题文
In today's Internet age, the demand for online games continues to grow. online computer game centers exist in many cities and towns throughout Asia. Facing the pressures of school and life, people tend to the virtual world, expecting a diversion from these problems. Too often, however, they can lead to problems and unhealthy addictions.This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. The country has the world's highest percentage of highspeed Internet services. It also has a high number of online game players and related problems. It was once reported that a young man collapsed (突然晕倒) and died while playing online games. He had been playing almost nonstop for 86 hours at an Internet cafe. Another young man killed his sister after becoming confused between the online world and real life. A 12yearold boy stole US $ 16000 from his father and ran away from home. He did this to continue his obsession (着迷) with online game. Such problems, however, don't just happen in South Korea. They are spreading to other parts of Asia, as well.
What kinds of people develop online game addiction? What does the problem look like? Dr SueHuei Chen, a clinical psychologist, researches Internet addiction. She discovered some signs of atrisk individuals such as lack friendship and good social skills. Those problem individuals feel it so compulsive to play online games that they could sacrifice things such as school and family. They feel the need to spend more and more time online. And they become upset if anyone tries to limit their online game playing.
How many problem game players are there? In mainland China, the potential number of problem online gamers is alarming. Just in 2004, China has had 13.8 million online game players according to China Daily. Furthermore, it stated that 80 percent of these were under 25 and had signs of addiction. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth.
Make sure to keep control over your online game playing. If you don't control it, it can get control of you.
小题1:The underlined word “diversion” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.A．solution B．comfort C．escapeD．support小题2:The examples in the second paragraph tell us that ________.A．the side effects are caused by highspeed Internet services B．online game playing can even cause deathC．online games have caused much damage to young peopleD．the teenage boy can't resist the temptation of the online games小题3:According to Dr SueHuei Chen, what can we do to prevent game addiction?A．Limit the speed of the Internet services.B．Sacrifice things such as school and family.C．Spend more and more time online.D．Care much for the young and improve their ability to get along with others.小题4:We can conclude from the passage that ________.A．the demand for online services continues to growB．China is fighting a battle against online gamesC．the problems caused by online games don't just exist in South KoreaD．in the year 2004 there were a total of 13.8 million Chinese visiting the Internet小题5:What's the best title for the passage?A．Internet ProblemB．Addiction to online GameC．Problem People in the WorldD．online Game Can Control People 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
解析
本文讲述了沉迷网络游戏所引起的问题，网络游戏让人逃避现实，沉迷网络的人缺少友谊和人际交往。
小题1:C 词义猜测题。根据本句Facing the pressures of school and life, people tend to the virtual world, expecting a diversion from these problems.可知diversion意为“转移”，在文中意指人们通过虚拟世界来逃避现实，故选C。
小题2:C 细节理解题。第二段通过三个年轻人的例子来说明了网络游戏对年轻人的负面影响，故选C。
小题3:D 推理判断题。根据SueHuei Chen的研究，沉迷网络的人缺少友谊和人际交往，故可推断增强个人的交往能力可以防治网瘾。
小题4:C 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句They are spreading to other parts of Asia, as well.可知答案C正确。
小题5:B 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段可知全文讲述的是网瘾的问题，故B项最符合文意。
点评：本文讲述了沉迷网络游戏所引起的问题。本文细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“In today's Internet .....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
