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Online live streaming(直播) is a big business nowadays, making huge profits and attracting hundreds of millions of viewers. In addition to adults, this rapidly expanding industry is now drawing underage live streamers, who are not of legal age. According to a report by Sina Weibo Data Center, live streamers aged 11—16 accounted for 12 percent of all streamers in China. The figure has been rising still, while streamers are getting younger.
It has been found that a large number of underage streamers are drinking, smoking or even exposing to attract viewers. In the best case, live streaming will affect children’s schoolwork and waste their precious youth. In the worst case, they will develop bad values and an improper outlook, which will damage their future.
“Webcasts (web broadcasts) are suspected of having a hotbed of improper program. Particularly, the involvement of underage streamers in this industry is making the situation more complex” said Mao Jianguo from Southern Metropolis Daily.
Some legal experts recently issued a report on protection of the children in the cyberspace(网络空间), suggesting that those under 14 should be restricted from independently live streaming and posting videos online.
However, it is unwise and impossible to totally reject all underage streamers but it’s necessary and even urgent to standardize the underage webcast sector.
Fortunately, some webcast companies have said that they will not allow streamers under the age of 18 and online live streamers must register by using their IDs. However, the reality is that many underage streamers choose to avoid that by using the IDs of adults, who also go through the face scanning required for verification. All this means that to block underage streamers from webcasting, it’s not enough to depend on their self-discipline.
Parents should tell their children about the disadvantages of getting involved in live streaming so that children develop an objective attitude toward live streaming. Adults should not lend their IDs to children to register for live streaming. And the watchdogs must patrol(巡逻) webcast platforms more actively and remove all unauthorized videos of underage streamers.
【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章讲了关于未成年人参与网络直播的现象。文章指出未成年人直播有极大的消极影响, 相关部门也出台了一些措施加以限制, 但还不能从根本上杜绝。文章也给出了一些建议, 如父母、成人和网警都应该共同努力。
24. What are the first and second paragraphs mainly about?
A. A new industry of live streaming came into being.
B. Online live streaming has been a social concern.
C. Teenagers are curious about live streaming recently.
D. Online live streaming is increasingly popular and bringing bad effects.
【解析】选D。段落大意题。从第一段可知网络直播者的年龄年轻化趋势加强, 由成人延展到未成年人。由第二段可知未达到年龄的直播者喝酒、抽烟甚至裸露来吸引眼球, 所以说明网络直播变得流行且不良影响明显。
25. According to Mao Jianguo’s words, we can indicate that ______.
A. children’s live streaming is the root of all the social problems
B. webcasts contribute to the unhealthy trend in underage live streaming
C. webcasts are less likely to cause more social problems
D. webcasts are the main causes of many youth problems
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第三段“Webcasts (web broadcasts) are suspected of having a hotbed of improper program. Particularly, the involvement of underage streamers in this industry is making the situation more complex”可知网络直播是不适当节目的温床。尤其是未达到年龄的直播者的加入加剧了这种情况。所以网络直播导致了未成年人直播中的不良趋势。
26. What do we know about standardized measures mentioned in the text?
A. Children shall never use webcasts without the IDs.
B. Self-discipline is an effective way to stop underage streaming.
C. Parents should guide the children to use webcasts properly.
D. Watchdogs’ duty is to stop children from live streaming.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由最后一段Parents should tell their children about the disadvantages of getting involved in live streaming so that children develop an objective attitude toward live streaming可知父母应该告知孩子网络直播的不足, 让孩子对直播有客观的认识。即父母应该引导孩子正确使用直播。
27. What is the best title of the text?
A. A Full Ban against Children’s Live Streaming
B. The Attraction to Children by a Rapidly Expanding Industry
C. Different Opinions about Underage Live Streaming.
D. An Appeal for Keeping Watch on Underage Live Streaming
【解析】选D。主旨大意题。文章着重突出未成年人网络直播的弊端, 并给出了解决的一些方法, 比如父母引导、政策规定和法律限制等, 即呼吁大家关注未成年人直播。
