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1、山西省太原双语中学2012届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（五十五）阅读理解AA new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the worldWeboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different agesThey surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat roomsThey spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsiv
2、e habitThey cannot stop, and it affects their livesTen years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer usersThis obsessional behavior has affected teenagers and college studentsThey are likely to log on comput
3、ers and spend long hours at different websitesThey become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situationThey spend all free time surfing and dont concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at schoolBecause they can fin
4、d everything on the websites, they hang out thereMoreover, this addiction to websites influences their social lifeThey spend more time in front of computers than with their friendsThe relation with their friends changesThe virtual life becomes more important than their real lifeThey have a new langu
5、age that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in societyBecause of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friendsThey share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their lifeAlthou
6、gh they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real life friends they have known all their lifeIt is a problem for the futureThis addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world1The main idea of the passage is about _Athe cause of weboholism Bthe advantage of weboholismC
7、the popularity of weboholism Dthe influence of weboholism2The underlined word “obsessional” in the second paragraph most probably means _Aattractive Baddictive Cprofessional Dpotential3We can infer from the passage that _Aweboholism has the greatest effect on teenagersBstudents can hardly balance re
8、al and virtual lifeCpeople are addicted to games on the InternetDvirtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway4Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?AIt contributes to the development of the webBThe chat room language may change social cultureCThe problem will be getting more and more
9、serious laterDPeople addicted to the web often become inactive in real lifeBThe appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effectsConsumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisementFor example, some advertisers have a
10、ppealed to peoples desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline mileageSome of the products workOthers are worthless and a waste of consumers moneySometimes advertising is intentionally misleadingA few years ago a brand of bread was offered t
11、o dieters （节食者） with the message that there were fewer calories in every sliceIt turned out that the bread was not dietetic （适合于节食的）, but just regular breadThere were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin, but there were the same number of calories in every loafOn the positive side, emotion
12、al appeals may respond to a consumers real concernsConsider fire insuranceFire insurance may be sold by appealing to fear of lossBut fear of loss is the real reason for fire insuranceThe security of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purchase of fire insurance a worthwhile inv
13、estment for most peopleIf consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertisingEach consumer must evaluate her or his own situationAre the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it? Advertising is intended
14、to appeal to consumers, but it does not force them to buy the productConsumers still control the final buying decision5Advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless products by _Astressing their high qualityBconvincing him of their low priceCmaintaining a balance between quality and priceDa
15、ppealing to his buying motives6The reason why the bread advertisement is misleading is that _Athin slices of bread could contain more caloriesBthe loaf was cut into regular slicesCthe bread was not genuine breadDthe total number of calories in the loaf remained the same7Which statement is True according to the passage?Asometimes advertisements really sell what the consumer needs Badvertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they dont needCthe buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertiseme
