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3．Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices，while driving，walking，shopping，even sitting in toilets．When connected electronically，they are away from physical reality．
People have been influenced to become technology addicted．One survey reported that"addicted"was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices．One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep，cigarettes and alcohol．
The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products，not to actually improve our quality of life．They have successfully created a cultural disease．Consumers willingly give up their freedom，money and time to catch up on the latest information，to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern．
I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology，where they serve technology more than technology serves them．I call this technology servitude．I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money．
What is a healthy use of technology devices？That is the vital question．Who is really in charge of my life？That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology．When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week，then we can regain control and personal freedom，become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology．Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that"too much of a good thing is wonderful．"But it's time to discover that it does not work for technology．
Richard Fernandez，an executive coach at Google acknowledged that"we can be swept away by our technologies．"To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology．
25．The underlined word"allure"in Paragraph 2probably meansB．
A．advantage      
B．attraction      
C．adaption          
D．attempt
26．From the pasage，technology companies aim toA．
A．attract people to buy their products             
B．provide the latest information
C．improve people's quality of life              
D．deal with cultural diseases
27．It can be inferred from this passage that peopleD．
A．consider too much technology wonderful
B．have realized the harm of high-tech devices
C．can regain freedom without high-tech devices
D．may enjoy life better without overused technology
28．What's the author's attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices？C
A．Neutral．
B．Doubtful        
C．Disapproving．
D．Sympathetic．

分析 文中讲述人们过度使用科技的弊端，反对大众对科技的过度依赖．

解答 BADC
25． B 词义猜测题． 根据第二段提到 One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep，cigarettes and alcohol．一个研究表明，人们不能抵抗现代媒体的吸引，所以选 B 项．
 26． A 细节理解题． 根据第二段提到 People have been influenced to become technology addicted．One survey reported that"addicted"was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices．可知科技公司的目的是让人 们来买他的产品，故选 A 项．
 27． D 细节推断题． 根据最后一段提到 To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology．可推断出人们如果不过度的依 赖科技，可以更好地享受生活，故选 D 项．
 28．C 推理判断题．根据倒数第二段提到 When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week，then we can regain control and personal freedom，become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology．作者对于高科技的过度依赖持反对的态度，故选 C 项．

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B．Being Exposed to One Chemicals Is Dangerous
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