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This report shows something of home computers used by a group of young people . It is a common idea that children today know about computers and have a good knowledge of using them in all sides of their lives .

We decided to try to find out whether this was true .

We asked thirty young people between 14 and 18 . All the children said they had computers at home . We asked them how much time they usually spent on their computers in a week , but we were most interested in what they used their computers for.

The average time spent on a computer in a week was 12 hours , with the highest user about 30 hours and the lowest user only 5 hours . There were no differences between boys and girls .

All the children said they usually used their computers to play games . Fourteen told us they did some word-processing（文字处理）at home , but not very much . Only three of them said that computers helped them with their studies , and nine people told us that they kept addresses and telephone numbers on their computers , or used them as diaries . Only four people said that they were learning to make programmes , and nobody looked up date-bases（数据库）（other than their address list）. None of the people used their computers for any other use . The diagram（图表）below gives all the results one by one .

HOME COMPUTER USE

COMPUTER  USE

The results show that computer use is quite high among 14—18 years old children . They also show quite clearly that computers are used by most young people as little more than game machines . The only other great uses are for word-processing and keeping address lists . It seems to us that , though computers are common in the homes of young people , they have not yet

become useful in everyday life .

1. In the last paragraph the underlined words “ little more than ” means        .

A. almost the same as  B. less than  C. a little more than   D. different from

2. In the diagram , the letter “ d ” shows        .

A. only two children spent 30 hours on their computers a day

B. three children spent about 12 hours on their computers in a week

C. the number of children who spent the least time on their computers in a week

D. the number of children who spent their time learning to make programmes

3. From this passage we can also find that       .

A. boys spent more time on their computers than girls did

B. girls spent more time on their computers than boys did

C. 12 hours on computers in a week is the average time for the observed children

D. one of the children spent over 30 hours on his computer in a week

4. According to the diagram , which one of the following statements is right ?

A. The number which “ b ” stands for should be 14 .

B. Put all the numbers from “ b ” to “ e ”together , and the number should just be 30 .

C. The number which “ c ” stands for should be below line 5 .

D. The number which “ f ” stands for should be 0 .

5. According to this report ,         .

A. only children aged from 14 to 18 use their computers at home

B. people should do more to help children know what their computers are mainly used for

C. children should not play computer games

D. children can’t do their lessons with the help of their computers

【回答】

1A 2D 3C 4D 5B

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