Question

Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very p__1__. But scientists have p__2__ that texting can give us problems with our h__3__. Be careful! Too much texting can cause RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in our thumbs (大拇指) and wrists (腕关节). We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many patients with RSI. She says if we spend more than 10-15 minutes texting each time, we could have p__4__ in the future.
Dr. Harjeet Deepa, who treats RSI patients, said that the y__5__ patient she had treated was a 5-year-old girl. She had s__6__ bad RSI in her hands that she couldn’t hold a pencil.
As mobile phones d__7__, they are getting smaller with buttons c__8__ together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with b__9__ buttons. Using computers and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find t__10_ with RSI.
Many university students and teenagers have RSI. If we don’t do anything about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

Answer 1

小题1:popular
小题2:proved
小题3:hands
小题4:problems
小题5:youngest
小题6:such
小题7:develop
小题8:closer
小题9:bigger
小题10:themselves

此题重点考查对整篇文章的正确理解和对单词的正确拼写。
小题1:收发短信非常时尚，流行。
小题2:科学家已经证明收发短信对我们的手带来很多负面影响。
小题3:科学家已经证明收发短信对我们的手带来很多负面影响。
小题4:每次发短信超过10-15分钟有可能将来有麻烦。
小题5:此题考查形容词的最高级，根据下文可知是最年轻的。
小题6:此题考查结构such…that如此…以至于。
小题7:此题考查动词，随着手机的发展。
小题8:此题考查形容词，键盘之间间隔很小。
小题9:此题考查形容词的比较级，和前面的smaller相比较，故用bigger。
小题10:此题考查反身代词，people是第三人称复数故用themselves。