Mr. Gong was angry when he found out that his 12-year-old child had spent 13, 272 yuan from March 17 to 21 when playing video games on his mobile phone. Gong made a complaint and required the video game company to return all the money. But "it's up in the air so far, " Gong told Workers' Daily.This is not a single case in which children have paid a great deal of money to play online games. The Guangdong Consumer Council (消费者委员会) has received more than 10, 000 simiar complaints from local parents in the first three months of this year.Because of the increasing number of similar cases, the council talked with many online game companies in the province, strongly suggesting that they should introduce useful methods to protect the consumer rights of children.ln fact, many online companies and mobile apps have provided a youth mode (模式), announcing that parents can control the content and limit the time their children spend in using the apps.However, according to a consumer survey report by the Jiangsu Consumer Council, some of the protection modes of companies such as Huya, Douyu, Bilibili and Team Talk are far from useful.For example, users of all of the above companies can extend watching time by entering a password (密码). Team Talk's youth mode is no different from the usual mode, which means that children can watch all content. Wang Yihan, 16, from Fuzhou No. 1 High School, shared her experience. She said, "Some apps would only send a notice to check whether the user is 18 years old. The user can simply choose 'Yes' and start playing the game. It's no good."According to Guangdong Consumer Council, game companies are being advised to introduce different methods to check who the players are, including fingerprint, password or facial recognition (人脸识别) when children pay to play online games.(1)From the underlined sentence "it's up in the air so far", we can guess .A.the company ran out of money thenB.Mr. Gong hasn't got the money backC.the company threw the money into the airD.Mr. Gong thanked Workers' Daily for helping him(2)The council talked to many companies because .A.they provided a youth mode for childrenB.they refused to do what they were told toC.the number of complaint cases was risingD.Mr. Gong wanted to get all the money back(3)What's the meaning of the word "extend" in Paragraph 6? A.Change the way.B.Improve the quality.C.Make something longer.D.Cut something shorter.(4)What is the purpose of giving the example of Wang Yihan in Paragraph 6? A.To explain how youth mode works.B.To warn people not to use youth mode.C.To teach people how to play games better.D.To show that youth mode needs improving.(5)What's the best title of the passage? A.A Father Angry with Video GamesB.Famous Video Game CompaniesC.Disadvantages of Online Video GamesD.Stricter Rules Needed for Online Games
Mr. Gong was angry when he found out that his 12-year-old child had spent 13, 272 yuan from March 17 to 21 when playing video games on his mobile phone. Gong made a complaint and required the video game company to return all the money. But "it's up in the air so far, " Gong told Workers' Daily.
This is not a single case in which children have paid a great deal of money to play online games. The Guangdong Consumer Council (消费者委员会) has received more than 10, 000 simiar complaints from local parents in the first three months of this year.
Because of the increasing number of similar cases, the council talked with many online game companies in the province, strongly suggesting that they should introduce useful methods to protect the consumer rights of children.
ln fact, many online companies and mobile apps have provided a youth mode (模式), announcing that parents can control the content and limit the time their children spend in using the apps.
However, according to a consumer survey report by the Jiangsu Consumer Council, some of the protection modes of companies such as Huya, Douyu, Bilibili and Team Talk are far from useful.
For example, users of all of the above companies can extend watching time by entering a password (密码). Team Talk's youth mode is no different from the usual mode, which means that children can watch all content. Wang Yihan, 16, from Fuzhou No. 1 High School, shared her experience. She said, "Some apps would only send a notice to check whether the user is 18 years old. The user can simply choose 'Yes' and start playing the game. It's no good."
According to Guangdong Consumer Council, game companies are being advised to introduce different methods to check who the players are, including fingerprint, password or facial recognition (人脸识别) when children pay to play online games.
From the underlined sentence "it's up in the air so far", we can guess .
- A.the company ran out of money then
- B.Mr. Gong hasn't got the money back
- C.the company threw the money into the air
- D.Mr. Gong thanked Workers' Daily for helping him
The council talked to many companies because .
- A.they provided a youth mode for children
- B.they refused to do what they were told to
- C.the number of complaint cases was rising
- D.Mr. Gong wanted to get all the money back
What's the meaning of the word "extend" in Paragraph 6?
- A.Change the way.
- B.Improve the quality.
- C.Make something longer.
- D.Cut something shorter.
What is the purpose of giving the example of Wang Yihan in Paragraph 6?
- A.To explain how youth mode works.
- B.To warn people not to use youth mode.
- C.To teach people how to play games better.
- D.To show that youth mode needs improving.
What's the best title of the passage?
- A.A Father Angry with Video Games
- B.Famous Video Game Companies
- C.Disadvantages of Online Video Games
- D.Stricter Rules Needed for Online Games
题目解答
答案
- (1)B
- (2)C
- (3)C
- (4)D
- (5)D
解析
"it's up in the air so far" 这句话的意思是事情还没有确定，处于悬而未决的状态。根据上下文，Mr. Gong 向游戏公司投诉并要求退款，但目前还没有得到解决。
步骤 2：分析选项
A. 公司当时已经没钱了。这与文章内容不符。
B. Mr. Gong 还没有得到退款。这与文章内容相符。
C. 公司把钱扔到空中。这与文章内容不符。
D. Mr. Gong 感谢《工人日报》的帮助。这与文章内容不符。
步骤 3：选择正确答案
根据文章内容，正确答案是 B。
步骤 4：理解原因
因为 Mr. Gong 向游戏公司投诉并要求退款，但目前还没有得到解决，所以正确答案是 B。
步骤 5：理解原因
因为投诉案件数量上升，所以消费者委员会与许多在线游戏公司进行了交谈，建议他们采取有效措施保护儿童的消费者权益。
步骤 6：理解原因
因为“extend”在第六段中的意思是“延长”，所以正确答案是 C。
步骤 7：理解原因
因为王一涵的例子表明，青少年模式需要改进，所以正确答案是 D。
步骤 8：理解原因
因为文章主要讨论了在线游戏需要更严格的规则，所以正确答案是 D。