第一节 完形填空(共20题,每题1.5分,共30分)
This report presents facts of home computer used by a group of young people. It is a common belief that teenagers today know about 1 and are familiar 2 using them in all their lives. We decided to try to 3 if this was true.
We questioned thirty people between 1 and 18. All the teenagers we 4 said they had computers at home. We asked them how much time they spent on their computers in an average week, 5 we were most interested in 6 they used their computers 7 .
The average time 8 on a computer in a week was about 12 hours, with the highest user average 32 hours and the lowest user 9 5 hours. There was 10 important difference between boys and girls.
All of the people questioned said they regularly used the computer to 11 games. Fourteen told us they did some word-progressing at home, but not very much. Only two said that computers 12 them with their studies, 13 eight people told us they kept address and telephone numbers on their computers 14 used them writing diaries. Only three people said they were learning to program computers. But 15 of the people used their computers for 16 purpose.
The results make it known that average computer use is quite high 17 teenagers. They also show quite clearly that computers are seen by most young people 18 little more than game machine. The only important uses are for word-procession and organizing address lists. It 19 to us that, although computers are popular with British youths, they have not 60 become useful tools in their daily life.
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3. A. find out B. discover C. watch D. notice
4. A. elected B. found C. chose D. saw
5. A. and B. so C. for D. but