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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