EverywhereIlookoutsidemyhomeIseepeoplebusyontheirhigh-techdevices，whiledriving，walking，shopping，evensittingintoilets．Peoplehavebeeninfluencedtobecometechnologyaddicted．Onestudyfoundthatpeoplehadahardertimeresistingthe allure ofsocialmediathantheydidforsleep，cigarettesandalcohol．

Themaingoaloftechnologycompaniesistogetpeopletospendmoremoneyandtimeontheirproducts，nottoactuallyimproveourqualityoflife．Theyhavesuccessfullycreatedaculturaldisease．Consumerswillinglygiveuptheirfreedom，moneyandtimetocatchuponthelatestinformation，tokeeppacewiththeirpeersortoappearmodern．

Iseepeopletrappedinapathological（病态的）relationshipwithtime-suckingtechnology，wheretheyservetechnologymorethantechnologyservesthem．Icallthistechnologyservitude（奴役）．Iamreferringtoalossofpersonalfreedomandindependencebecauseofuncontrolledconsumptionofmanykindsofdevicesthateatuptimeandmoney．

Whatisahealthyuseoftechnologydevices？Thatisthevitalquestion．Whoisreallyinchargeofmylife？Thatiswhatpeopleneedtoaskthemselvesifwearetohaveanychanceofbreakingupfalsebeliefsabouttheiruseoftechnology．Whenwecanlivehappilywithoutusingsomuchtechnologyforadayoraweek，thenwecanregaincontrolandpersonalfreedom，becomethemasteroftechnologyanddiscoverwhatthereistoenjoyinlifefreeoftechnology．MaeWestisfamousforproclaiming（声明） thewisdomthat"toomuchofagoodthingiswonderful．"Butit'stimetodiscoverthatitdoesnotworkfortechnology．

RichardFernandez，anexecutivecoachatGoogleacknowledgedthat"wecanbesweptawaybyourtechnologies．"Tobreakthegranddigitalconnection，peoplemustconsiderhowlifelongagocouldbefantasticwithouttoday'soverusedtechnology．

25．Theunderlinedword"allure"inParagraph2probablymeans___．

A．advantage B．adaption C．attraction D．addiction

26．Fromthepassage，technologycompaniesaimto___．

A．dealwithculturaldiseases

B．providethelatestinformation

C．improvepeople'squalityoflife

D．drawpeople'sattentiontotheirprodu