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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.”

1.                A．wakes          B．takes           C．makes    D．gets

 

2.                A．reaches for      B．takes out        C．puts out D．turn off

 

3.                A．early           B．afternoon       C．morning D．night

 

4.                A．books          B．messages        C．letters    D．passages

 

5.                A．cell phones      B．papers          C．technology    D．words

 

6.                A．friends         B．assignments      C．devices   D．interrupts

 

7.                A．working        B．speaking        C．sleeping D．waking

 

8.                A．happy          B．alone          C．tired     D．worried

 

9.                A．electric         B．useful          C．electronic D．fashionable

 

10.               A．on average      B．in total         C．for fun    D．without stop

 

11.               A．jobs           B．machines       C．rooms     D．opportunities

 

12.               A．like            B．enjoy          C．hate D．multitask

 

13.               A．computer       B．desk           C．own D．time

 

14.               A．employ         B．offer           C．attract    D．tell

 

15.               A．setting up       B．missing out      C．working with    D．relying on

 

16.               A．methods        B．ways           C．chances   D．activities

 

17.                                A．helping out B．fighting with

C．hanging out                       D．looking after

 

18.                                A．listening to music B．watching TV

C．using phone call                   D．doing homework

 

19.                                A．looking for B．concentrate on

C．staring at                         D．writing down

 

20.               A．in check        B．at the same time C．more often     D．less often