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A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the Net, use e-mail and speak in chatrooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop and it affects their lives.
Decades ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behaviour that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessional behaviour has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chatrooms and it causes cultural changes in society.
Because of the change in their behaviour, they begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real-life friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behaviour is beginning to affect the entire world.
【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要说明了如今青少年和大学生的网络成瘾问题, 指出了网络成瘾在行为和心理情感方面对于他们的危害。
1. The underlined word “obsessional” in the second paragraph probably means _________.
A. attractive B. addictive
C. professional D. potential
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据后文They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites. 以及下一段第一句They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. 可知, 上网对于青少年和大学生来说已经成了一种上瘾行为, 导致他们在网上花费大量的时间。故画线词意为“上瘾的”。
2. We can infer from the passage that _________.
A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers
B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life
C. people are addicted to games on the Internet
D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第四段中They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. 可知学生很难平衡现实生活和虚拟生活。
3. The author’s attitude towards weboholism is _________.
A. optimistic B. neutral
C. critical D. acceptable
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第一段及下文可知, 文章主要说明了如今青少年和大学生的网络成瘾问题, 指出了网络成瘾在行为和心理情感方面对于他们的危害。由此可推知, 作者对网络成瘾的态度是一种批判的态度。
【规律方法】
观点态度题的解题技巧
(1)不要把自己的态度融入其中, 还要区分作者的态度还是作者引用别人的态度。
(2)当作者的态度没有明确提出时, 要学会根据作者的语言的褒贬去判断作者的态度, 如wonderfully, successfully, unfortunately, doubtfully 等。
(3)作者的态度一般与文章主旨有很大关系。
(4)某一件事是好是坏, 作者对它是支持还是反对, 态度一般都很明确, 而带中立色彩的词最不可能是正确答案。问作者态度时, 表示“客观”的词多为正确选项, 如objective, impartial, unbiased 等; 问作者对文中提到的人物或他们的观点的态度时, 答案多是肯定或否定, 支持或反对, 如critical, approving, opposed, supporting 等。还有一点, 既然作者写了文章, 其态度就不可能是漠不关心的, 因此见到indifferent, uninterested 可以首先排除。
