1 . Kids nowadays are growing up “connected”, learning to use technology at a surprising speed. Technology is a regular part of school now! Kids as young as Kindergarten are using smartboards, IPads, and computers to complete tasks in the classroom. Older children rely on the Internet for research, getting homework, sending work to teachers, and even accessing（ 获得） textbooks. In fact, today’s kids have been given the name “digital（数字）natives” because they are facing technology almost from birth, so new things have never been a greater challenge in the hands of our children. The Internet，Facebook, iPods, pictures and texting on cell phones and all of these are the ways kids communicate today. They have become a central part of their lives. It allows them a private life that most of us know very little about.
Kids just don’t think about the results of the new world of social networking and text messaging. They don’t think that it is dangerous to send a photo of a particular person to a foolish person, who might send it to some friends that may send it to a hundred others and the next thing you know, it’s on many Facebook sites and all over the Internet forever. They don’t think that way because they don’t have the life experience that we do. We have to help them.
The key to knowing how they manage this privacy（隐私） is our “connection” to them. How closely do we connect with our kids and pay attention to what they’re doing? And how often do we talk to our children... and really listen to them? If they believe in us and know that we will be there for them, they are more likely to follow our advice. If we talk openly about what we believe in, what we stand for, those values will become their own before long.
1. What is the author’s opinion about children?
| A．They are good at accepting modern things. | B．They are well understood by their parents. |
| C．They almost like to surf on the Facebook. | D．They know the Internet dangers well. |
2. What does the underlined word “us” in paragraph 1 refers to?
| A．Kids. | B．Adults. | C．Internet users. | D．Internet teachers. |
3. Why do kids think differently according to paragraph 2?
| A．They only understand their own private lives. | B．They are badly influenced by new things. |
| C．They do not have life experience. | D．They don’t depend on their parents. |
4. When will children accept their parents’ advice?
| A．When they are surfing on the Internet. | B．When they meet some dangerous situations. |
| C．When parents believe in what they are doing. | D．When parents communicate with them deeply. |
