Question

【题目】A

Most children have heard their parents at one time or another yell "sit up straight!" or "don't slouch!"

In the past, this was usually heard at the dinner table as children ate dinner. But these days, it is also heard around another activity-video games.

Ten-year old Owaish Batliwala, from Mumbai, India, admits he spends three to four hours each day playing games on his tablet computer. His mother Mehzabin became concerned when her son started saying that his neck hurt.

She said, "My son started having neck problems around June or July. The pain slowly spread to his hand and his back. He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. This is what has caused the problem."

Sadia Vanjara is a physical therapist. She says the number of young children with chronic pain in their necks, arms and shoulders is on the rise. Dr. Vanjara says the pain is not from aging, accidents or disease. It is from poor posture, or body position, while playing video games.

"They are not aging, they haven't had an accident, their age is like, under 10, they are not complaining, the blood reports are fine, their x-rays are fine, their MRI's are fine, then where is the culprit(罪魁祸首)? And that is the very common thing that is happening amongst all children and that is smart phones and the gadgets(小电器)."

This is a problem in many parts of the world. But there are more smartphone users in India than anywhere else in the world, except China. Networking equipment company Cisco estimates that the number of smartphone users in India will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by 2020.

19-year old student Nida Jameel says she feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smartphone most of the day.

She says she uses her smartphone 24/7. This means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or all the time.

"As I use phone 24/7 (all day) like, so probably yeah, it was because of the phone, continuous usage and Snapchat, Whatsapp, more and more you know social media coming, so like phone is the center of everything."

Dr. Vanjara says the best treatments for the pain are daily exercises.

"And start stretching it in all the possible directions that you can."

Correct posture can help prevent pain. Dr. Vanjara teaches children how to hold their gadgets correctly. She tells a patient to hold the gadget in front of the face. She says that bending the head down to look at the device, strains the neck and creates an unhealthy bend to the back.

Sadia Vanjara predicts we will see not only physical but psychological and emotional problems resulting from overuse of gadgets.

Experts advise taking breaks from using a computer or other device often. Stand up. Stretch your legs, back, shoulders and arms. And when your work or school work is done, unplug and exercise.

【1】According to Paragraph 2, when will one hear yells like “sit up straight!”_________?

A. When playing video games B. When sleeping

C. When walking D. When driving

【2】What caused Owaish Batliwala’s neck to hurt___________?

A. Studying too hard

B. The bad body position

C. Playing the iPad and mobile phone for hours

D. His mother’s concern

【3】According to Sadia Vanjara, the pain is from__________?

A. poor posture

B. aging

C. accidents

D. disease

【4】What can we learn from the passage_________?

A. the number of young children with chronic pain in their necks, arms and shoulders is decreasing

B. the culprit is smart phones and the gadgets

C. there are more smartphone users in India than anywhere else in the world

D. the number of smartphone users in India is 651 million

【5】This passage most probably comes from__________.

A. an amusement magazine

B. a news report

C. a travelling booklet

D. a health magazine

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

【文章大意】随着智能机和平板电脑的逐渐普及，越来越多的孩子使用它们玩游戏。然而，长时间玩游戏给孩子们带来了疼痛，这是由玩游戏时的不良坐姿导致的。治疗疼痛的最好办法就是日常锻炼。

【1】A 细节理解题。根据第二段“it is also heard around another activity-video games”可知，现在，孩子玩视频游戏时，父母也会提醒他们坐好，不能驼背。

【2】C 细节理解题。根据第四段“He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. This is what has caused the problem.”可知，长时间玩平板电脑和手机是导致脖子痛、手痛等问题的原因。

【3】 A 细节理解题。根据第五段“the pain is not from aging, accidents or disease. It is from poor posture, or body position, while playing video games”可知，疼痛不是源于衰老、事故或疾病，而是玩游戏时的不良坐姿导致的。

【4】B 推理判断题。根据第六段“then where is the culprit(罪魁祸首)?...and that is smart phones and the gadgets(小电器)”可知，导致疼痛的罪魁祸首是智能机等小电器。根据“the number of young children with chronic pain...is on the rise...there are more smartphone users in India...except China...the number of smartphone users in India will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by 2020”可知ACD三项错误。

【5】D 文章出处题。文章主要关注的是长期使用智能机和平板电脑时的不良坐姿给儿童带来的疼痛。只有D项与健康有关。