毛额市鹌鹑阳光实验学校太原双语中学高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（五十五）
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A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world．Weboholism, a twentieth century dia, affects people from different ages．They surf the net, u e-mail and speak in chat rooms．They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit．They cannot stop, and it affects their lives．
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer urs．This obssional behavior 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．Becau 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 chat rooms and it caus cultural changes in society．
Becau of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themlves from the 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 behavior is beginning to affect all the world．
1．The main idea of the passage is about ____________．
A．the cau of weboholism B．the advantage of weboholism
C．the popularity of weboholism D．the influence of weboholism
2．The underlined word “obssional” in the cond paragraph most probably means ___________．
A．attractive B．addictive C．professional D．potential
3．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
4．Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?
A．It contributes to the development of the web．
B．The chat room language may change social culture．
C．The problem will be getting more and more rious later．
D．People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life．
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The appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects．Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price becau of an advertiment．For example, some advertirs have appealed to people's desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline mileage．Some of the products work．Others are worthless and保留的英文
a waste of consumers' money．
Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading．A few years ago a brand of bread was offered to dieters （节食者） with the message that there were fewer calories in every slice．It turned out that the bread was not dietetic （适合于节食的）, but just regular bre
ad．There were fewer calories becau it was sliced very thin, but there were the same number of calories in every loaf．
On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer's real concerns．Consider fire insurance．Fire insurance may be sold by appealing to fear of loss．But fear of loss is the real reason for fire insurance．The curity of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purcha of fire insurance a worthwhile investment for most people．If consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertising．
Each consumer must evaluate her or his own situation．Are the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it? Advertising is intended to appeal to consumers, but it does not force them to buy the product．Consumers still control the final buying decision．
5．Advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless products by _______．
A．stressing their high quality
B．convincing him of their low price
C．maintaining a balance between quality and price
D．appealing to his buying motives
6．The reason why the bread advertiment is misleading is that _______．
A．thin slices of bread could contain more calories
B．the loaf was cut into regular slices
C．the bread was not genuine bread
D．the total number of calories in the loaf remained the same
7．Which statement is True according to the passage?
A．sometimes advertiments really ll what the consumer needs ．
