母亲回顾 自己美好的童年时光，第二段描述双胞胎 女儿的童年时光。目的就是叙述两代人不 同的童年。故选D.

52. B解析：细节理解题。文章的第三段说到母亲的担心，第五段又提到“Marx is nol alone in wondering how our increasingly technology-focused world is affecting hei children and other' digtal natives’可知选 B0

53. D解析：细节理解题。文章的第四段母 亲Marx回顾自己的童年游戏时说到The only thing electronic I had was the board game —Operation. ’”可知选 D.

54. A解析：细节理解题。文章的最后一段 提到，不能跟上时代变化的父母感觉像是 站在日益渐宽的技术沟壑边上。换言之, 他们之所以有那种感觉，就是不能适应电 子时代。故选A.

55. A解析：主旨大意题。文章在最后一段 尤其是最后一段最后一句点出文章的主题。故选A.