Question

【題目】Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes are brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.

An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys (調查) on this topic suggests that parents today continue to be “very” or “somewhat” overly-protective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that today’s parents are trying to manage their children’s lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.

However, greater parental involvement does not necessarily indicate that parents are failing to let go of their “adult” children.

In the context (背景) of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents’ involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their college-age children frequently, would this have been possible? Probably not. On the other hand, does the possibility of frequent communication today mean that the urge to do so wasn’t present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents - today’s grandparents - would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.

Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of communication between parents and their college children. The fact that college students are financially dependent on their parents is nothing new; nor are requests for more money to be sent from home. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.

Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered communication. This has many implications well beyond the role that parents seem to play in the lives of their children who have left for college. But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.

【1】The surveys inform us of ______.

A. the development of technology

B. the changes of adult children’s behavior

C. the parents’ over-protection of their college children

D. the means and expenses of students’ communication

【2】The writer believes that ______.

A. parents today are more protective than those in the past

B. the disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages

C. technology explains greater parental involvement with their children

D. parents’ changed attitudes lead to college children’s delayed independence

【3】 What is the best title for the passage?

A. Technology or Attitude

B. Dependence or Independence

C. Family Influence or Social Changes

D. College Management or Communication Advancement

【4】 Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：以父母對于上大學的成年子女過度保護的問題為例，提出了科技帶來的一些改變容易被誤認為態(tài)度的改變的論點。

【1】C 細節(jié)理解題。答案在第二段第二句話，parents today continues to be “very” or “somewhat” overly-protective even after their children move into college dormitories”調查顯示現(xiàn)在的父母在孩子上大學之后仍然非常或者某種程度上過度保護子女。故選C。

【2】C 觀點態(tài)度題。第三段作者提出調查的結果并不能理解為現(xiàn)在的家長對孩子不放手，接下來的兩段作者論述了出現(xiàn)這種結果的真正原因是科技的發(fā)展使得交流手段更豐富，成本更低廉。見第四段最后一句“Many studies show that older parents—today’s grandparents—would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier。最后一段更是再次強調了這種觀點。故選C。

【3】A主旨大意題。由第一段第二句話得出。這種科技的改變容易被誤認為態(tài)度的改變。第2-5段討論到底是科技還是態(tài)度的改變。第6段再次明確表示是科技的改變。故選A。

【4】B 文章結構題。文章第一段是introduction，第二段是第一個論點，指出父母在子女生活中參與度提高的現(xiàn)象。第三段是第二個論點(關鍵詞However)，指出通過調查并不能推斷出父母未能對子女放手，分論點一是科技的進步導致父母對子女生活更多的參與，分論點二(關鍵詞Furthermore)是子女經濟不獨立導致父母對子女生活的過多參與。最后一段總結。故選B。