Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

As kids spend more time online chatting with friends or researching homework, parents are questioning how the Internet is affecting children's lives, a recent study shows.

From 2006 to 2007, the number of parents who think the Internet beneficial to their children declined, according to the study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. But parents don' t see it as a bad influence, either.

Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher said, "Technology is not so magic as to make your child get straight A and improve all aspects of your life. As you grow to know it, you realize its power and disadvantages."

But as with the emergence of television in American homes in the 1950s and 1960s, the Internet continues to cause strong reactions from parents.

"There's too much garbage online for kids," said Patrick Thomas as he picked up his 15-year-old son from school. "It's like a kid walking down the street. He's got to watch out. He never knows who he might come across."

Thomas used to have Internet service at home but got rid of it a year ago because he was worried about viruses infecting his computer and strangers taking advantage of his son Zachary. He has purchased a series of educational software to help him with his schoolwork.

"It was a great place to explore, and the information you gathered was great," Zachary said. "Now it's dangerous." But Zachary Thomas still sees benefits from going online and says he can do it at the library or at school. "It can be a good thing for kids," Zachary said. But he wasn't upset when his father pulled the plug .

Zachary's attitude to the Internet is in line with the study's findings, confirming that teens, who have never known a world without online access, generally have a more positive view of the Internet than their parents.

More parents are getting online themselves, making them know about their children's online activities, Lenhart said.

But that doesn't mean they understand everything. It also doesn't mean they needn't monitor the websites their children visit or set limits on the amount of time they spend online.

"I'm still trying to figure out the role of it," said John Horgan, whose daughters are 11, 12 and 15. "If their grades were to go down, that would be it."

The majority of parents surveyed by the Pew Internet & American Life Project said the Internet is a positive influence in their children's lives.

1. how many kids does horgan have ?
2. what is he trying to figure out ?
3. who thinks the internet is a good thing ?
4. what does a recent study says ?
5. who conducted the study ?
6. who is a senior researcher ?
7. how many kids did patrick pick up ?
8. is she a girl ?
9. how old is he ?
10. does he like the internet for kids ?
11. what does he tink ?
12. does he have internet ?
13. for how many reasons ?
14. name a reason
15. who is getting onhline following the children ?
16. who said that ?
17. what happened in the 1950s and 1960 ?
18. in asian homes ?
19. in whos homes ?
20. what kind of reaction did it cause ?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Three
2. the role of it
3. majority of parents
4. parents are questioning how the Internet is affecting children's lives
5. Pew Internet & American Life
6. Amanda Lenhart
7. One
8. no.
9. 15
10. no
11. There's too much garbage online
12. no
13. Two
14. viruses
15. parents
16. Lenhart
17. emergence of television
18. no
19. American
20. strong

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CHAPTER VI: HERR VON KWARL

Herr Von Kwarl sat at his favourite table in the Brandenburg Cafe, the new building that made such an imposing show (and did such thriving business) at the lower end of what most of its patrons called the Regentstrasse. Though the establishment was new it had already achieved its unwritten code of customs, and the sanctity of Herr von Kwarl's specially reserved table had acquired the authority of a tradition. A set of chessmen, a copy of the Kreuz Zeitung and the Times, and a slim- necked bottle of Rhenish wine, ice-cool from the cellar, were always to be found there early in the forenoon, and the honoured guest for whom these preparations were made usually arrived on the scene shortly after eleven o'clock. For an hour or so he would read and silently digest the contents of his two newspapers, and then at the first sign of flagging interest on his part, another of the cafe's regular customers would march across the floor, exchange a word or two on the affairs of the day, and be bidden with a wave of the hand into the opposite seat. A waiter would instantly place the chessboard with its marshalled ranks of combatants in the required position, and the contest would begin.

Herr von Kwarl was a heavily built man of mature middle-age, of the blond North-German type, with a facial aspect that suggested stupidity and brutality. The stupidity of his mien masked an ability and shrewdness that was distinctly above the average, and the suggestion of brutality was belied by the fact that von Kwarl was as kind-hearted a man as one could meet with in a day's journey. Early in life, almost before he was in his teens, Fritz von Kwarl had made up his mind to accept the world as it was, and to that philosophical resolution, steadfastly adhered to, he attributed his excellent digestion and his unruffled happiness. Perhaps he confused cause and effect; the excellent digestion may have been responsible for at least some of the philosophical serenity.

1. Where is the Cafe located?
2. What is its name?
3. Who sat at his chosen table?
4. How old is he?
5. Of what country?
6. What was his stature like?
7. What did it suggest of his personality?
8. Was this the reality?
9. When did he arrive at the cafe?
10. Was it an old place of business?
11. What did he read?
12. For how long?.
13. What game did he play thereafter?
14. With whom?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Brandenburg
2. Brandenburg Cafe
3. Herr Von Kwarl
4. middle-age
5. North Germany
6. heavily built man
7. stupidity and brutality
8. No
9. shortly after eleven o'clock
10. No
11. two newspapers
12. For an hour or so
13. chess
14. A waiter

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In the Pre-Modern era, many people's sense of self and purpose was often expressed via a faith in some form of deity, be that in a single God or in many gods. Pre-modern cultures have not been thought of creating a sense of distinct individuality, though. Religious officials, who often held positions of power, were the spiritual intermediaries to the common person. It was only through these intermediaries that the general masses had access to the divine. Tradition was sacred to ancient cultures and was unchanging and the social order of ceremony and morals in a culture could be strictly enforced.

The term "modern" was coined in the 16th century to indicate present or recent times (ultimately derived from the Latin adverb modo, meaning "just now). The European Renaissance (about 14201630), which marked the transition between the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern times, started in Italy and was spurred in part by the rediscovery of classical art and literature, as well as the new perspectives gained from the Age of Discovery and the invention of the telescope and microscope, expanding the borders of thought and knowledge.

1. How was Pre Modern Era sense of self expressed?
2. When was the term "modern" coined?
3. What for?
4. Did people worship one God?
5. What is the meaning of "modern"?
6. What language is it derived from?
7. For how long did the European Renaissance last?
8. From which year to which year was that?
9. Where did it begin?
10. What spurred it?
11. the renaissance period began a transition between what two eras?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. faith in some form of deity
2. 16th century
3. indicate present or recent times
4. or in many gods
5. just now
6. Latin
7. about 14201630 210 years
8. 14201630
9. Italy
10. rediscovery of classical art and literature, as well as the new perspectives gained from the Age of Discovery and the invention of the telescope and microscope
11. the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern times