Internet users are less likely to want to watch ______ programs on a computer screen.

Internet provides ______.

A．consumers with international business opportunities

B．subscribers with a cheap and efficient link

C．formal roles to oversee its users

D．telecommunications services to users

According to Cyber Dialogue,______.

A．online shopping will not replace the traditional shopping habits

B．customers seek information via the Internet more often than via any other means

C．Internet users prefer to seek information online without making real purchases

D．fewer and fewer people purchase what they want via the Internet

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A.The large number of Internet users who speak non-alphabet language.

B.The decrease of users who speak English.

C.The effective promotion from the international organizations.

D.The increasing number of non-English speaking users.

According to Cyber Dialogue, ______.

A．online shopping will not replace the traditional shopping habits

B．customers seek information via the Internet more often than via any other means

C．Internet users prefer to seek information online without making real purchases

D．fewer and fewer people purchase what they want via the Internet

at Carnegie Mellon University.

Even people who【B1】just a few hours a week on the Internet【B2】more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less【B3】, the two-year study showed. And it wasn't that people who were already feeling【B4】spent more time on the Internet, but the using the Net actually【B5】to cause the bad feelings.

Researchers are puzzling over the results,【B6】were completely contrary to their【B7】. They expected that the Net would prove socially【B8】than television, since the Net【B9】users to choose their information and to【B10】with others.

The fact that Internet use has【B11】time available for family and friends may【B12】for the drop in well-being,【B13】hypothesized(假设). Faceless, bodiless virtual communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual【B14】, and the relationships formed through it may be【B15】. Another possibility is that exposure【B16】the wider world via the Net makes users【B17】satisfied with their lives.

"But it's important to remember this is not about the technology itself; it's about【B18】it is used," says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study's sponsors. It really points to the need for considering social【B19】in terms of how you design applications and services【B20】technology.

【B1】

A．took

B．spent

C．cost

D．paid

听力原文： Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.

Even people who spent just a few hour's a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn't that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feelings.

Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.

The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers hypothesized.

Faceless, bodiless "virtual" communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.

"But it's important to remember this is not about the technology; it's about how it is used," says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study's sponsors. "It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications and services for technology."

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A．People who feel bad spent more time on the Internet.

B．Using internet can cause depression and loneliness.

C．Internet use can improve psychological well-being.

D．Surfing Net for a few hours a week cannot cause bad feelings.

y of the web designers are not removing hypertext references to the pages that were deleted from the site.What can Lucinda do to minimize the impact of this oversight for her site customers？()

A.Restrict access to pages that have broken links.

B.Design a custom 404-error message page with hyperlink that sends users back to the site.

C.Set http so it never re-decides to error pages.

D.Design a multi purpose Internet mail extensions to solve the problem.

Internet Users Turn Addicts

If you're an Internet user, you know who you are. They are among all of us in society, although many may choose not to acknowledge that they too, frequently use the Internet. As I sit here and look across the street, I see a man in front of his own computer; the screen glowing against the window behind him. He does not use his personal computer for work, he is a farmer. He has become what is known as an "Internet Junky".

The addiction begins innocently. At the start, you are not even aware of the possibilities that may form. from your excessive computer use. You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. Once the novelty of keeping in touch with your colleagues wears off, and researching starts to bore you, you may possibly expand your computer usage to chatting. Yes, chatting. It is something that is becoming more acceptable in our lives, but it is still looked down upon by many skeptics. Chatting through the Internet involves choosing an appropriate nickname for yourself —for example, Fisherman —and then finding a room where you feel compelled to spend time in. Once you've entered the room, other fellow chatters may say, "Hello... a/s/ 1(age/sex/location) please."

And so begins the addiction. Once you become involved in meeting people online, it is difficult to break such a habit. You may even make a daily habit of it. People have been found to carry out exactly the same behavior, not only across the nation, but across the globe. In any one room, you may come across people from five different countries of the world. Granted, not everyone who stays online for hours on end, are enveloped in chatting, but it is more often than not, the cause for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD).

The prevalence of Internet Addiction Disorder has been increasing in number, hence a support group, among many the Internet Addiction Support Group (IASG) has been developed. IAD, a "maladaptive" pattern for Internet use, is leading to impairment and/or distress caused by three (or more) of the following, at any time in a period of one year:

- A need for markedly increased mounts of time on Internet to achieve satisfaction;

- Markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount of time on Internet;

- Reduction in Internet use which has been prolonged.

Symptoms of Internet Addiction Disorder include:

- Psychomotor agitation;

- Anxiety;

- Obsessive thinking about what is happening on Internet;

- Fantasies or dreams about Internet;

- Voluntary or involuntary typing movements of the fingers.

These symptoms begin to cause conflict in social, occupational, or another important area of functioning. People who become addicted, use the Internet to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms, which are similar to those brought on by the halt of drug use. The disorder is recognized by the "persistent desire" or "unsuccessful efforts" to minimize the Internet use.

On June 14, 1998, ABC news reported that an "Internet crazed" Cincinnati woman was arrested for neglecting her three young children. The woman reportedly spent 12 hours straight online, while her hungry kids were locked away in a room so she could be online without interruption.

The Internet is rapidly becoming an addictive source to a lot of its users. Users of the Internet include: students, housewives, and business professionals. Some of these users spend a minimum of thirty-eight hours per week on the "net"; hence, losing touch with reality and reeking havoc on their studies, family lives, and even their careers. Based on level of addiction, there are three groups of Internet addicts:

- the "I'm-not-addicted-users";

- the "I-only-use-it-when-I-have-to-users";

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A．Y

B．N

C．NG

Passage 4

America’s most popular newspaper website today announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a close. The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to set out plans for a paywall around its digital offering, _1_ the accepted practice that internet users will not pay for news. Struggling with an evaporation of advertising and a downward drift in street corner sales, The New York Times intends to introduce a “metered” model at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have _2_ a set number of its online articles per month. The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper on the charging side of an _3_ wide chasm (鸿沟）in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not _4_ internet readers. The New York Times&39;s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, _5_ that the move is a gamble. Boasting a print _6_ of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, behind the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. While most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can claim _7_ scope—as well as 16 bureaus in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and maintains 26 bureaus elsewhere in the world. But like many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a _8_ financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but _9_ a loss of $70 million in the nine months to September and recently accepted a $250 million _10_ from a Mexican billionaire， Carlos Slim, to strengthen its balance sheet.

A) national

B) interactively

C) circulation

D) loan

E) crude

F) exceeded

G) charge

H) ascend

I) abandoning

J) suffered

K) serious

L) deducting

M) increasingly

N) evaluation

O) acknowledged

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