“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net. “I often

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morningand I surf the net.”

“I often check my e-mail forty times a day. ”

“I often spend more than three hours during one timeon the net.”

“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my‘real-life’ friends.”

Do you know any people like these? They are part of anew addiction（上瘾）called Internet addiction. Internet addictsspend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internetcan be an addiction like drug（毒品）use. People losecontrol（控制）of the time they spend on the Internet.

For example, one college student was missing forseveral days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The policefound the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several daysstraight.

Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet usersbecome addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet ischanging the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspacethan in the real world of friends and family.

Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you?You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）: ①You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school workbecause you like to spend hours on the Internet.  ②You can’t wait for yournext online time.   ③You go out with your friends less andless.   ④You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spendseveral hours.

1.How does the writer describe the addicts’ use ofInternet?

A．It issomething like keeping drugs.           B．It is liketaking drugs.

C．It is a wayof producing drugs.              D．It isterrible to imagine.

2. Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens arewasting too much money.

B．They used towork on the Internet.

C．The playingfield of the teens will disappear.

D．More and moreof the teens will become addicted to the Internet.

3.The example in the passage shows that     .

A．some of theInternet users have already been seriously addicted

B．Internetaddicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Internetproblems are more serious among college students

D．the policeoften help to find those Internet addicts

4.What is the writer trying to tell us at the end ofthe passage?

A．Do things asyou have planned.             B．Go to familyactivities more often.

C．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.         D．Stay withyour parents as often as possible.

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【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

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