2012年4月份学位英语考试模拟题3.pdfVIP

ModelTest 3 ModelTest 3 MMooddeellTTeesstt33 PartIReadingcomprehension 35minutes,40points) PartIReadingcomprehension 35minutes,40points) PPaarrttIIRReeaaddiinnggccoommpprreehheennssiioonn（3355mmiinnuutteess,,4400ppooiinnttss)) Questions 1to5arebased on thefollowingpassage. Questions 1to5arebased on thefollowingpassage. QQuueessttiioonnss11ttoo55aarreebbaasseeddoonntthheeffoolllloowwiinnggppaassssaaggee.. A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world.Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects peoplefrom different ages．They surf thenet, usee-mail andspeakin chatrooms.They spend many hours onthecomputer,andit becomesacompulsive habit.Theycannotstop,andit affectstheirlives. Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users, This obsessional behavior has affected teenagers and college students. Theyarelikely tologoncomputersandspendlonghoursatdifferentwebsites. They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and dont 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 towebsitesinfluencestheirsociallife. 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 andit causesculturalchanges insociety. Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emoti