八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）
AREyoupartofthe“ThumbGeneration”?Theanswerisclear–ifyoucommunicatebytheuseofcellphone...
ARE you part of the “Thumb Generation”?
The answer is clear – if you communicate by the use of cell phones and text messages, then yes, you are go in for an activity that has swept teenagers all over the world. According to the Nielsen Company, your American friends sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages a month, almost 80 messages a day. When your thumb types quickly on your mobile, have you ever thought about why you are obsessed(缠住，迷住)with it? Michael Hausauer, a psychotherapist (心理医生) in California, US, told the New York Times that teenagers had a “great interest in knowing what’s going on in the lives of their friends”. For that reason, he said, the rapid rise in texting has possibility for great advantage and great harm. “Texting can be a huge tool,” he told the paper. “It offers friendship and the promise of connectedness. At the same time, texting can make a youngster feel overly exposed(无掩蔽的；暴露的).” Text message may be an effective communication’s channel among teenagers, but according to Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who has studied teenage texting habits in Boston for three years, it might be causing a change in the way teenagers develop.
For one thing, adolescence(青春期) is the period when teenagers break free from their parents to grow into adults. “But if technology makes staying in touch very, very easy, that’s harder to do.” said Turkle. “Now you have teenagers who are texting their mothers 15 times a day, asking things like, ‘Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?’ ”
She also believes a mobile that vibrates (振动) every couple of minutes makes it difficult to get any peace and quiet. And physically, thumbs are the most obvious victims (受害者). Too much texting could lead to short-term or lasting hurt to the thumbs.(330)
65. Do teenagers often communicate by text messages?
66. Why are the teenagers crazy about texting massages with their friends?
67. According Sherry Turkle, what might be the result of teenage texting habits?
68. How many disadvantages of texting messages between the teenagers?
69. By writing this passage, what does the writer want to tell us? 展开
The answer is clear – if you communicate by the use of cell phones and text messages, then yes, you are go in for an activity that has swept teenagers all over the world. According to the Nielsen Company, your American friends sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages a month, almost 80 messages a day. When your thumb types quickly on your mobile, have you ever thought about why you are obsessed(缠住，迷住)with it? Michael Hausauer, a psychotherapist (心理医生) in California, US, told the New York Times that teenagers had a “great interest in knowing what’s going on in the lives of their friends”. For that reason, he said, the rapid rise in texting has possibility for great advantage and great harm. “Texting can be a huge tool,” he told the paper. “It offers friendship and the promise of connectedness. At the same time, texting can make a youngster feel overly exposed(无掩蔽的；暴露的).” Text message may be an effective communication’s channel among teenagers, but according to Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who has studied teenage texting habits in Boston for three years, it might be causing a change in the way teenagers develop.
For one thing, adolescence(青春期) is the period when teenagers break free from their parents to grow into adults. “But if technology makes staying in touch very, very easy, that’s harder to do.” said Turkle. “Now you have teenagers who are texting their mothers 15 times a day, asking things like, ‘Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?’ ”
She also believes a mobile that vibrates (振动) every couple of minutes makes it difficult to get any peace and quiet. And physically, thumbs are the most obvious victims (受害者). Too much texting could lead to short-term or lasting hurt to the thumbs.(330)
65. Do teenagers often communicate by text messages?
66. Why are the teenagers crazy about texting massages with their friends?
67. According Sherry Turkle, what might be the result of teenage texting habits?
68. How many disadvantages of texting messages between the teenagers?
69. By writing this passage, what does the writer want to tell us? 展开
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