Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile – or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University. The experiment is now over but he doesn’t yet know the full findings. However, during the experiment, Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers. He said: “They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms(症状), overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected.” During their 24-hour painful experience, three of the experiment’s guinea pigs had to endure one intrusion(侵扰) from the media: a BBC reporter plus cameraman who followed them around for the day. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops. Elliot Day wrote: “Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.” From Caroline Scott, we read: “I didn’t expect it, but being prevented from the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual… I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but it’s not something I would like to do again!” And Charlotte Gay wrote: “I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile; not only is it a social tool, it’s my main access point of communication.”
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once. And a recent study by Nielson found that on average, US teenagers send and receive over 3,000 texts per month ---that’s about six texts per waking hour. So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?
【小题1】What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

Once, there was a small boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to. And neither would he  16  what they wanted him to after his bath. He preferred  17  clothes, which made him look really funny. But above all, he liked taking his  18 . His parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be much quicker, but the boy didn’t like this, and he would  19  even more.

One day, his parents got so  20  when he refused to dress that they told him to go out with 21  on. The boy didn’t mind that at all,  22  he didn’t wear any clothes, and followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief that nobody could do anything to him.

As the boy stood outside his house, waiting for his parents’ car, along came the local  23  farmer. The farmer was deaf and had very  24  eyesight. Not only that, but also he’d also forgotten to  25  his glasses that day. When he saw the boy’s pink skin, he  26  it for one of his pigs. Shouting and  27 , the farmer forced him into a place where his pigs were  28 .

The boy  29  to go with him and begged him to stop. But the farmer was  30  deaf, so he didn’t know what the boy was  31  at all. The boy was there for a whole day,  32  with the pigs, thought to be a pig, and sharing their  33 .

At last, he was found by his parents. The boy had had such a  34  day that he never again wanted to be mistaken for anything else other than a human being. Now he’s the first to get dressed, and he makes himself  35  everyday. The experience has taught him a good lesson.

1.      A. eat                   B. wear                 C. drink                D. watch

2.      A. unusual             B. proper              C. nice                  D. usual

3.      A. advice              B. chance             C. time                  D. order 

4.      A. bring down        B. hand down        C. settle down      D. slow down

5.      A. angry                B. patient              C. nervous            D. worried

6.      A. anything            B. something         C. nothing            D. everything

7.      A. if                       B. but                    C. or                      D. so

8.      A. sheep               B. pig                    C. chicken             D. cow

9.      A. poor                  B. good                 C. far                     D. perfect

10.  A. put on               B. push up            C. look over          D. take off

11.  A. changed           B. sold                   C. mistook             D. searched

12.  A. rolling                B. pushing             C. blowing             D. dropping

13.  A. killed                 B. found                C. stolen               D. kept

14.  A. refused             B. agreed              C. decided            D. hoped  

15.  A. recently             B. completely        C. slightly              D. suddenly

16.  A. looking at          B. listening to        C. talking about     D. preparing for    

17.  A. living                 B. playing              C. arguing             D. working    

18.  A. garden              B. home                C. trouble              D. feelings 

19.  A. difficuly             B. pleasant            C. terrible              D. wonderful 

20.  A. lovely                B. kind                   C. quiet                 D. clean