Question

A. according toB. studyC. because ofD. messages  E stop

   Many people use their mobile phones as the alarm clock and are more used to checking emails before sleeping. However， these habits are becoming sleeping problems.

  Several years ago， my boss used to stay up working on her mobile phone and got badly ill  1.that. Now she always leaves her phone in another room at night. And she encourages friends to do so. "I sent each of my friends the same Christmas gift - an alarm clock so that they could  2.  using their phones as the alarm clock" she said.

  If your mobile phone wakes you up in the morning. it may also be keeping you up at night. A survey in 2008 showed that people in mobile phone radiation(辐射) mostly had sleeping problems. And 3. a Swedish study， a quarter of young people in this country feel like there must be phones around them. Most of them feel sorry for not returning messages. So they even have to reply to their friends before sleeping.

So what kind of people prefer to use mobile phones in their bedrooms? A recent 4. has shown that three-quarter people aged between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them. That number falls off a bit in middle age. Only people aged 65 and older are used to leaving the phone in another room while sleeping.

Answer

1.C

2.E

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：根据调查年轻人更喜欢在卧室使用手机。而人们把手机当作闹钟或在睡觉之前接收邮件等会造成睡眠问题，这是个不好的习惯。

1.C根据句意：几年前，我老板熬夜使用手机，因为那事患了严重的病。because of 因为，后跟单词或短语。故选C。

2.E根据句意：我给我每个朋友同样的圣诞礼物——一个闹钟， 这样他们可以停止使用手机作为闹钟了。stop动词，停止；stop doing停止做某事。故选E。

3.A根据句意：根据瑞典的一项研究中，在这个国家四分之一的年轻人觉得必须有手机在周围。according to根据。故填A。

4.B根据句意：最近的一项研究表明， 在18岁到34岁之间的四分之三的人喜欢睡觉时手机靠近他们。study名词，研究。故填：B。

考点：考查单词填空。