Facebook users may feel socially successful in the web world but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams. The majority of students who use Facebook every day are doing badly compared with those who don’t. About 83% of British 16 to 24-year-old people are using social networking site such as Facebook and MySpace, to keep in touch with friends and organize their social activities.
“Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying,” said Aryn Karpinski, a researcher. “Every generation has its distractions(娱乐), but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon.” Karpinski and a colleague questioned 219 US undergraduates and graduates about their study and general Internet use, as well as their specific use of Facebook. They found 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily, checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in(登录) varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour.
Some UK students have already realized the potential danger. Daisy Jones, 21, an undergraduate, realized the time she was spending on Facebook was threatening her grades, urging her to deactivate(使无效) her account, “I was in the library and tried to write a 2,000-word essay when I realized my Facebook habit had got out of hand,” she said. “I couldn’t resist going online, when thinking about it. Before you know it , a couple of minutes have turned into a couple of hours and you haven’t written a word.”
Jones is among the few to have realized the risks. 79% of the users, however, believed the time they spent on the site had no impact on their work. The CEO of Facebook said, “There is also academic research that shows the benefits of services like Facebook. It’s in the hands of students to decide how to spend their time.”
【小题1】What can we know from Paragraph 1?

Facebook users may feel socially successful in the web world but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams. The majority of students who use Facebook every day are doing badly compared with those who don’t. About 83% of British 16 to 24-year-old people are using social networking site such as Facebook and MySpace, to keep in touch with friends and organize their social activities.

“Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying,” said Aryn Karpinski, a researcher. “Every generation has its distractions(娱乐), but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon.” Karpinski and a colleague questioned 219 US undergraduates and graduates about their study and general Internet use, as well as their specific use of Facebook. They found 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily, checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in(登录) varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour.

Some UK students have already realized the potential danger. Daisy Jones, 21, an undergraduate, realized the time she was spending on Facebook was threatening her grades, urging her to deactivate(使无效) her account, “I was in the library and tried to write a 2,000-word essay when I realized my Facebook habit had got out of hand,” she said. “I couldn’t resist going online, when thinking about it. Before you know it , a couple of minutes have turned into a couple of hours and you haven’t written a word.”

Jones is among the few to have realized the risks. 79% of the users, however, believed the time they spent on the site had no impact on their work. The CEO of Facebook said, “There is also academic research that shows the benefits of services like Facebook. It’s in the hands of students to decide how to spend their time.”

1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?

2.Facebook users check their account frequently to ____________.

3.Why did Daisy Jones deactivate her account?

4.What’s the best title of the passage ?

Facebook users may feel socially successful in the web world but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams. The majority of students who use Facebook every day are doing badly compared with those who don’t. About 83% of British 16 to 24-year-old people are using social networking site such as Facebook and MySpace, to keep in touch with friends and organize their social activities.
“Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying,” said Aryn Karpinski, a researcher. “Every generation has its distractions(娱乐), but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon.” Karpinski and a colleague questioned 219 US undergraduates and graduates about their study and general Internet use, as well as their specific use of Facebook. They found 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily, checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in(登录) varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour.
Some UK students have already realized the potential danger. Daisy Jones, 21, an undergraduate, realized the time she was spending on Facebook was threatening her grades, urging her to deactivate(使无效) her account, “I was in the library and tried to write a 2,000-word essay when I realized my Facebook habit had got out of hand,” she said. “I couldn’t resist going online, when thinking about it. Before you know it , a couple of minutes have turned into a couple of hours and you haven’t written a word.”
Jones is among the few to have realized the risks. 79% of the users, however, believed the time they spent on the site had no impact on their work. The CEO of Facebook said, “There is also academic research that shows the benefits of services like Facebook. It’s in the hands of students to decide how to spend their time.”

1. 1.

   What can we know from Paragraph 1?

   1. A.
      All the students who don’t use Facebook do well in exams.
   2. B.
      Social networking sites have both advantages and disadvantages.
   3. C.
      Facebook is the main site for British people to keep in touch.
   4. D.
      Most of British students use social networking sites daily.
2. 2.

   Facebook users check their account frequently to ____________.

   1. A.
      spend less time on study
   2. B.
      make sure new messages aren’t missed
   3. C.
      practise specific use of Facebook
   4. D.
      accumulate amount of time spent on Facebook.
3. 3.

   Why did Daisy Jones deactivate her account?

   1. A.
      She was warned about the risk of using Facebook.
   2. B.
      Spending much time on Facebook affected her study
   3. C.
      She wanted to write a long article in the library.
   4. D.
      There was something wrong with her eyes.
4. 4.

   What’s the best title of the passage ?

   1. A.
      Facebook fans do worse in exams
   2. B.
      Social networking sites and their fans
   3. C.
      Facebook helps organize social activities
   4. D.
      How to use social networking sites correctly.

A detailed study of biological diversity（多样性）in town and city gardens has found that they offer a vital refuge for animals and plants. It has also fund that many of the ideas about wildlife gardening are not  1  .In fact, small gardens are just as good as big gardens at  2  wildlife, suburban gardens are not always better than city gardens and non-native plants are not always harmful to native insects and birds. Britain’s 16,000,000 gardens are a refuge for hundreds of species of animals and plants that would find it 3   to survive on intensively （精细地）farmed land. According to the study, gardens are amazingly varied even compared to   4  environments that are good for wildlife. Small gardens are more interesting  5  they vary a great deal in botanical environment, All the wildlife responds to the variation.

Ken Thompson of Sheffield University was involved n the first detailed study of the  6  living in British gardens when he and his colleagues surveyed 61 gardens in Sheffield. They really found a（n）  7  diversity of plants and animals. They also identified a range of simple   8  that improved a garden’s environment for wildlife. The top thing is to grow more big trees as these greatly  9  the volume of vegetation in the garden and a lot of  10  means a lot of places to live and a lot of things to eat.   11  , create a pond for insects and frogs. Think before stocking it with fish which will eat insect eggs. Also, it is not wise to light up the garden at night with bright lawn lamps, which will  12  many night creatures, Finally, don’t be too tidy: don’t be  13  to clear up everything when the garden stops flowering. Just   14  a bit of things lying around.

To sum up, people who want to turn their gardens into wildlife refuges should  15  and let the grass grow tall, the flowers turn to seed and trees expand skyward.

1．A．true                       B．basic                  C．vivid                    D．simple

2．A．selecting                B．importing            C．offering               D．attracting

3．A．impossible             B．illegal                  C．lucky                   D．convenient

4．A．peaceful                B．warm                 C．natural                 D．clean

5．A．before                   B．unless                 C．but                      D．because

6．A．wildlife                  B．men                    C．germ                   D．pet

7．A．confusing              B．complete             C．surprising            D．orderly

8．A．measures               B．standards            C．services               D．functions

9．A．occupy                  B．increase              C．limit                    D．reduce

10．A．vegetation            B．reservation          C．preparation           D．decoration

11．A．By contrast          B．As a result           C．In other words     D．In addition

12．A．block                   B．disturb                C．benefit                 D．protect

13．A．in a mess             B．in a way              C．in a hurry             D．in a while

14．A．forget                  B．remove               C．avoid                   D．leave

15．A．escape                 B．relax                   C．strive                   D．retire

 Retail therapy（购物疗法）has long been considered as a good way to let off stress. Now, US scientists have discovered not only does retail therapy exist，but that it could be caused by an individual's fear of sudden death.

    Researchers found materialistic people thought terrorism and war more stressful than others.

    Psychologists believe the rise of materialism around the world and its treatment effect on extreme stress might be a response to fear of death caused by acts of terrorism, disease and natural disasters.

    The scientists from Michigan State University said people with possession obsessions（妄想）often have lower self-esteem than others so are more likely to shop as the result of severe psychological suffering.

    Ayalla Ruvio，a business professor studying people's shopping habits while rockets fell in Israel, said, "When the going gets tough, the materialistic people go shopping. This stress spending is likely to produce even greater stress and lower well-being. Essentially, materialism appears to make bad events even worse.

    Dr Ruvio led a two-part study of Israeli citizens living in a town that came under extreme rocket attacks for about six months in 2007. She compared 139 residents of the southern town with 170 from another town that was not under attack to see how their symptoms of post-traumatic stress and shopping habits varied. Dr Ruvio found that, when faced with a deadly threat, those who are highly materialistic suffered much higher levels of stress，while their tendency to shop was increased.

    Dr Ruvio said, "The relationship between materialism and stress may be more harmful than commonly thought.”

    The second stage of their research surveyed 855 Americans about their materialistic nature and fear of death. They found shopping was used to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety about death but this was in response to fear of a variety of life-threatening events like car accidents, criminal attacks and natural disasters.

1.Which of the following opinion is NOT right according to the text?

A. Terrorism is believed to easily cause the rise of materialism.

B. The materialistic find terrorism and war more stressful than others.

C. The scientists think possession obsessions help people get self-respect.

D. The scientists think people with possession obsessions suffer a lot mentally.

2.Why did Dr Ruvio choose to study the two groups of Israeli citizens mentioned in the passage?

A. They enjoy the special shopping culture.

B. The stresses they face are usually deadly.

C. They are in different situation in terms of war.

D. They are usually active participants for researchers.

3.What's the result about Dr Ruvio's research?

A. Impulsive spending does good to people's health.

B. Shopping can't lower one's stress as it is expected.

C. Faced with great stress, people feel hopeless for life.

D. Faced with threat，people's wish to shop will decrease.

4.Which of the following events threaten people's life?

①Greater stress; ②Car accidents; ③Criminal attacks；. ④Natural disasters;

A.①②③ B.②③④ C.①②④ D.①③④

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Greater stress can lead to shopping.

B. Greater stress can cause a lot of diseases

C. Shopping is very important in people's life.

D. Can shopping reduce the stress and relieve the fear of death?