【题目】
Bicycles, roller skates and skateboards are dangerous. And don’t get me started on walking. But I’m glad I didn’t spend my childhood trapped indoors to protect me from every bump and bruise. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” 【1】 And now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-craving kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often mirrors what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren’t so heavily limited in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smartphones have become so popular in recent years. 【2】
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the potential dangers that youth might face – from violent strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the potential risks of interacting with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. 【3】 “Protecting” kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it gradually weakens the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.
The key to helping youth navigate contemporary digital life isn’t more restrictions. It’s freedom-plus communication. What makes the digital street safe is when teens and adults collectively agree to open their eyes and pay attention, communicate and negotiate difficult situations together. Teens need the freedom to wander the digital street, but they also need to know that caring adults are behind them and supporting them wherever they go. The first step is to turn off the tracking software. 【4】
在线课程【答案】
【1】E
【2】D
【3】AB
【4】A
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。介绍了父母该如何打赢与孩子之间在科技领域的战争。
【1】根据空前But I’m glad I didn’t spend my childhood trapped indoors to protect me from every bump and bruise. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”（ 但我很高兴我没有把我的童年困在室内来保护我免受每一次碰撞和擦伤。“那些杀不死我们的，只会让我们更强大。”）及空后And now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-craving kids. （如今，科技成为了成年人和渴望自由的孩子之间由来已久的战争的新战场）可知，此处需要一个承上启下的过渡句，既要与上文形成转折关系，又要引出下文科技已经成为成年人和孩子们之间斗争的新领域这一话题。由此可知，E项“但是，当青少年把这一理念付诸实践时，父母却无能为力”符合语境。故选E。
【2】根据空前Social media and smartphones have become so popular in recent years.（近年来，社交媒体和智能手机变得非常流行）可知，此处承接上文，讲的是青少年使用社交媒体和智能手机上网的原因。由此可知，D项“青少年想要探索自己身份和周围世界的自由，所以他们会上网”符合语境。故选D。
【3】根据空前Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the potential risks of interacting with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking.（恐惧的父母并没有帮助青少年制定策略来应对公共生活和与他人互动的潜在风险，而是专注于跟踪、监控和阻止）可知，此处承接上文，讲的是父母的这些做法对青少年的影响。由此可知，AB项“这些都不能帮助青少年发展他们需要的技能来管理复杂的社会情况，评估风险，并在他们遇到麻烦时寻求帮助”符合语境。故选AB。
【4】根据空前The first step is to turn off the tracking software.（第一步是关闭跟踪软件）可知，此处承接这一话题，说的是父母接下来应该采取的做法。由此可知，A项“然后问问你的孩子，当他们上网时他们在做什么，为什么这对他们如此重要”符合语境。故选A。
在六选四的解题过程中，选项中的某一关键词上下文中的关键词的对应关系往往是重要线索，例如本篇第4空，根据空前The first step is to turn off the tracking software.（第一步是关闭跟踪软件）可知，此处承接这一话题，说的是父母接下来应该采取的做法。A项中的Then与空前一句中的The first step正好相对应，由此可知，A项“然后问问你的孩子，当他们上网时他们在做什么，为什么这对他们如此重要”符合语境。