“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．”

“I often check my e-mail forty times a day．”

“I often spend more than tree hours during one time on the net．”

“I spend more time in chat rooms（聊天室）than with my real-life friends．”

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（瘾）called Internet addiction．Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online very week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug（毒品） use．People lose contro1（控制） of the time they spend on the Internet．

For example, one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried, and they called the police．The police found the student in the' computer lab; He was surfing the net for several days straight．

Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users became addicted．And people worry about the teenagers because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them．They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family．

Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）：

＊ You do not go to important family activities or you do not go to school or work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．

＊ You can't wait for your next online time．

＊ You plan to spend a short time on line, but then you spend several hours．You go out with your friends less and less．

1．What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．What an Internet addict usually does．         B．How to become an Internet addict．

C．Where to find an Internet addict．                D．Why to write this passage．

2．How does the writer describe the addicts' use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs．             B．It is a way of producing drugs．

C．It is like taking drugs．                               D．It is terrible to imagine．

3．The example in the passage shows that                ．

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicted

4．What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A．Don't be addicted the Internet．

B．Go to family activities more often．

C．Do things as you have planned．

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible．

Dear Bill，

    I'm a middle school student now．I’m very  1  to come to this new school．I have new teachers  2  many more friends．They are all very friendly and   3  ．

   I often get up at 6：30 in the morning．  4  I have breakfast at 7：00．I usually go to school at 7：15．Our classes  5  at 8：00．We have Math，Chinese，Science and English lessons 6 8：00 to 11：40．In the afternoon，we have other lessons  7  Music，Art，P．E．and Computer．I often  8  with my classmates after 5：00．I like playing basketball，football，tennis and volleyball．I go  9  and do my homework．I have dinner at 7：00 p．m． 10  dinner, I often watch TV. I go to bed at about l 0：00．I enjoy my day very much．

                                                              With love from

                                                                 Nancy

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