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Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.
Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on (登录) less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feelings.
Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.
The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may explain the drop in well-being, researchers hypothesized (假设). Faceless, bodiless “virtual （虚拟的）” comm
unication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
“But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology itself, it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study’s sponsors (发起人).“It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.”
1. It can be learned from the passage that ___________.
A) people having bad feelings spend more time on the Internet.
B) the Internet makes its users psychologically healthy
C) Internet use may cause its users’ depression
D) people use the Internet less frequently than before
2. The fact that the Internet proved less socially healthy than television _________.
A) was what the researchers had expected
B) was contrary to the researchers’ expectations
C) was well understood by the researchers
D) was a puzzle the researchers had solved
3. According to the passage one of the possible reasons why Internet use leads to
a decline in its users’ well-being is that __________.
less is more大学英语课件A) Internet users spend less time with their friends and families
B) Internet users can’t get satisfaction from the Internet
C) the Internet prevents its users from communication with their families
D) people can’t establish lasting relationships with other s on the Internet
4. In the last paragraph Christine Riley points out that as to the decline in Internet
users’ well-being, _____________.
A) the technology itself should be responsible for it
B) it is no fault of the technology itself
C) the blame lies with Internet users
D) the Net itself should take responsibility for it
5. It is suggested in discussing problems caused by Internet use that ______________.
A) Internet users should spend less time on the Internet
B) Internet users should have more conversations with their friends
C) Social factors should be considered in devising applications for technology
D) A wider range of service should be made available.
A subject which seems to have been insufficiently studied by doctors and psychologists is the influence of geography and climate on the psychological and physical health of humankind. There seems no doubt that the general character of landscape, the relative length of day and night, and climate must all play a part in determining what kind of people we are.
It is true that a few studies have been made. Where all the inhabitants of a particular area enjoy exceptionally good or bad health, scientists have identified contributory factors such as the presence or absence of substances like iodine, fluoride, calcium, or iron in the water supply, or perhaps types of land that provide breeding places for pests like mosquitoes or rats.
Moreover, we can all generalize about types of people we have met. Those living in countries with long dark winters are apt to be less talkative and less lively than inhabitants of countries where the climate is more equable. And where olives and oranges grow, the inhabitants are cheerful, talkative, and casual.
But these commonplace generalizations are inadequate: the influence of climate and geography should be studied in depth. Do all mountain dwellers live to a ripe old age? Does the drinking of wine, rather than beer, result in a sunny and open character? Is the strength and height of a Kenyan tribe due to their habitual drinking of the cow blood?
We are not yet sure of the answers to such questions, but let us hope that something beneficial to humankind may eventually result from such studies.

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