单选题 "I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net."
"I often check my e-mails four times a day."
"I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net."
"I spend more time in chat rooms (聊天室) than with my "real-life" friends."
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction (瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Interact can be an addiction like drug (毒品) use. People lose control (控制) of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab, and he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and families.
Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms (症状):
● You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
● You can"t wait for your next online time.
● You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
● You go out with your friends less and less.
单选题 What does the beginning of the passage tell us?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文章开头说了上网成瘾的人早上三四点钟起床去上网;每天四次看e-mail;每次上网时间在3小时以上;在网上聊天的时间比跟自己现实中的朋友在一起的时间还多。这些都是上网成瘾的人经常做的事情。故选B。
单选题 How does the writer describe the addicts use of Internet?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 由“The use of the Internet can he an addiction like drug use.”可知,人们上网成瘾就跟take drug (吸毒)成瘾一样。
单选题 Why do people worry about the teens?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由第七段中的“And people worry about the teens.”及“They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and families.”可知答案为D。
单选题 The example in the passage shows that ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 例子说的是一个大学生失踪了好几天,他的朋友非常担心,而且报警让警察找他,结果却发现他一直在上网。这说明一些上网的人已经有很大的网瘾了。故选C。
单选题 What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 文章列举了上网成瘾的坏处,并在结尾处列举了上网成瘾的症状,这就是要提醒我们不要变成“网络瘾君子”。答案选A。