完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
It’s 10:30 p.m., and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise (1)____ him up. Naturally, Brandon (2) ____ his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “R U awake?”
The (3) ____ text does not annoy Brandon since he gets frequent (4) ____ and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Brandon’s use of (5) ____ doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles（控制台）in his room. With so many (6) ____, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every (7) ____ minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly (8) ____. According to a recent study by TFK, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using (9) ____ devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day (10) ____, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.
The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. “These devices have opened up many more (11) ____ for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line before the cashier,” says Rideout.
Often, kids (12) ____, or use more than one device at a time. “If you’ve got a chance to do something on your (13) ____ and take a phone call and have the TV on at the same time, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says. Most experts agree technology has much to (34) ____ kids. But some worry the kids could be (15) ____ other (16) ____ like playing outside or (17) ____ with friends. “It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson.
Multitasking while (18) ____ is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you should (19) ____ one thing deeply,” says Rideout.
With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use (20) ____ is more important than ever. “Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “But parents might have to step in sometimes.”
| 小题1: | | A．wakes | B．takes | C．makes | D．gets |
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| 小题2: | | A．reaches for | B．takes out | C．puts out | D．turn off |
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| 小题3: | | A．early | B．afternoon | C．morning | D．night |
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| 小题4: | | A．books | B．messages | C．letters | D．passages |
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| 小题5: | | A．cell phones | B．papers | C．technology | D．words |
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| 小题6: | | A．friends | B．assignments | C．devices | D．interrupts |
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| 小题7: | | A．working | B．speaking | C．sleeping | D．waking |
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| 小题8: | | A．happy | B．alone | C．tired | D．worried |
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| 小题9: | | A．electric | B．useful | C．electronic | D．fashionable |
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| 小题10: | | A．on average | B．in total | C．for fun | D．without stop |
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| 小题11: | | A．jobs | B．machines | C．rooms | D．opportunities |
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| 小题12: | | A．like | B．enjoy | C．hate | D．multitask |
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| 小题13: | | A．computer | B．desk | C．own | D．time |
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| 小题14: | | A．employ | B．offer | C．attract | D．tell |
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| 小题15: | | A．setting up | B．missing out | C．working with | D．relying on |
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| 小题16: | | A．methods | B．ways | C．chances | D．activities |
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| 小题17: | | A．helping out | B．fighting with | | C．hanging out | D．looking after |
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| 小题18: | | A．listening to music | B．watching TV | | C．using phone call | D．doing homework |
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| 小题19: | | A．looking for | B．concentrate on | | C．staring at | D．writing down |
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| 小题20: | | A．in check | B．at the same time | C．more often | D．less often |
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