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AAnewgenerationaddictionisquicklyspreadingallovertheworld．Weboholism,atwentiethcenturydisease,affectspeoplefromdifferentages．Theysurfthenet,usee-mailandspeakinchatrooms．Theyspendmanyhoursonthecomputer,anditbecomesacompulsivehabit．Theycannotstop,anditaffectstheirlives．Tenyearsago,noonethoughtthatusingcomputerscouldbecomecompulsivebehaviorthatcouldaffectthesocialandphysicallifeofcomputerusers．Thisobsessionalbehaviorhasaffectedteenagersandcollegestudents．Theyarelikelytologoncomputersandspendlonghoursatdifferentwebsites．Theybecomehookedoncomputersandgraduallytheirsocialandschoollifeisaffectedbythissituation．Theyspendallfreetimesurfinganddon'tconcentrateonhomework,sothisaddictioninfluencestheirgradesandsuccessatschool．Becausetheycanfindeverythingonthewebsites,theyhangoutthere．Moreover,thisaddictiontowebsitesinfluencestheirsociallife．Theyspendmoretimeinfrontofcomputersthanwiththeirfriends．Therelationwiththeirfriendschanges．Thevirtuallifebecomesmoreimportantthantheirreallife．Theyhaveanewlanguagethattheyspeakinthechatroomsanditcausesculturalchangesinsociety．Becauseofthechangeintheirbehavior,theybegintoisolatethemselvesfromthesocietyandlivewiththeirvirtualfriends．Theysharetheiremotionsandfeelingswithfriendswhotheyhavenevermetintheirlife．Althoughtheyfeelconfidentonthecomputer,theyarenotconfidentwithreallifefriendstheyhaveknownalltheirlife．Itisaproblemforthefuture．Thisaddictivebehaviorisbeginningtoaffectalltheworld．1．Themainideaofthepassageisabout____________．A．thecauseofweboholismB．theadvantageofweboholismC．thepopularityofweboholismD．theinfluenceofweboholism2．Theunderlinedword“obsessional”inthesecondparagraphmostprobablymeans___________．A．attractiveB．addictiveC．professionalD．potential3．Wecaninferfromthepassagethat__________．A．weboholismhasthegreatesteffectonteenagersB．studentscanhardlybalancerealandvirtuallifeC．peopleareaddictedtogamesontheInternetD．virtuallifeismorevividandattractiveanyway4．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofweboholism?A．Itcontributestothedevelopmentoftheweb．B．Thechatroomlanguagemaychangesocialculture．用心爱心专心1C．Theproblemwillbegettingmoreandmoreseriouslater．D．Peopleaddictedtotheweboftenbecomeinactiveinreallife．BTheappealofadvertisingtobuyingmotivescanhavebothnegativeandpositiveeffects．Consumersmaybeconvincedtobuyaproductofpoorqualityorhighpricebecauseofanadvertisement．Forexample,someadvertisershaveappealedtopeople'sdesireforbetterfueleconomyfortheircarsbyadvertisingautomotiveproductsthatimprovegasolinemileage．Someoftheproductswork．Othersareworthlessandawasteofconsumers'money．Sometimesadvertisingisintentionallymisleading．Afewyearsagoabrandofbreadwasofferedtodieters（节食者）withthemessagethattherewerefewercaloriesineveryslice．Itturnedoutthatthebreadwasnotdietetic（适合于节食的）,butjustregularbread．Therewerefewercaloriesbecauseitwasslicedverythin,buttherewerethesamenumberofcaloriesineveryloaf．Onthepositiveside,emotionalappealsmayrespondtoaconsumer'srealconcerns．Considerfireinsurance．Fireinsurancemaybesoldbyappealingtofearofloss．Butfearoflossistherealreasonforfireinsurance．Thesecurityofknowingthatpropertyisprotectedbyinsurancemakesthepurchaseoffireinsuranceaworthwhileinvestmentformostpeople．Ifconsumersconsiderthequalityofthein...
