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 email and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannotstop, 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 hooked on 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.
小题1: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小题2:The underlined word “obsessional” in the second paragraph most probably means _______．
A．attractive
B．addictive
C．professional
D．potential小题3:We can infer from the passage that __________．
A．weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers
B．students can hardly balance real and virtual life
C．people are addicted to games on the Internet
D．virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway小题4:Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?
A．It contributes to the development of the web．
B．The chat room language may change social culture．
C．The problem will be getting more and more serious later．
D．People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life．小题5:The author's attitude towards weboholism is that of being________.
A．optimistic
B．positive
C．negative
D．acceptable
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
题目分析：本文讲述了现代生活里网络对人的影响已经到了很大的程度，很多年轻人沉溺与网络，不能在现实生活和虚拟网络中得到平衡，而且这个问题会更严重。
小题1:主旨大意题。根据文章第一段内容可知在现代生活里网络对人的影响已经到了很大的程度了，接下来的几段都做了详细的说明，故D项正确。
小题2:猜词题。根据文章第一段内容可知，尤其是They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit.说明现在的年轻人在网络上所花的时间非常多，而且沉迷于其中，故该词是指上瘾的，故B项正确。
小题3:推断题。根据第三段后三行this addiction influences their grades and success at schools. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.说明网络已经大大影响了年轻人的社交生活，影响了他们的学习和生活，也就是说年轻人的学习和生活没有得到平衡，故B项正确。
小题4:细节题。根据文章2,3，4三段内容可知聊天的语言也许已经影响了社交的文化，这个问题会变得越来越严重，沉浸于网络的人在现实生活中可能不积极，只有A项说它能导致网络的发展，不够准确。故A项符合要求。
小题5:态度意图题。通篇文章都是在说明网络的劣势，说明网络对年轻人的负面影响，可以体现出作者对Weboholism持有反对的态度。故C正确。
