Question

Now computers are very           among young people. Last week, we asked thirty young people      fourteen and eighteen. We asked how much     they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we    most interested in     they used their computers for.

The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with    user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.

All the children said they usually used computers       . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理)     . Only two of them said computers     their lessons, and eight children told us they kept addresses and phone numbers in their computers or used      to write diaries. Only three children said they were learning to make computer programs and nobody looked up databases (数据库). None of them used computers for any      use.

The       show that computer use is quite high among young people of 14-18 years old. They also show quite clearly that computers       by most young people as little more than game machines.        , though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become      in everyday life.

1.A.common      B.cheap        C.easy           D.difficult

2.A.among        B.between       C.from          D.about

3.A.hours         B.money       C.time          D./

4.A.is            B.was           C.are            D.were

5.A.what         B.why          C.how           D.whether

6.A.high        B.higher        C.highest        D.the highest

7.A.to read        B.reading       C.to play games    D.playing games

8.A.at times      B.as usual        C.in the end      D.all the time

9.A.found out     B.worked at       C.helped with      D.looked over

10.A.theirs       B.them         C.its              D.it

11.A.another       B.other        C.the other         D.others

12.A.ways         B.questions     C.reports          D.results

13.A.are seen      B.have seen      C.will be seen     D.see

14.A.More or less   B.From now on   C.By the way      D.It seems to us that

15.A.wonderful     B.popular      C.useful          D.Expensive

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要通过对一组年轻人使用家庭电脑的情况调查，说明虽然电脑在年轻人中使用很普遍，但是电脑在汤姆的生活中只是被当作游戏机，却没有其他实际作用。

1.1】考查形容词及语境的理解。common：普遍的，.cheap ：便宜的 ，easy容易的， difficult：困难的。联系下文可知，这里指的是电脑在年轻人中使用很普遍。故选A。

2.……， about指大约。根据语境可知，这里指的是询问了30个14-18周岁的年轻人。故选B。

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6.the lowest user only five hours.”形成对比，指的是使用电脑最高的达到32小时。故应选D。

7.most young people as little more than game machines”的叙述可知，这里指的是所有的孩子都说他们通常使用电脑玩游戏。故游戏C。

8.

9.……，helped with：在某方面帮助， looked over：检查。根据语境，这里指的是只有两个孩子说使用电脑帮助学习。故选C。

10.

11.

12.

13.……当作……。

14.……。根据语境，这里指的是对我们来说似乎电脑在年轻人家中很普遍。故选D。

15.

考点：故事类短文。