文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了随着社交媒体的迅速发展，越来越多的父母亲意识到社交网络的重要性，想加孩子为好友，但是对于孩子来说，这是个艰难的选择，接受或者拒绝都会让自己遭遇麻烦。
2 . When we’re in trouble, we always turn to our parents for help. But would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions (延伸) of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with the latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation (动机) to educate themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them, there’s also a certain amount of control over privacy (隐私) that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated (违背) when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their children overlook (忽略) their requests. When a teenager overlooks a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he is hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of his life where he wants to be independent.
Perhaps talking with parents and explaining would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friend list.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
| A．Parents feel se cure about their privacy online. |
| B．Parents have realized the importance of social networks. |
| C．Social networks successfully fill the generation gap. |
| D．Social networks offer a chance for parents to communicate. |
2. What maybe the reason for teenagers to refuse a parent’s friend request?
| A．Their parents make negative comments on them. |
| B．They hide something from their parents. |
| C．Their parents tend to fall behind in technology. |
| D．They are unwilling to be watched by parents. |
3. What does this overlook of a parent’s friend request by a teenager potentially indicate?
| A．The teenager is hiding something from his parents. |
| B．The teenager does not respect his parents’ requests. |
| C．The teenager wants to be independent in certain aspects of his life. |
| D．The teenager is unfamiliar with the use of social media. |
4. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Parents’ friend requests. | B．Privacy online. |
| C．The generation gap. | D．Social networks. |
