1 . Safer Internet Activities

To help schools promote safer Internet messages to families, beyond Safer Internet Day, the Education Safeguarding Service’s Online Safety Team has worked with Kent Children’s University to produce a Safer Internet Day Challenge pack for children aged 5 to 14.

This pack contains 10 key challenge activity ideas, as well as useful resources for children, schools and families to access. The Challenge will run until 31 June so there is plenty of time to get involved.

The Safer Internet Day Challenge starts with schools and families today and you can find the resources here. So why not send the activities home to your parents or caregivers so families can get involved?

Young people who are part of Kent Children’s University can earn a varying number of Learning Credits for each activity completed outside normal school time.

More Information

For more information about Education Safeguarding, please visit the Education Safeguarding Service website.

If your school would be interested in finding out more about Kent Children’s University (either the school or family models or both), please email kcu@theeducationpeople.org. For more information, please visit the Kent Children’s University website.

Share Your Safer Internet Day Stories With Us

We encourage teachers and staff working with children and young people aged 3 to 18 in educational settings to share their Safer Internet Day stories, displays or activities on the Safer Internet Day website! Don’t forget to tag@UK_SIC and @TheEdPeople into any posts you share.

1. Who are the activities intended for?

A．University students.	B．Children aged 5 to 14.
C．People aged 3 to 18.	D．School teachers and staff.

2. What can students of Kent Children’s University get from the activities?

A．Student aids.	B．Full-time caregivers.
C．Extra credits.	D．Educational resources.

3. Where can Safer Internet Day stories be shared?

A．Safer Internet Day website.

B．kcu@theeducationpeople.org.

C．Kent Children’s University website.

D．Education Safeguarding Service website.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1.

A．He has just been back from South America.

B．He has been burnt for a few hours.

C．He has been doing school work all night.

D．He has been surfing the Internet for long.

2.

A．To look for information for his project.

B．To meet new friends in the net chatroom.

C．To release pressure from heavy work.

D．To look for something interesting for pleasure.

3.

A．Quite a few sites are just old event calendars.

B．It’s a waste of time to surf the Internet.

C．A lot of information can be found.

D．A lot of friends can be made on the Internet.

4.

A．It takes long to find things because of many useless sites.

B．It’s hardly the best source of information available.

C．It is hard to start chatting with others in the chatroom.

D．People spend much time talking about other interests.

3 . We’re fortunate to have access to the dynamic network technology, which provides rich resources for learning, connecting and entertaining ourselves.     1     The same tool that can enhance our work efficiency also has the power to trap us in a web of distractions (分心之事).

    2     An astonishing 84.4% of us, on average, report being distracted at work. There are some usual suspects. Emails steal the attention of 26%. Phone calls and texts influence a massive 43%. Coworkers shift the attention of 27%. And the Internet, with its infinite source of information and entertainment, distracts 41% of us. What’s more, a survey reveals that an overwhelming 67% of workers say that their work is often affected by the excessive time spent on meetings and calls.

These distractions are more than mere annoyances.     3     It is their lasting impact that makes it impossible for us to focus on any single task. In this way, they greatly reduce our work efficiency.

A study offers more insight into our struggle with distractions. It found that our brain waves pulsate (搏动) at different frequencies depending on the type of external stimuli. The rhythm is faster for automatic stimuli but slows down for tasks we consciously choose to focus on.     4    

Just think about it: You’re involved in a project, and then your phone receives a text message.     5     And regaining your focus might be harder than you anticipate, The same goes for that catchy news headline or an interesting social media post that catches your eye-pulling you away from your task and making you lost in the sea of distractions.

A．But it is double-edged.

B．Some distractions can be avoided.

C．Statistics reveal how common this issue is.

D．They’re also persistent and endless in getting our attention.

E．The sound of it is loud enough to interrupt your concentration.

F．Stimulating our interest and increasing the speed of our work are important.

G．This makes maintaining focus in the noisy world an ever-increasing challenge.

4 . 下面描绘的是现在许多孩子沉溺于电脑网络不能自拔的现象。请你根据对下面这幅漫画的理解用英语写一篇短文，描述一下漫画中所表达的情况并发表你的看法。

1.内容要求：1.描述漫画内容；
2.分析漫画所揭示的问题；
3.提出你的看法
词数80左右。
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5 . 假如你是李华，学校校报专栏“We Talk”的特约记者。本期校报主题为Information Technology。请你从“The Internet Harms/Helps Friendships”中选择一个作为标题，写一篇专栏文章。
注意：词数80-100；请将选择的标题填写在相应的地方。

___________________________(Write your title here)

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6 . Being connected to the Internet has become a necessary part of modern life. Some people actually need it as they cannot do their jobs without it, and others simply feel they need it as they cannot imagine life without it.

To think that something that did not even exist 50 years ago has come to play a crucial role in our lives like this in just about 15 years makes one wonder–just what will the future bring?

In 2004, a survey was conducted in the US asking a group of technology experts their opinions on the Internet in the next ten years. 57% of them agreed that virtual classes will be more widely adopted in schools, allowing students to learn with those at the same level and with interests in the same subjects. It’s quite possible that, by the year 2030, every child in every school will do all their schoolwork on their own laptop with all their textbooks available (现成可使用的) on the Internet. No more heavy books to carry around and no more pens and paper!

At work, we already use email to deal with people both inside and outside our offices and video conferencing (电话会议) is occurring more frequently. This means that meetings can be held between offices in different countries without the trouble caused by business travel. Business travel will stop to exist in the future, and so will offices as people all start to work from home.

It has also become a trend for people to use pocket computers such as Blackberries. With this helpful equipment, people can send and receive emails, surf the Web, and read multimedia files from absolutely anywhere even if we are on a beach holiday.

The Internet will have a revolutionary (突破性的) effect on entertainment in the future. Already we can buy and download music and movies from the Internet but it is still possible for us to buy a CD or go to the DVD stores to rent the latest movies. However, it’s quite possible that in the future, CD shops and DVD rental stores will close and cinemas will no longer exist. Entertainment will become completely virtual although hopefully people will still want to get outside to play sports and entertain themselves in more healthy ways.

With the Internet we need only relax in the rocking chair. The Internet, however, has problems to be solved.

1. The expression “play a crucial role in” can be understood as “______”.

A．change a dull role into	B．play an interesting part in
C．have an important effect on	D．act a cruel character in

2. According to the passage, people are satisfied with all the following changes EXCEPT that ______.

A．people won’t have to make business travel any more thanks to the video conference

B．virtual classes can make students’ dream of getting rid of their schoolbags come true

C．people can be kept informed anytime and anywhere with the help of convenient equipment

D．CD shops and cinemas will shut down as a result of the adoption of virtual entertainment

3. What will the writer probably discuss after the last paragraph?

A．Bad effects the Internet can have on us.

B．The possible school life in the future.

C．More excitements the Internet will bring us.

D．The likely ways to solve the problems.

4. What is probably the best title for the passage?

A．Virtual reality, our best friend!

B．What will future life be like with the Internet?

C．Goodbye, textbooks and offices!

D．How can human beings deal with the Internet?

7 . 近年来短视频（short video）层出不穷，成了许多年轻人的娱乐方式，但随着五花八门的短视频的出现，青少年沉迷看短视频的现象也逐渐被社会所关注，请你就此写一篇短文谈谈你的看法。
包含要点如下：1．现象；2．公众对此的不同看法；3．你的观点
注意：字数在100字左右
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8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落的开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

This summer vacation has nearly come to an end, but I have hardly finished reading any useful books or updated any satisfactory writings. With an empty head and a guilty feeling, I owe this to my involuntary addition to the mobile phone.

This is not because I have more free time and rely on my MP as a time-killer. On the contrary, I am occupied by various chores and time left at my will is only pieces of hours. I give up doing serious and creative things during these fragments of hours, making excuses for myself: “I am tired so I need to do something easy and relaxing...” But, sticking my face to the MP turns out to be by no means relaxing. My vision becomes more unclear and precious time is wasted.

The prime culprit(元凶) should be WeChat: Being quick-responsive to any message sent to me is a bad habit; Being afraid of losing track of what all my “friends” are doing comes at a price; The colorful ads of “daigou” sacks(洗劫) not only my purse... The other two accomplices (共犯) that l need to put in jail at once are Taobao and Koala (though I know I can’t bear to do that!)

I have to admit that a lot of apps provide much convenience to my life, such as dictionaries, maps, music, e-books and apps for stock dealing, for taxi booking, for ticket and hotel booking, for picture processing etc. The side effect is that I am so buried in these attractive apps that I just can’t put my MP down, close my eyes for a while and think what my priority is.

注意：
1. 续写内容应为150词左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

At night, I happily get onto my bed with a book in my hand, hoping to enjoy some “quality” time by myself.

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Now I am looking at the desktop of my mobile phone, full of apps.

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9 . 假定你是李华，最近你班就“使用翻译笔的利与弊”进行了讨论，请根据讨论结果，写一篇文章，并表明你自己的观点。
1.赞成使用翻译笔的理由；
2.反对使用翻译笔的理由；
3.你的观点。
翻译笔： translator pen
注意：1.词数120词左右；
2.可适当增添细节，使行文连贯。
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10 . 课文填空

... It is not unusual for     1     computer games and the online world ... Some students even     2     and cannot,     3    . ...

Tourism can be both good and bad. Yes it     4     and     5    , but it may also bring some problems.