A Way of Life for Students The Internet is a way of life for US college students

A Way of Life for Students

The Internet is a way of life for US college students, with research showing them to be one of the most connected groups.

A recent study by Harris Interactive and 360 Youth found that 93 per cent of American college students visit the Internet, and this market is expected to grow from 15.2 million in 2003 to 16.4 million in 2007. That is slow but could be the result of the already high number of college Internet users.

About 88 per cent of American college students own a computer and more than half broadband（宽带）connections. Furthermore, 67 per cent own cell phones and 36 per cent use their mobile devices to visit the Internet. Study findings are that 42 per cent go online mainly to communicate socially, and 72 per cent of college students check emails at least once a day, with 66 per cent using at least two email addresses.

The most popular online social activity is forwarding messages to friends or family, with 37 per cent of college students saying they do so. The study also looked beyond the Internet surfing（冲浪）habits and into the buying habits of this group, and found them responsible for more than US $ 210 billion in sales last year alone.

College students have learned how to spend their money, with 93 per cent saying low prices were important when shopping.

The study also showed that 65 per cent make loan（货款）payments, 41 per cent of freshmen have a credit card; and 79 per cent of seniors have a credit card. A significant number of charges on these credit cards are likely to be for entertainment and leisure expenses.

(1) College students in the US, as this passage shows, ________.

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A．waste much time visiting the Internet

B．lead an exciting life by using the Internet

C．don't have to learn their lessons in their classrooms

D．spend too much time visiting the Internet

(2) We can find from the third paragraph, that in the US__________.

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A．most college students are from rich families

B．cell phones will take the place of computers in colleges

C．mobile phones make Internet life easy for college students

D．college students can have a computer from their colleges

(3) To communicate with friends, nearly half of the college students use____

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A．letters

B．telephones

C．text messages on mobile phones

D．emails

试题答案

答案：B;C;D;