2022年9月英语四级听力真题(第一套) 短文2

Passage two

短文2

Despite smartphones and social media, young people today are as socially competent as those from the previous generation.

尽管有智能手机和社交媒体，如今的年轻人与上一代人一样具有社交能力。

at least, this is what a new study suggests.

至少，这是一项新的研究表明的。

For the study, researchers compared teacher and parent evaluations of American children who started kindergarten in 1998 with those who began school in 2010.

在这项研究中，研究人员比较了1998年开始上幼儿园的美国儿童和2010年开始上学的美国儿童的教师和家长的评价。

The former group entered kindergarten when mobile phones were luxuries, the latter group started school when mobile devices were widespread.

前一组在手机成为奢侈品时进入幼儿园，后一组在移动设备普及时开始上学。

Results showed both groups of children were rated similarly on important social skills.

结果显示，两组儿童在重要社交技能方面的评分相似。

These included the ability to form and maintain friendships and get along with people who are different.

这些包括建立和维持友谊以及与不同的人相处的能力。

They were also rated similarly on self control, such as the ability to regulate their temper.

他们在自我控制方面也有类似的评分，比如调节脾气的能力。

In virtually every comparison made ratings of social skills either remain constant or improved for the children born later,

几乎每一次比较中，对于后来出生的孩子来说社交技能的评分要么保持不变，要么有所提高。

There was one exception social skills were slightly lower for children who access online games and social networking sites many times a day.

有一个例外是，每天多次访问网络游戏和社交网站的孩子社交能力略低。

Adults are worried when technological change starts to undermine traditional relationships, particularly the parent-child relationship.

当技术变革开始破坏传统关系，尤其是亲子关系时，成年人会感到担忧。

The introduction of telephones, automobiles and radio all led to moral panic among adults of the time, because the technology allow children to enjoy freedom.

电话、汽车和收音机的引入都导致了当时成年人的道德恐慌，因为这项技术让孩子们享受自由。

Fears over screen based technology represent the most recent panic in response to technological change.

对基于屏幕的技术的担忧代表了对技术变革的最新恐慌。

But overall, the study found little evidence that time spent on screens was hurting social skills for most children.

但总体而言，该研究发现，几乎没有证据表明，花在屏幕上的时间会伤害大多数孩子的社交技能。

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题19至21基于你刚才听到的短文。

Question 19 What does the new study suggest about young people today and those from the previous generation?

问题19：新的研究对现在的年轻人和上一代的年轻人提出了什么建议？

Question 20 What did the study find about children who access social networking sites many times a day?

问题20：关于每天多次访问社交网站的孩子，研究发现了什么？

Question 21 What is adults worry about technological change?

问题21成年人对技术变革有什么担忧？

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