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There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2) ________ to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be (3) ________ to their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (4) ________ their computers?
2 {& D, k; G1 c7 T" D% n Obviously; if children are bent over their computers for hours, (5) ________in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should (6) ______ of the Internet, and the child should give his or her (7) ______ that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not (8) ______to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic (9) ______ dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is not much different from (10) ______ any other soft of bargain about behaviour. ) K/ a; I0 H3 [7 o
Any parent who is (11) ______ alarmed about a child’s behaviour should make an appointment to (12)______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not (13) ______ affect a child’s performance at school. Even if a child is (14) ______ crazy about using the Internet，he or she is probably just (15) ______through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about! 2 j% R a8 ]: z. D6 B: [
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3 j, \+ a4 w" h) g+ c1 |: E drastic / ’dræstik / adj.严厉的，极端的 & \; X. J# e9 _8 V) P3 T
phase / felz / n. 阶段，时期 : j0 u" C9 W7 r, b j" o6 T
arrangement / ə’reindʒmənt / n. 安排 # @, t8 N b2 q& C3 [ E
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1. ... make a huge difference ... :……造成巨大改变… * L6 r' e% N. C p% q* u- H
2. ... children are bent over their computers for hours ... : bend over: ……埋头苦干，孩子们在电脑上花费了数小时......
1 s: o+ \1 J% i: v* ^$ \ 练习： $ W; s% O- ]; x
1. A) always B) rarely C) never D) ever + k2 L) ]4 j- p6 J t
2. A) worried B) concerned C) curious D) hopeful
X' c% {3 J; O 3. A) harming B) harmful C) hurting D) hurtful ; h; ~5 L: `5 r; e: ]5 y. J
4. A) staring at B) glancing at C) looking D) watching考试用书 " \% I" {# u$ i
5. A) supposed B) occupied C) interested D) absorbed 5 {* [) `1 L9 @* \/ ]
6. A) do B) have C) make D) create
1 g1 I0 O8 p4 A- ~ 7. A) word B) promise C) vow D) claim 9 D4 M, u- {3 n$ ~2 ^
8. A) holding B) sticking C) following D) accepting
+ _" U. J0 a4 m. M @2 n 9. A) rules B) procedures C) regulation D) steps
) f1 U+ t# F W3 y9 r3 J 10. A) dealing B) negotiating C) having D) arranging 2 A+ O/ n b3 y3 ~- w
11. A) widely B) heavily C) seriously D) broadly 4 L' J! P- G4 u9 i
12. A) speak B) discuss C) talk D) debate ' g2 I! k0 s" k
13. A) possibly B) necessarily C) probably D) consequently
6 {4 P6 D4 p8 k 14. A) absolutely B) more C) quite D) a lot |
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