单选题
Cell phones provide instant access to people. They are creating a major 26 in the social experiences of both children and adolescents. In one recent US survey, about half the teens polled said that their cell phone had 27 their communication with friends. Almost all said that their cell phone was the way they stayed in touch with peers, one-third had used the cell phone to help a peer in need, and about 80% said the phone made them feel safer. Teenagers in Australia, 28 , said that their mobile phones provided numerous benefits and were an 29 part of their lives; some were so 30 to their phones that the researchers considered it an addiction. In Japan, too, researchers are concerned about cell phone addiction. Researchers in one study in Tokyo found that more than half of junior high school students used their phones to exchange e-mails with schoolmates more than 10 times a day. Cell phones 31 social connections with peers across time and space. They allow young people to exchange moment-by-moment experiences in their daily lives with special partners and thus to have a more 32 sense of connection with friends. Cell phones also can 33 social tolerance because they reduce children's interactions with others who are different from them. In addition to connecting peers, cell phones connect children and parents. Researchers studying teenagers in Israel concluded that, in that 34 environment, mobile phones were regarded as 'security objects' in parent-teen relationships—important because they provided the possibility of 35 and communication at all times. A. affiliated B. attached C. contact D. contend E. continuous F. diminish G. endurance H. foster I. hazardous J. improved K. instantaneous L. intrinsic M. relatively N. shift O. similarly
【答案解析】[考点] 名词辨析题。 分析句子结构可知,the possibility of ______ and communication作动词provided的宾语,因此空格处应填入名词,充当介词of的宾语。空格后出现了连接词and,可知空格所填词应与communication形成并列关系,故答案为contact“接触,联系”。