英语（外研版）作业手册：必修1Module6TheInternetandTelecommunication.docVIP

第  PAGE 4 页 共  NUMPAGES 4 页 英语（外研版）作业手册：必修1 Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunication [必修1　Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunications] (限时：45分钟) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.阅读理解 “Tweenager” is the new term being used in the UK to describe kids at either 8～12 or 10～13 years old. More and more companies are beginning to create products and services for tweenagers.The Walt Disney Company sells music and film to tweenagers and their parents.You can get everything from branded lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothing.Its all about sales, which suggests that tweenagers must have more money, freedom and influence upon their parents than theyve ever had before. Most kids in the UK today get more pocket money than kids did a decade ago.Parents have more money to give their kids than previously, since parents are having fewer children.In addition, the divorce rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to, so many parents try to compensate by buying presents for their children.Its a bad habit for both parents and kids to get into, but parents are under constant pressure from commercial marketing and the pleas of their children. The UK kids today are very media and computer literate.A lot of kids have a TV, if not a computer, in their bedrooms.They have access to much more information about life and the world.They may have experienced a lot in life as well, since 24% of the UK kids live in single-parent families, so people now say that “kids are getting older younger”．With such maturity at such a young age, its no wonder tweenagers are able to influence their parents and have more freedom than previous generations. The UK tweenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes.Thats changed.Now, they are much more fashion-conscious and concerned about their image.Many tweenagers outgrow the bright colours and fashions of their tw