8．As young people spend more time on computers，iPads and other TV sets，researchers are asking how all that screen time affects children's and teenagers'ability to focus and  learn-even drive cars．
An online survey offers a new question：how is technology affecting their happiness and emotional development？The answer，from girls ages 8 to 12 having the habits，is that those who say they spend amounts of time using multimedia describe themselves in ways that suggest they are less happy and less socially comfortable than other teenagers who say they spend less time on screens．
    Among the key questions that the researchers are not able to answer is whether the heavy use of media is the cause for the relative unhappiness or whether girls who are less happy to begin with are drawn to heavy use of  media，in fact，coming to a virtual（虛擬）world．But the researchers assume that heavy use of media is a main factor to the social challenges of girls．
    The reason the researchers is that on a basic level girls need to experience the full face-to-face communication  such as learning to read body language and facial expressions．
    Lucy Gray，45，who lives in Chicago，said her daughter，Julia，13，has been a heavy consumer of media for several years-she watches movies on her laptop，and has an iPad，an iPhone and a Nintendo DS portable game machine．Ms．Gray said that Julia can have trouble getting on with other people especially adults in face-to-face interactions，but she is not ready to blame her daughter's heavy use of  technology
    In fact，she things that，on the whole．the technology has helped her daughter navigate（航行）the world socially．"she'd be missing out on an opportunity if she wasn't connected，"she said：
    At the same time，Ms．Gray said she worries that her daughter，who is using Facebook more，is  playing out her social life online sometimes without the benefits of the full emotional range that comes from face-to-face interaction．
"It's a double-edged sword．"Ms．Gray said to social media
51．What is the disadvantage of online habit for young girls？C
    A．They are more likely to cause car accidents．
    B．They are less likely to be liked by teachers at school
    C．They may feel uncomfortable and unhappy in social life．
    D．They may be cheated into doing something bad at school．
52．With heavy use of media，girls may tend to beA．
    A．led into a world breaking away form the reality
    B．inspired to devote themselves to learning science
    C．directed to come to a world of happiness and luck
    D．encouraged to face the challenges  of the unhappy life．
53．Girls may face more social challenges because theyB．
    A．a(chǎn)re not good at making friends online
    B．lack real communication experience in general
    C．a(chǎn)re careless at seeing others'facial expressions．
    D．spend too much time  studying at and after school．
54．What will Ms．Gray do with Julia's heavy  use of technology？D
    A．She will allow her to use her iPad and  iPhone only．
    B．She will forbid her to use any kind of media．
    C．She will allow her to use the media on weekends．
    D．She will allow her to use all the media as usual．
55．What does Ms．Gray concern when it comes to Julia's use of social media？C
    A．Their quarrels are about whether she should use the media．
    B．Julia  likes to meet the real people knowing of on Facebook
   C．Julia's performance isn't good enough in real social life．
    D．Julia spends too much time sending text messages．

分析 科技的進步給人們帶來了無數(shù)的科技新產(chǎn)品，這些產(chǎn)品讓我們的生活
更輕松．但是并不是所有的科技產(chǎn)品都能帶給人類快樂的感覺．
科技的進步給人們帶來了無數(shù)的科技新產(chǎn)品，這些產(chǎn)品讓我們的生活
更輕松．但是并不是所有的科技產(chǎn)品都能帶給人類快樂的感覺．
科技的進步給人們帶來了無數(shù)的科技新產(chǎn)品，這些產(chǎn)品讓我們的生活更輕松．但是并不是所有的科技產(chǎn)品都能帶給人類快樂的感覺．

解答 51．C 細節(jié)理解題．第二段第二句話中的"．a(chǎn)re less happy and less sociallycomfortable than other teenagers…"說明女孩們因為使用過多多媒體媒介和別人交流對她們的現(xiàn)實生活與人際交流來說有些不利．在現(xiàn)實中會讓她們感到不高興或者不自在，所以答案選C項．
52．A 推理判斷題．第三段第一句話的"in fact coming to a virtual"說明過多多媒體媒介的使用將女孩子們引入到了虛擬世界中，而在現(xiàn)實生活中的人際交流則大打折扣．
53．B 細節(jié)理解題．第四段的關(guān)鍵詞"need to experience the full face-to-face communication"說明女孩子們之所以更需要多經(jīng)和別人面對面的交流，是因為她們太過沉迷于其他多媒體形式的媒介交流．
54．D 推理判斷題．第五段末句的"not ready to blame her daughter's heavy use of technology"和第六段的"helped her daughter navigate（行）the world socially．"說明在格雷女士看來多媒體媒介的使用對女兒來說還是好處更多，所以她并不打算禁止女兒用．
 55．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段"Ms．Gray said she worries…playing out her social life online sometimes without the benefits of the full emotional range that comes from face-to-face interaction"可知，Ms．Gray 擔心女兒過于依賴網(wǎng)上社交而忽略了真正的面對面的情感交流．

點評 閱讀理解主要考察學生對全文理解，帶著問題去文中尋找答案．注意手段和每段的第一句話，往往是主旨大意．

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