Question

【题目】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。

Many parents are alert to their kids use of electronic devices and set strict limits for them. They want to protect their children from the potentially 【1】 (harm) effects of too much screen time. But there’s another device-related danger that parents may be overlooking-and 【2】 might hurt their kids just as much as traditional screen time.

It's been dubbed “secondhand screen time”. With secondhand screen time, kids are【3】 (direct) exposed to screens being used by someone else close to them. “Generally, we are talking about children who 【4】 (care) for by adults spending excessive time on devices and the negative consequences that can occur 【5】 they experience screens being such a dominant part of the adult’s life,” says Nicole Beurkens, PhD, the brand ambassador to Oustodio, a parental control app designed 【6】 (manage) kids online activity.

Secondhand screen time can also lead 【7】behavior related problems. Research shows that children have a 【8】 (tend) to exhibit more acting out behaviors when parents spend excessive time on their devices. Often, this is the only way kids can get a parent's attention, even though it typically ends up 【9】 (be) negative attention. Excessive device use in the presence of children also 【10】. (send) the message that the device and activities on it are more important than the children. This can induce a breakdown in the parent-child relationship as well as other emotional issues for children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】harmful

【2】it/this/that

【3】indirectly

【4】are cared

【5】when/if

【6】to manage

【7】to

【8】tendency

【9】being

【10】sends

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。许多家长对孩子使用电子设备很警惕，并为他们设置了严格的限制。但是，父母可能忽视了另一个与电子设备相关的危险——“二手屏幕时间”，指的是孩子们会间接地接触到身边的人正在使用的屏幕。文章解释了二手屏幕时间会对孩子造成的一些不良影响。

【1】

考查形容词。句意：他们想要保护自己的孩子免受长时间看屏幕的潜在危害。修饰后文名词effects应用形容词harmful作定语，表示“有害的”。故填harmful。

【2】

考查代词。指代上文中所提到的another device-related danger可用it/this/that。故填it/this/that。

【3】

考查副词。句意：“二手屏幕时间”指的是孩子们会间接地接触到身边的人正在使用的屏幕。此处修饰形容词短语be exposed to应用副词indirectly，表示“间接地”。故填indirectly。

【4】

考查动词时态语态。句意：一般来说，我们说的是那些被大人照顾的孩子花在设备上的时间过长。此处为定语从句，且结合句意从句陈述客观事实应用一般现在时，主语children与谓语动词care构成被动关系，故应用一般现在时的被动语态，主语为children，谓语动词用复数。故填are cared。

【5】

考查连词。句意：当他们体验到屏幕已经成为成年人生活的主导部分时/如果他们体验到屏幕已经成为成年人生活的主导部分，可能会产生的负面后果。此处可理解为时间状语从句，表示“当……时候”用when引导；也可理解为条件状语从句，表示“如果”用if引导。故填when/if。

【6】

考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知manage在句中应用非谓语动词形式，且此处作目的状语应用不定式。故填to manage。

【7】

考查介词。句意：二手屏幕时间也会导致相关的行为问题。结合句意表示“导致”短语为lead to。故填to。

【8】

考查名词。根据上文have a可知此处应填单数名词tendency。故填tendency。

【9】

考查非谓语动词。句意：通常，这是孩子获得父母关注的唯一方式，即使它通常以负面关注告终。结合句意表示“以……告终”短语为end up doing sth.。故填being。

【10】

考查主谓一致。本句陈述客观事实用一般现在时，且主语为Excessive device use，故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填sends。