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A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century
disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They
spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects
their lives.
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could
affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessional behavior has affected teenagers
and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become addicted to computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this
situation. They spend all free time surfing and don't concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences
their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there.
Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends
changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they
speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.
Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with
their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their
life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have
known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the
world.
1. The author's attitude towards weboholism is that of being ______.
A. friendly
B. oppositive
C. positive
D. tolerant
2. The main idea of the passage is about _______.
A. the cause of weboholism
B. the advantage of weboholism
C. the popularity of weboholism
D. the influence of weboholism
3. The underlined word "obsessional" in the second paragraph most probably means"______".
A. addictive
B. professional
C. attractive
D. hidden
4. We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers
B. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway
C. people are addicted to games on the Internet
D. students can hardly balance real and virtual life
