★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have named this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.
★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the  report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.
★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.
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What does “infomania” refer to according to the first part of the text?

★The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana(大麻). Psychologists say that sending/receiving messages or looking through the many menu options your mobile phone has, lowers a person’s IQ by almost 10 points. British researchers have named this situation “infomania”. Instead of fixed on what they are doing, people’s minds are constantly focused on reacting to the technology surrounding them. This means they don’t pay full attention to the work they are paid to do. The report also added that the brain can not do so many things at once. If you try to do too many things, mistakes begin to occur. And while modern technology can have huge benefits, too much use can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social life.

★The more televisions 4-year-old children watch, the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a newest U.S. study said. At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the  report from the University of Washington. Researchers also found gaps in learning and understanding such things as social skills early in life makes it more difficult for children to relate with other children. Watching violence on television leads to aggressive behavior.

★You could soon be able to add your favorite perfume to your e-mails. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people send e-mails over the Internet with sweet smell. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest says it could be used by supermarkets to attract people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of sun-kissed beachers.

1..

 What does “infomania” refer to according to the first part of the text?

A. A situation in which a person uses his mobile phone too much.

B. A situation in which a person has his IQ lowered using his mobile phone.

C. A situation in which a person performs badly at work..

D. A situation in which a person lowers his IQ using his mobile phone improperly.

2..

 According to the second part of the text, _____ are less likely to become bullies.

   A. children whose parents care about them

   B. children whose parents give them more freedom

   C. children whose parents direct them over watching TV

   D. children whose parents stop them watching TV

3..

 The children who watch TV  frequently will not ______.

   A. be aggressive                 

B. be likely to become bullies

   C. have difficulty in communicating with other children

   D. understand socially skills as easily

4..

 The new system provided by Telewest Broadband can _____.

   A. be used as a kind of air freshener

B. make people have imagination of sun kissed beachers

C. make people smell fresh bread

D. make e-mails smelly over the Internet

In the future your automobile will run on water instead of gas! You will be able to buy a supercomputer that fits in your pocket! You might even drive a flying car!

       Not all past predictions have been proven wrong. A few of them have been surprisingly accurate. Some great thinkers predicted the arrival of the credit card, the fax machine and even the internet years before they happened. But for each prediction that has come true, some others have missed by a mile. Many of these predictions didn’t consider how people would want to use the technology. Or if people really needed it in their lives or not. Let’s look at some predictions from the not-too-distant past.

       Robot Helpers

       Where’s the robot in my kitchen? Nowhere, of course. And he’s probably not coming anytime soon. Robots do exist today, but mostly in factories and other working environments.

       Back in the 1950s, however, people said that by now personal robots would be in most people’s homes.

       So why hasn’t happened? Maybe because robots are still too expensive and clumsy. And probably the idea of robots cooking our dinners and washing our clothes is just too strange. At home we seem to be doing fine without them.

       Telephones of tomorrow?

       In 1964 an American company introduced the video telephone. They said by the year 2000 most people would have a video phone in their homes. But of course the idea hasn’t caught on yet.

       Why? The technology worked fine, but it overlooked something obvious: people desire for privacy. Would you want to have a video phone conversation with someone after you just stepped out of the shower?

       Probably not--it could be uncomfortable! Just because technology doesn’t always mean people will want to use it.

       And finally, how about that crazy prediction of the flying car? It’s not so crazy any more! But a flying car remains one of the most wonderful technology ideas to catch our imagination. Keep watching the news or perhaps the sky outside your window to see what the future will bring.

1．The passage mainly deals with______.

       A．predictions that can catch our imagination

       B．predictions that haven’t come true

       C．new technology can benefit our life

       D．predictions that have come true

2．According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A．Technology doesn’t always mean people will want to use it.

       B．Predictions don’t need to consider people’s practical use of the technology.

       C．Not all the high-tech things people thought we’d be using by now are widely used

       D．High-tech things are not always convenient to people’s life.

3．Robot Helpers haven’t been used in most people’s homes because______.

       A．using the kind of robots at home is simply a waste of time and money

       B．the kind of robots hasn’t been developed yet

       C．people find it difficult to control the kind of robots

       D．the kind of robots won’t bring people practical use

4．How does the writer find the flying car?

       A．It is too difficult to imagine              B．It is too crazy an idea to realize

       C．It is likely to appear in the future         D．It has been the focus of the news

Have you ever been frustrated （沮丧的） when left talking to yourself after your mobile phone battery runs out in the middle of a call?

If yes, then here comes some good news. Scientists are now perfecting a way to recharge （充电） electrical equipment while on the move.

Researchers from the Netherlands, France and Portugal announced last week that they have developed very thin solar panels （太阳能板） that can be put on clothes. They can also be added to furniture and rooftops. They change light from the sun into electricity.

In about three years, you'll be able to wear a jacket that will recharge your phone as you walk. For camping fans, the development could lead to a tent which charges batteries all day so you can have light or music at night.

The basic technology of wearable solar panels is the same as that used for conventional （传统的） solar panels. Pairs of sheets of semi-conducting silicon （半导体硅） are linked together to form the panel.

But scientists made them much thinner by using different silicon. At one micro-metre, they are the same thickness as photographic film.

"This technology will make it easier for people to use clean energy sources," said Gerrit Kroesen, a physicist in the Netherlands who led the team of scientists.

But the thin panels are not as efficient as the thicker ones. While some solar panels now operate at an efficiency of about 20 per cent, the new flexible （柔韧的） panels are only 7 per cent efficient. But the scientists believe that this is worth accepting for a stronger and more useful panel.

But the thinner panel is cheaper. An A4 sized panel put onto the back of a jacket costs less than US$13. It could charge a cellphone during a summer walk in the countryside. As long as you stay within range of the transmitting masts （发射天线） that relay a call to the networks, phones will never again run out of power.

1. What is the meaning of the phrase "on the move" in paragraph 2?

      A. Taking a course of action.                    B. Going from one place to another.

      C. Changing clothes before moving.            D. Changing the mobile phone battery.

2. What is the passage mainly about?

      A. A new kind of chargeable battery.        B. A way to recharge electrical equipment.

      C. A new type of mobile phone.            D. A use of mobile phones.

3. What is the most important in the development of the technology?

      A. Photographic film.                              B. Warmer clothes.

      C. Furniture and rooftops.                        D. Thin flexible solar panels.

4. What is NOT likely to happen in the future?

      A. You can listen to music in a campsite using the electricity from sunshine.

      B. Your mobile phone battery runs out in the middle of a call.

      C. You wear a jacket that will recharge your phone.

      D. You can change light from the sun into electricity.