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1、广西钦州市高新区2016 2017 学年高三年级上学期12 月份考试 英 语 试 题 时间 120 分钟满分 150 分 二 阅读理解 分两部分 共40 分 一 阅读下面的文章 从每题后面的四个选项中选出正确的一项 每题2 分 共 30 分 A Caught in the Web A few months ago it wasn t unusual for 47 year old Carla Toebe to spend 15 hours per day online She d wae up early turn on her laptop and chat on Internet dati
2、ng sites and instant messaging programs leaving her bed for only brief intervals Her household bills piled up along with the dishes and dirty laundry but it too near constant complaints from her four daughters before she realied she had a problem I was starting to feel lie my whole world was falling
3、 apart ind of slipping into a depression said Carla I new that if I didn t get off the dating sites I d just eep going detaching 使脱离 herself further from the outside world Toebe s conclusion She felt lie she was addicted to the Internet She s not alone Concern about ecessive Internet use isn t new A
4、s far bac as 1995 articles in medical journals and the establishment of a Pennsylvania treatment center for overusers generated interest in the subject There s still no consensus on how much time online constitutes too much or whether addiction is possible But as reliance on the Web grows there are
5、signs that the question is getting more serious attention Last month a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed to be the first large scale loo at ecessive Internet use The American Psychiatric Association may consider listing Internet addiction in the net edition of its diagnostic manual And scores
6、 of online discussion boards have popped up on which people discuss negative eperiences tied to too much time on the Web There s no question that there re people who re seriously in trouble because they re overdoing their Internet involvement said psychiatrist 精神科医生 Ivan Goldberg Goldberg calls the
7、problem a disorder rather than a true addiction Jonathan Bishop a researcher in Wales specialiing in online communities is more septical The Internet is an environment he said You can t be addicted to theenvironment Bishop describes the problem as simply a matter of priorities which can be solved by
8、 encouraging people to prioritie other life goals and plans in place of time spent online The new CNS Spectrums study was based on results of a nationwide telephone survey of more than 2 500 adults Lie the 2005 survey this one was conducted by StanfordUniversity researchers About 6 of respondents re
9、ported that their relationships suffered because of ecessive Internet use About 9 attempted to conceal nonessential Internet use and nearly 4 reported feeling preoccupied by the Internet when offline About 8 said they used the Internet as a way to escape problems and almost 14 reported they found it
10、 hard to stay away from the Internet for several days at a time The Internet problem is still in its infancy said Elias Aboujaoude a Stanford professor No single online activity is to blame for ecessive use he said They re online in chat rooms checing e mail or writing blogs not limited to porn 色情 o
11、r gambling websites Ecessive Internet use should be defined not by the number of hours spent online but in terms of losses said Maressa Orac a Harvard University professor If it s a loss you re not getting to wor and family relationships are breaing down as a result then it s too much Since the earl
12、y 1990s several clinics have been established in the U S to treat heavy Internet users They include the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery and the Center for Internet Behavior The website for Orac s center lists the following among the psychological symptoms of computer addiction Having a sense
13、of well being 幸福 or ecitement while at the computer Longing for more and more time at the computer Neglect of family and friends Feeling empty depressed or irritable when not at the computer Lying to employers and family about activities Inability to stop the activity Problems with school or job Phy
14、sical symptoms listed include dry eyes bacaches sipping meals poor personal hygiene 卫生 and sleep disturbances People who struggle with ecessive Internet use maybe depressed or have other mood disorders Orac said When she discusses Internet habits with her patients they often report that being online
15、 offers a sense of belonging and escape ecitement fun she said Some people say relief because they find themselves so relaed Some parts of the Internet seem to draw people in more than others Internet gamers spend countless hours competing in games against people from all over the world One such gam
16、e called World of Warcraft is cited on many sites by posters complaining of a gaming addiction Andrew Heidrich an education networ administrator from Sacramento plays World of Warcraft for about two to four hours every other night but that s nothing compared with the 40 to 60 hours a wee he spent playing online games when he was in college He cut bac only after a full scale family intervention 干预 in which s told him he d gained weight There s this whole culture of competition that sucs people in
