Internet use appears to cause a drop in psych...

Internet use appears to cause a drop in psychological health, according to a research at Carnegie Mellon University.

Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression(沮丧) and loneliness than those who used Internet less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feeling.

Researchers are puzzled by the results, which were completely the opposite to their experiences. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose the information and to communicate with others.

The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may explain the drop in well-being, researchers supposed. Faceless, bodiless “virtual” communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that knowing the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.

“But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology; it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study founders. “It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications(应用) and services for technology.”

1.The best title of the passage probably is ________.

A．Internet May Cause Depression

B．The Danger of Internet

C．Communication with Others by Internet

D．Puzzled by the Results

2.Why did the results of research puzzle the researchers?

A．People could choose their information through Internet.

B．They had expected the opposite results.

C．People can communicate with others.

D．They had thought Internet was much healthier.

3.Which of the following may be the cause of depression?

A．Net users found their living conditions bad.

B．Net users already had mental problems.

C．Deep relationships were formed through Internet.

D．Net users had less time to communicate with other people.

4.The writer’s attitude towards technology is ________.

A．social factors must be considered while using technology

B．technology was to blame for depression

C．the problem doesn’t lie in technology

D．applications and services for technology must be designed

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Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being（安康）, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.

Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feeling.

Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.

The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers suggested. Faceless, bodiless “virtual”（虚拟的）communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationship formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.

“But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology per se; it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study’s sponsors. “It really points to the need for considering social effects in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.”

1.The best title for this passage would be ________.

A.Internet may Cause Depression

B.The Dark Side of Internet

C.How to Use Technology Properly

D.The Importance of Psychological Well-being

2.Internet use may cause a decline in psychological well-being because ________.

A.people who were already feeling bad spend more time on the Internet

B.Internet users thought the world was wider than it really was

C.people were too eager to turn the “virtual” communication into reality

D.people have less time for actual communication with their family and friends

3.What does the underlined Latin word “per se” (in Para. 5) mean?

A.probably B.absolutely

C.oneself D.itself

4.What’s the tone of the passage?

A.Optimistic. B.Critical.

C.Objective. D.Pessimistic.

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Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.

※Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.

※Don’t give your password（密码）to anyone else, and never give out the following information: your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.

※Check with your parents before giving out a credit（信用）card number.

※Never send a photo of yourself to someone in email unless your parents say it’s OK.

※Check with your parents before going into a chat（聊天）room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it’s a right place for you.

※Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission（允许）. Never meet anyone you met online alone.

※Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.

※If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.

※Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.

※Remember - not everything you read on the Internet is true.

1.The writer tells children to _________.

2.It’s good for children to ______ on the Internet.

3.What shouldn’t be done when you are on line? _________

4.If your parents don’t agree, never ________.

5.The passage is mainly about _________ .

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Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.

● Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can go online.

● Don’t give your password (密码) to anyone else, and never leak out the following information---your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.

● Check with your parents before giving out a credit (信用) card number.

● Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK.

● Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents must make sure it’s a right place for you.

● Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission (允许). Never meet anyone you met on line alone.

● Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as strangers.

● If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.

● Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.

● Remember—not everything you read on the Internet is true.

1. If you want a true friend on the Internet , you can ____________ .

A  tell the people what your name is .   B  meet the people on line alone.

C  write an e-mail about yourself .     D  get your parent’s permission.

2.It’s good for children to ________ on the Internet.

A. give password to others         B. get useful knowledge and information

C. give out a credit card number   D. go into a chat room as they’d like to

3. The underlined phrase “leak out” in the third paragraph may mean “________.”

A. give away      B. leave out         C. give out          D. put away

4.If your parents don’t agree, never ________.

A. read anything on the Internet

B. relax in your free time

C. have a face-to face meeting with anyone you met online

D. treat other people as you’d like to be treated

5.This passage is mainly about “________”.

A. How to use Computers              B. Surfing on the Internet

C. Information on the Interne  D. Internet Safety Rules

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The Internet plays a big part in human life. We use it for work and pleasure. We use it to learn a new language. We find advice on it. We use it to connect with family and friends. We use it to stay in touch with events we care about. The list goes on and on.

As far as the Internet being a part of our lives, — well, that train has left the station. There is no going back to an Internet-free life. But can using the Internet too much be bad for our health? It might be, say researchers. A new study finds that heavy Internet use may be connected to high blood pressure (血压) in a young group: teenagers.

The study results show that teens who spend at least 14 hours a week only online may cause high blood pressure, which makes your heart and blood vessels (血管) work too hard. Over time, this extra pressure increases your risk of a heart attack. High blood pressure can also cause heart and other diseases.

The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan did the study. 335 young people, from 14 to 17 years old, took part in it. 134 of the teens were described as “heavy Internet users”. And researchers found that out of these 134 teens, 26 had high blood pressure. The researchers say the study is the first to connect heavy web use with high blood pressure.

The lead researcher is Andrea Cassidy Bushrow. She said, “Using the Internet is part of our daily life, but it shouldn’t ruin us.” Ms. Cassidy Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to stop to have a rest regularly from their computers or smart phones and do some kind of physical activity. She also suggests that parents shouldn’t let their children use the Internet for more than two hours a day, five days a week.

1.What does the underlined part “that train has left the station.” mean in paragraph 2?

A.Life without the Internet is nowhere to be found.

B.The train has stopped at the wrong station.

C.There is something wrong with the station.

D.The train has changed its course.

2.What can we learn from Para. 3and Para.4 ?

A.There is no relation between high blood pressure and Internet use.

B.There are more advantages than disadvantages of Internet use.

C.Heavy Internet users will probably have high blood pressure.

D.There is no harm of high blood pressure.

3.Andrea Cassidy Bushrow would agree that ________.

A.teenagers shouldn’t use the Internet

B.the Internet will ruin human life in the future

C.smart phones are more harmful than computers

D.regular breaks are necessary when using the Internet

4.What can be used as the best title of the passage?

A.Most teenagers have high blood pressure.

B.How to prevent teenagers from the Internet.

C.Every coin has two sides - so does the Internet.

D.Too much Internet use may be bad for teenagers.

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The Internet plays a big part in human life. We use it for work and pleasure. We use it to learn a new language. We find advice on it. We use it to connect with family and friends. We use it to stay in touch with events we care about. The list goes on and on.

As far as the Internet being a part of our lives, — well, that train has left the station. There is no going back to an Internet-free life. But can using the Internet too much be bad for our health? It might be, say researchers. A new study finds that heavy Internet use may be connected to high blood pressure (血压) in a young group: teenagers.

The study results show that teens who spend at least 14 hours a week only online may cause high blood pressure, which makes your heart and blood vessels (血管) work too hard. Over time, this extra pressure increases your risk of a heart attack. High blood pressure can also cause heart and other diseases.

The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan did the study. 335 young people, from 14 to 17 years old, took part in it. 134 of the teens were described as “heavy Internet users”. And researchers found that out of these 134 teens, 26 had high blood pressure. The researchers say the study is the first to connect heavy web use with high blood pressure.

The lead researcher is Andrea Cassidy Bush row. She said, “Using the Internet is part of our daily life, but it shouldn’t ruin us.” Ms. Cassidy-Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to stop to have a rest regularly from their computers or smartphones and do some kind of physical activity. She also suggests that parents shouldn’t let their children use the Internet for more than two hours a day, five days a week.

1.What does the underlined part “that train has left the station.” mean in paragraph 2?

A. the train has stopped at the wrong station

B. life without the Internet is nowhere to be found

C. the train has changed its course

D. there is something wrong with the station

2.What is Para. 3 mainly about?

A. The advantages of Internet use. B. The harm of high blood pressure.

C. The disadvantages of Internet use. D. Ways to prevent high blood pressure.

3.Andrea CassidyBushrow would agree that ________.

A. teenagers shouldn’t use the Internet

B. the Internet will ruin human life in the future

C. regular breaks are necessary when using the Internet

D. smartphones are more harmful than computers

4.What can be used as the best title of the passage?

A. Heavy Internet users are mostly teenagers.

B. How to prevent teenagers from the Internet.

C. Every coin has two sides - so does the Internet.

D. Too much Internet use may be bad for teenagers.

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Women turn to online shopping

Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping, according to a study published last week in the US.

For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women, but during the 2004 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases were women.

“It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”, said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group, which carried out the study.

Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.

Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic（显著的）increases in the online gift-buying population this time around.

However, three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004. They worried about credit card security, or just compared online prices with off-line prices, then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.

“But even if shoppers don’t buy online, websites are becoming promotion tools for stores,” said Dan Hess, vice(副) president of Comscore Networks Inc. Hess said that actually most stores’ websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.

“It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient, more reliable and more comfortable,” Hess said.

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A．There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2004．

B．Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women.

C．People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online.

D．More women shopped online than men in 2004.

2.From the passage we can infer that________.

A．men usually decide how to spend money in the family

B．women usually decide what to buy in the family

C．the Internet is used in all the shops.

D．more and more shops will sell their goods online.

3.According to Dan Hess, shopping online___________.

A．is unsafe                                        B．is convenient

C．is a waste of time                           D．is cheaper

4.What can we know from the passage?

A．American people only buy gifts in holidays.

B．Shopping online is fun for women.

C．Shopping off-line provides better service.

D．Young people like to do gift-shopping online.

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Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping,according to a study published last week in the US.

For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women,but during the 2011 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases（购买）were women.

“It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”,said Lee Rainie,director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group,which carried out the study.

Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men.This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.

Users were more likely to shop online to save time.Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic increases in the online gift-buying population this time around.

However,three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2011.They worried about credit card security（安全）,or just compared online prices with off-line prices,then dashed off to t he shops to get the best deals.

“But even if shoppers don’t buy online,websites are becoming promotion tools for stores,”said Dan Hess,vice president of Comscore Networks Inc.Hess said that actually most stores’ websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers.And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.“It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient,more reliable and more comfortable.”Hess said.

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A. More women shopped online than men during 2011 holiday season.

B. There were fewer women online shoppers than men during 2 011 holiday season.

C. Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women.

D. People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online.

2.From the passage we can infer that________.

A. men usually decide how to spend money in the family

B. women usually decide what to buy in the family

C. the Internet is used in all the shops.

D. more and more shops will sell their goods online.

3.According to Dan Hess,shopping online is ________.

A. unsafe　　 B. convenient

C. a waste of time　　 D. cheaper

4.What can we know from the passage?

A. American people only buy gifts in holidays.

B. Shopping online is fun for women.

C. Shopping off-line provides better service.

D. Young people like to do gift-shopping online.

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Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web in 1991, which _____ everyone to use the Internet

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What can we infer about the man?

A. He was in poor health.

B. He didn’t give up drinking.

C. He used to be a beer drinker.

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