AreyouamediaaddictwhowouldgomadaftertwohourswithoutTV,friendrequests,excitingonlinegamesandyourmobile-orwouldyoueasilysurvive?
Recently,universitystudentsaroundtheworldwereaskedtovolunteerinaglobalexperimentcalledUnplugged.Itwasdesignedtoseehowyoungpeoplewouldreactiftheywereaskedtoobserveatotalmediaban (禁令)byunplugging (切断,拨掉)allformsofmediadevicesfor24hours.
UnpluggedisbeingrunbyDrRomanGerodimos,alecturerinCommunicationandJournalismatBournemouthUniversity.DrGerodimossaidtherewerealreadysignsofhowmuchtheexerciseaffectedvolunteers."They'rereportingwithdrawalsymptoms (脱瘾症状),overeating,feelingnervous,lonelyanddisconnected."
Duringthe24-hourexperiment,threeoftheexperiment'sguineapigshadtobearoneintrusion (侵扰)fromthemedia:aBBCreporterandcameramanwhofollowedthemaroundfortheday.Theywereaskedtowritedown100linesabouttheirdayoffline,butofcourse,theyallwaiteduntilthenextdaywhentheyhadaccesstotheirlaptops.
ElliotDaywrote:‘Today,mywholemorningroutine (常规)wasthrownupintotheair______.Despitebeingawareofthesocialimportanceofthemedia,Iwassurprisedbyhowemptymylifefeltwithouttheradioornewspapers."
AndCharlotteGaywrote:"Ihavetosaythemostdifficultitemformetobewithouthasbeenmymobile; notonlyisitasocialtool,it'smymainaccesspointofcommunication."
Earlierintheyear,aUKgovernmentstudyfoundthatintheUKwespendabouthalfourwakinghoursusingthemedia,oftenpluggedintoseveralthingsatonce.
So,withtechnologycontinuingtodevelopatanalarmingrate,howmuchtimewillyousetasideforsleepinthefuture?
45.What'sthepurposeofthefirstparagraph?___
A.Toaskforinformation.
B.Toentertainthereaders.
C.Toleadtothetopic.
D.Topresentanidea.
46.AboutDr.RomanGerodimos'experiment,weknowthat___.
A.volunteersfeltuncomfortableinit
B.threepigswereincludedinit
C.aBBCreporterdiscussedtheexperiment
D.volunteerswereallowedtotaketheirlaptops
47.Theunde