Though being a parent has never been easy, the Internet hasn’t made the job any easier. Just how seriously are parents taking their role of monitoring(监控) their children’s online behavior?

A new study from the Digital Future Project finds a sharp difference in parental ways of Internet supervision(监督). 70% of parents say they monitor their kids’ online activity while on Facebook and other social media sites. In contrast, 30% of parents don’t step in kids’ online life because they trust their kids, don’t want to show a lack of trust, don’t know how to use social media sites or don’t have time to. Such a divide is due to the fact that parents fall in multiple generations with many different types of parenting styles.

Many parents take a wide range of actions to monitor and police their teen’s online behavior. Nearly six-in-ten parents say they often or sometimes check which websites their teen visits. 46% have password to log in their children’s social media accounts. In order to combat unsafe websites surfing, some parents even download softwares such as Spectorsoft, which blocks, records and alerts parents by monitoring kids’ Internet use.

However, parenting expert Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe, CEO of a parenting website PediatricsNow.com, advises against using such software as Spectorsoft unless it’s a unique situation. “You do things because you love your kids and you want to protect them,” she says, “But kids aren’t these evil(邪恶的) creatures. Not trusting the online world should not be your only consideration.”

With growing concerns, great efforts have been made globally to ensure Internet safety and quality for youngsters. The US government updated COPPA (the Child Online Privacy Protection Act) to increase protection for children’s private information. Europe has not only given people “the right to be forgotten” on social media sites, allowing them to wipe their browsing history clean, but has also limited companies’ access(进入) to personal information. “I like the idea,” a user of PediatricsNow.com says, “Kids and teenagers are just experimenting. Until they hurt other people, they should be free to be a kid and learn about life.”

Despite these efforts, government regulations(规章) are having a hard time keeping up as new websites pop up every day. Therefore, parents still have to step up and recognize they need to be involved in their kids’ lives and find that happy medium. They have to stop being so disbelieving and give kids chances and the benefit of the doubt.

1.What does the study from the Digital Future Project find?

A.It is hard to control children’s online behavior.

B.Parents are divided on monitoring kids’ Internet use.

C.There is a large generation gap between parents and kids.

D.Parents who monitor kids’ online activity don’t trust their kids.

2.The word “combat” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.

A.give up B.carry out

C.fight against D.join in

3.O’Keeffe advises against using softwares such as Spectorsoft because ______.

A.parents need to think more than the danger of Internet

B.children can surf the Internet without parents’ help

C.different people have different parenting styles

D.such software is useless in a special situation

4.The writer probably agrees that ______.

A.COPPA is helpful for collecting kids’ private information

B.enough space is needed for kids to experience the online life

C.allowing kids to clean webpage records may hide the truth

D.governments play a major role in protecting children’s online safety

Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist of the USA. He had won 12 Grammy Awards(格莱美奖) and performed at 10, 000 concerts around the world. Many musicians called him simply “The Genius”(天才).

Ray Charles was born into a poor family, without a father. When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose his sight. By the age of 7, he was completely blind. He had already been learning the piano for a year, and when he went blind, his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: “Do it right, or don't do it at all.”

Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music. He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles.

In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said, “He's the one. He can do it.” A year later Charles died aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles' music will live on.

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1.What can we learn from Ray's childhood story?

A.His father died when he was 5 years old.

B.He started to lose his sight at the age of 7.

C.He was born in a rich musician family.

D.He started to learn the piano when he was 6.

2.Ray Charles' mother encouraged him to play music because ________.

A.his father was a musician as well

B.it would help him get used to being blind

C.it was a good way for a blind person to get money

D.his teacher thought he was a genius

3.Ray Charles went to a school for ________.

A.normal children B.deaf and blind children

C.talented children only D.children without parents

4.Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx ________.

A.was the right person to play him in the film B.was a good film-maker

C.was the wrong person to play him in the film D.was a good director

5.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Becoming a musician. B.Childhood story.

C.The film of Ray's life. D.Master of many styles.

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