Over Half of Young Chinese Block Parents on W...

Over Half of Young Chinese Block Parents on WeChat Moments

We all know the feeling—you want to check what someone you care about has been up to on social media, and suddenly you find you are denied access to their feeds. It’s an instant start of mixed emotions and speculations—when did this happen? Did I do anything wrong? What are they attempting to hide from me?

And that’s what half of Chinese parents have to deal with when they try to browse their children’s WeChat Moments, also known as “Friends’ Circle”, as suggested by a recent survey released by Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant. According to the report, entitled Annual White Paper on Family Affection on WeChat Moments, about 52 percent of WeChat users aged 18 to 29 block their parents on Moments, a major feature on the platform that allows users to share everything they like with their WeChat contacts.

About 62 percent of the young interviewees said that parents “are neurotic about everything,” along with reasons such as fear of parents’ disapproval, rejection to parents’ nagging(唠叨), and seeking privacy. “My parents don’t know Moments very well, so I just told them I don’t use it anymore,” said Qin Jianping, a 28-year-old. He added that his parents had been leaving comments requesting updates on his dating status on every post he made on Moments since he broke up with his girlfriend two years ago. Xie Yun, a 26-year-old, said that while she didn’t block her parents entirely, they were in a specific group to which she only shares positive posts. “I don’t want my parents to see minor setbacks in my life,” she said, adding that once her parents saw a Moments picture of her hand getting slightly burned while cooking, and they traveled all the way to her city to make sure she was all right.

The report also found that more than 49 percent of Chinese parents use WeChat as a main channel to communicate with their children. Roughly 36 percent of the parents who took the survey said they checked every post made by their children. When asked how they would react to being blocked, some parents said they would initiate a conversation with their children to find out the reason, while others said they wouldn’t care. And some parents just outsmart their kids in this hide-and-seek game online. “I didn’t realize I was blocked until I compared what I could see on my phone to what my son’s aunt could see,” said Chen, a mother of a 27-year-old son. “I chose to remain silent on this and now I’m following my son’s posts through his aunt.”

1.Parents would like to read their children's WeChat Moments because they ________.

A.are too emotional and speculative

B.want to keep up with the trend of time

C.leave a lot of comments on their feeds

D.are concerned about their children’s lives

2.The children block their parents to ________.

A.protect their privacy B.learn from parents’ nagging

C.challenge parental authority D.maintain a positive state

3.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Parents exchange ideas with their kids on the hide-and-seek game.

B.Parents are clever enough to win the “hide-and-seek game”.

C.Parents learn more knowledge from their kids in the hide-and-seek game.

D.Parents have a better understanding of their children.

4.The author looks into parents' being blocked is to ________.

A.criticize parents B.support students

C.analyse a phenomenon D.demand readers

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Dear Parents,

As we start the second half of the spring term, I thought it important to update you on some key developments.

Post-16 Collaboration(合作)

We have entered into an exciting new collaboration with Bassaleg Comprehension School, Duffryn High School, St Joseph’s High School, and Coleg Gwent—The Newport West Post-16 partnership. We will be working together to deliver nearly 40 different courses at other schools and likewise, students from other schools will study some subjects here. Information about the courses available to students can be found on the partnership website www. Newftartwest. corn. uk.

Uniform

I would take this opportunity to remind all parents that students are not permitted to wear non-school uniform cardigans (开襟羊毛衫) in Newport High School. It is the responsibility of parents to make sure your son or daughter wears the correct uniform to school. This includes completely black shoes. Over the next half term we will be working with students to develop a cardigan with the school logo which will provide an alternative to the current school jacket.

School Catering.

We are currently seeking a new company to provide school meals. Our new catering provider will be in place at the start of the summer term and will be working with students, parents and staff to provide improvements to our current provision. I look forward to keeping you updated on this development.

Some key dates for you to be aware of over the next half term are:

Thank you for your continued support.

Your faithfully,

Karyn Keane

1.Karyn Keane wrote the letter on behalf of ______.

A．Bassaleg Comprehensive School            B．Newport High School

C．St Joesph’s High School                  D．Duffryn High School

2.What can be learned about the new collaboration?

A．It involves four schools altogether.

B．Course information will be mailed to every student.

C．Students can choose as many courses as they want.

D．It allows students to learn at other schools.

3.When will the new catering company start working?

A．In May            B．In April            C．in March          D．In June

4.What do we know from the passage?

A．Students will develop a logo for the school.

B．All parents will be invited to school on 23rd March

C．Students won’t go to school on 1st April.

D．The letter was written at the start of the spring term.

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The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the Pops!

Top of the Pops is an amazing 34 years old. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV programme. After 1,800 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain. So what’s the secret?

“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other shows.”

Chris starts planning the programme over a week before it goes out. His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands.

Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show.

Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practising. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practices too.

First the bands go to make up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Issy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.

Back in the studio things are happening. The audience are practicing their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long.

31. What make(s) Top of the Pops still the most popular in Britain?

A. The live performances in the studio.

B. The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station.

C. The great fame of the bands.

D. The large numbers of pop fans in Britain.

32. When the bands receive the invitations to the performance, _________.

A. they must decide on the songs

B. they don’t have to decide what songs they will perform

C. the songs that will be performed haven’t been decided on

D. they have no idea what songs they will perform

33．The underlined word “costume”（in Paragraph 7） probably means________.

A. makeup         B. stage          C. studio       D. clothes

1. How is a music programme made at the TV station?

2. Which is the proper title for the passage?

A. More Popular, More Successful

B. A Stage for Pop Stars

C. Go Backstage of Top of the Pops.

D. A Popular Live Band.

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Helicopter parenting refers to a style of parents who are over focused on their children.

1. For example, it can increase feelings of love and acceptance.However, helicopter parenting may be harmful to children’s development in the following ways.

Decreased confidence and self­esteem (自尊)．The message the parents’ over­involvement sends to kids is “my parents don’t trust me to do this on my own”．2.

Increased anxiety.A study from the University of Mary Washington has shown that overparenting is associated with higher levels of child anxiety and depression.

Undeveloped problem­solving skills.If parents are always there to clean up a child’s mess or prevent the problem in the first place, how does the child ever learn to deal with loss, disappointment, or failure？3.

Strengthened sense of entitlement (权利)．Children who have always had their social, academic, and athletic lives adjusted by their parents to best fit their needs can become accustomed to always having their way and thus they develop a sense of entitlement.

4. Parents who always tie shoes, clear plates, and pack lunches, even after children are able to do the tasks, prevent their children from mastering these life skills themselves.

So, parents should let children struggle, allow them to be disappointed, and when failure occurs, help them to work through it.5. Remember: taking one step back from solving children’s problems will help build the independent, and self­confident kids.

A．Weakened life skills.

B．Damaged life experiences.

C．And this distrust leads to a lack of confidence.

D．Helicopter parenting has many benefits for children.

E．Parents should also let children do tasks they are physically and mentally able to do.

F．Making your 3­year­old’s bed sounds reasonable, while making your 13­year­old’s bed doesn’t.

G．Studies found helicopter parenting can make children feel less able in dealing with the stresses of life on their own.

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According to a White Paper on the health of Chinese white collar workers, 60 percent are over- _______ and 76 percent in poor ________ , with fewer than 3 percent really _________ .

A．exhausted; health; health                 B．tired; health; healthy

C．exhausted; healthy; health                D．tired; healthy; health

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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。

A team of over 30 Chinese surveyors (勘探员) on Wednesday (Mav6, 2020) left a base camp at Mount Qomolangma for a higher spot on their journey 1. the peak, as they try to accomplish a task to remeasure the2. (high) of the world's highest mountain.

The team, 3. (consist) of professional climbers and surveyors from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), 4. (seize) the current weather window and make an attempt for the summit at the 5. (good) time.

Professional surveyors are better at using the 6. (advance) instruments. 7. , the data they obtain 8. (be) more reliable, 9. (science) and convincing.

Due to the fact 10. the air flow is unstable as well as the windy and low-temperature conditions, surveying-oriented drones (无人机) cannot work at the summit of Mount Qomolangma at present.

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The course about Chinese food attracts over 100 students per year, ________ up to half are from overseas.

A. in which      B. for whom     C. with which        D. of whom

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The course about Chinese food attracts over 100 students per year, ________ up to half are from overseas.

A．in which　 　 B．for whom　　 C．with which　 　 D．of whom

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The course about Chinese food attracts over 100 students per year, ________ up to half are from overseas.

A．in which　     B．for whom

C．with which　     D．of whom

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The course about Chinese food attracts over 100 students per year, _______ up to half are from overseas.

A． in which　　     B．of whom　　　　　　     C． with which　     D． for whom

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析