Four friends are talking about their hobbies. Let’s listen and learn about what their hobbies are.

“At three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”

“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”

“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”

“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（瘾）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.

Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.

Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）：

●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

●You can’t wait for your next online time.

●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.

●You go out with your friends less and less.

1.What does the beginning of the passage tell us？

2.How does the writer describe the addicts “use of Internet”?

3.Why do people worry about the teens？

4.The example of one college student in the passage shows that _______.

5.What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage？

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my     . At first, my parents said “no” to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this,     it didn’t work.

As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become    . To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

One evening, I was doing some      on my computer while Mike was listening to music.        , I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me whenI    . He was using my computer to play game. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program     saving it all I had done had disappeared! I     him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.

Then I did my homework    . At 10: 00 pm. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the   , I saw the photo of my     that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how     he was when my mom beat him. I really felt       . I went to see what he was doing. I found he was    in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said. “I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”

I was as moved and said. “From now on, my room is not only mine. It is     !” That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

1.A. clothes      B. food    C. room           D. toys

2.A. because    B. but      C. or        D. so

3.A. dirty        B. empty          C. quiet  D. tidy

4.A. business           B. homework            C. reading        D. shopping

5.A. Later       B. Instead        C. However   D. Sometimes

6.A. danced     B. fell       C. returned   D. slept

7.A. after               B. by         C. for          D. without

8.A. agreed with       B. heard from C. looked after          D. shouted at

9.A. as well       B. for ever        C. in the end    D. once again

10.A. computer        B. fan        C. radio    D. TV

11.A. brother   B. cousin C. father D. grandfather

12.A. clever     B. happy C. sad       D. silly

13.A. bored      B. excited         C. proud D. sorry

14.A. jumping B. sleeping        C. sitting   D. singing

15.A. his B. hers     C. ours     D. theirs