1 . How to Protect Against Undue Influence Online

The potential for undue influence has become increasingly significant in this era of digital interconnectivity. Undue influence can affect our perceptions and influence our decisions. It may even end anger our autonomy (自主) and mental health.     1    

Understand what undue influence is

The first step to protecting yourself is understanding what undue influence is. Undue influence refers to a situation in which an individual or group employs unreasonable control over another person’s behavior information, thoughts, and emotions.     2     Disinformation campaigns, persuasive advertising, and even content designed to cause fear, uncertainty, or dependency may often appear online.

Develop media literacy skills

In an age of fake news, it is crucial to develop media literacy skills.     3     Become a consumer who can tell the quality of information, identify the source, check for credibility, and look for your unconscious assumptions and preferences.

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Delete as much data as you can about yourself. Be mindful of what information you share online, and always ensure that your online activities are secured through reliable sources. Review all policies on platforms, especially “free” ones. If you aren’t paying, then you are the product, as in many cases, they are selling your data.

By including these steps into your digital life, you can protect yourself from undue influence in the online world, ensuring that you can think and act independently, free from ill control.

    5     It is your mind. Only you should control it!

A．Prioritize privacy

B．Be mindful of free ones

C．It’s vital to have a health y Internet and real-life balance.

D．In the digital world, undue influence can take many forms.

E．Everyone deserves the right to live free from undue influence.

F．They involve analyzing, evaluating, and creating media in various forms.

G．Here are some essential strategies for you to protect yourself online from undue influence.

2 . The case for and against social media

Is social media harmful to teenagers?     1     Social media sites have been blamed for most of the world’s social problems from feeling disconnected and lonely to having difficulty forming meaningful relationships. Yet, many of us feel a need to use social media because it offers something we cannot find elsewhere, despite knowing the downsides.     2    

An argument for social media claims it can strengthen social bonds by facilitating relationships with people in different geographical areas. For example, social media has helped old school friends to get back in touch after many years without contact.     3     These are real benefits of using social media.

    4     The argument used by many people is that interactions on social media are no substitute for face-to-face communication. When you are out with friends how many times do they check their phones? for example.     5     Research highlights it is far more satisfying to physically laugh out loud in real life rather than to replace the act with a typed representation of laughter such as “haha” or “LOL”.       

Ideally, we should have enough self-control to be able to limit our use of social media, enjoying the benefits it can bring.

A．The disadvantages of social media.

B．In my opinion, the disadvantages of social media outweigh the benefits.

C．It is all too easy to become absorbed in this online life rather than communicate in real life.

D．People secure jobs now through social media or research information for their studies.

E．This is the question we are going to examine.

F．We will look at the arguments for and against using social media before answering the question.

G．We aim to control our use of social media.

3 . T. S. Eliot wrote of “Distracted from distraction by distraction /Filled with fancies and empty of meaning.” T. S. Eliot never had a smartphone.

Neither did I for a long time. No Facebook account; not even email. But according to my date of manufacture, I’m supposed to be a digital native. Perhaps it’s because by the age of 20 I was living in the Welsh countryside with no signal and no Wi-Fi.

When I finally fell into the digital world, I fell hard. Unlike my friends for whom social media and mobile technology had grown and flowered around them, for me it was a sudden immersion. I got Facebook, Twitter and Gmail accounts at the same time that I got an iPhone 4. I would check my phone; five minutes later I would check my phone again. I was addicted and it started to affect my relationships with friends and family

One night, without a word, I abandoned my iPhone and bought a Nokia 3310 and became the talk of the town. Soon I became aware that not only had I stolen secret time back from the hurried days, but somehow a secret space as well. I could stretch out, free to think again, to be wholly creative and to learn meaningfully.

But, wherever I went I got bloody lost. Wandering blindly around London, only to miss appointments, became a frequent pastime (消遣). What did we do before Google Maps? I was useless. The change was worth it, though. I’ll sound like an overstatement but I think it changed my life. My choices are broader and healthier because I’m not being screamed at all day.

I bought a new Samsung phone last week. I had been scared of the rate of progress, crying: “Stop the train! Stop the madness.” But I want to be part of building the future, and to do that, you’ve got to swim in contemporary waters. Rejecting the modern world doesn’t help anyone. It slows you down and I need to be efficient. Time will tell whether I’ve mastered the wisdom to reject constantly checking my phone.

1. What can be learned about the author when she lived in the Welsh countryside?

A．She read a lot of T. S. Eliot.	B．She had no friends to talk with.
C．She had no access to the Internet.	D．She was afraid of the digital world.

2. Why did the author buy the Nokia 3310?

A．She thought she needed a spare phone.	B．She found her iPhone stopped working.
C．She wanted to attract people’s attention.	D．She hoped to break her smartphone addiction.

3. What happened after the author used the Nokia 3310?

A．She led a simple and healthy life.	B．She found her life was in a mess.
C．She spent more time with her friends.	D．She became an example for other people.

4. For what purpose did the author buy the Samsung phone?

A．To seek wisdom.	B．To stop her madness.
C．To keep pace with the times.	D．To get back to the real world.

4 . 未成年人特别是中学生沉溺网络，影响身心健康发展，成为大家关注的话题之一；同时，严厉打击网络低俗信息，给孩子创造一个干净、无污染的网络世界。根据以上信息写一篇博文就未成年人如何“安全、健康”上网及网络的利弊谈谈你的看法。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．内容要点可用不同方式表达；
3．应紧扣主题，可适当发挥。
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5 . 根据汉语提示完成对话。
(Situation：Steven and Julia meet on campus one day.They are talking about the network...)
Steven：Julia, what do you think of the network?
Julia：Network is common nowadays.It's quite convenient for people.You see, we can download music and information from the Internet;    1     (我们也可以在线学习).And the most of all, we can send, and receive e­mails.
Steven：Yeah, you are right.    2     (因特网使我们的生活更容易).But it's a two­blade sword.
Julia：What do you mean?
Steven：    3     (我是说网络带来很多好处), but also some disadvantages.For example, many youngsters are addicted to the games and they neglect their study; or some bad guys steal people's money online, etc.
Julia：I agree.But I think although it has some negative effects,     4     (但总体来说，网络的好处还是多于坏处的).
Steven：Yeah, you are right.    5    (但是我们必须知道如何好好利用它).

6 . 假如你是李华，就中学生上网情况进行了调查。请根据以下信息写一个调查报告。
1．网民中学生占约30%；
2．约80%的学生在家中上网，约12%的学生在朋友或亲戚家或者网吧中上网；
3．大多数学生上网主要是打游戏、聊天、在线听音乐、浏览网页、购物；
4．大多数学生会因为学习而减少上网，只有不到30%的学生认为上网不会影响学习。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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7 . Family vlogging — the frequent recording and uploading of personal videos of the family, usually on video sharing website — has become big business nowadays, especially among parents of young children. The more viewers such videos can get, the more money the family can make. At first thought, it does seem like an easy way to make money. However, are we doing right by putting their lives up for public attention?

For one thing, as the children grow up, they increasingly become aware that what they do needs to be admirable enough for the public to enjoy — Being young children, they also would want to do whatever it takes to please others. They then feel the pressure to be perfect, and as that is something not always possible, they become anxious and stressed. Comments from viewers and the expectations of sponsors (赞助者) can also affect the parents’ reactions towards their children.

Another problem is the lack of privacy in the children’s lives. As the children reach adolescence, there is a greaser need for personal space. At 12 or 13, very few children would appreciate being filmed while eating or having a conversation with their friends. Teenhood is a time of significant change in an individual, both physically and emotionally, and is a time when parents need to protect their children and guide them, instead of exposing them to the eyes of the public.

Family vlogging can be irresistible, given how it allows parents to bring greater fun to their family lives. There is also the easy money and the fame to look forward to. Indeed, all would probably go well, but only as long as parents keep in mind that, if not managed well, making their children live their lives in the unforgiving eyes of the public could prove to be a big mistake.

1. How does vlogging about children’s lives influence the family?

A．Children will get used to public attention.

B．Children may suffer from too much pressure.

C．Parents may show no concern for their children.

D．Parents become addicted to exposing their children to the public.

2. How does the writer mainly develop his argument?

A．By providing examples	B．By listing numbers
C．By making comparisons	D．By analyzing causes

3. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To introduce a new big business

B．To show how vlogging influence people’s lives.

C．To persuade parents to watch out for comments from viewers.

D．To convince parents of the danger of vlogging about children’s lives.

4. What’s the writer’s attitude to vlogging about children’s lives?

A．negative

B．positive

C．neutral

D．uninterested

8 . 在日常生活中，因特网起着越来越重要的作用。请根据下面的要点提示，以“The Fantastic Internet”为题，写一篇短文，介绍因特网的作用。要点如下：
1. 看国内外新闻，获取其他信息：
2. 发email，打电话；
3. 读书，学外语；
4. 看比赛，欣赏电影、音乐，玩游戏；
5. 交友，聊天，购物。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯，不要逐条翻译；
3. 开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

The Fantastic Internet

The Internet is playing a more and more important part in our daily life. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Internet has clearly affected all     1     (level) of education by providing endless possibilities for learning. I believe the future of education is a networked future. People can use the Internet to create and share knowledge and develop new ways of teaching and learning that excite students’ imagination at any time, anywhere,     2     (use) any device. By connecting and empowering students and educators, we can speed up economic growth and enhance (增强) the well-being of society throughout the world. We should work together, over a network,     3     (build) a global learning society.

The Internet is an inexhaustible (无穷尽的) source of information. What’s     4     (much), the Internet has enabled users to move away from their former passive role as recipients (接受者) of messages     5     (give) by traditional media     6     an active role, choosing what information to receive, how, and when. The information recipient even decides whether     7     not they want to stay informed.

Today, you can use the Internet to access libraries, art galleries, news archives, and other information sources from anywhere in the world: I believe this is a key advantage in the education field. The web is a(n)     8     (amaze) resource for enhancing the process of building knowledge.

Besides its communicative purposes, the Internet     9     (become) an important tool for exchanging knowledge and education since it entered our lives; it is not just an information source, but a channel (渠道) for connecting other people and groups     10     are working on related research topics.

10 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In modern age     1     the Internet becomes an irreplaceable part of our daily life, people spend too much time on phones. We     2     (engage) in reading new messages, answering emails, as well as     3     (scroll) through social apps all the time, even when having a shower.

It seems that the Internet brings people closer to each other.     4    , it brings more depression and     5     (lonely) on people. On the one hand, social networking online has dominated most of our spare time, causing us     6     (delay) finishing the normal tasks and jobs. Day after day, we will experience     7     strong sense of dissatisfaction and depression from work. On the other hand, in a real face-to-face communication, we are often interrupted by the never-ending flow of updates in our phones, thus making others uncomfortable. It is not strange that we are bending over the phone, with our eyes     8     (fix) on the screen.

    9     (consequent), it is high time that we     10     (lift) our heads before we are too addicted to phones.