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Television: The Latest Addiction

A

Everyone has heard of addictions to drugs , cigarettes , alcohol , and evengambling. But can people become addicted to television？ If so , how can anaddiction to television damage a person life？

B

It's very easy to understand how an addiction to cigarettes , drugs , oralcohol can be very damaging to a person life. Cigarettes can cause illnesseslike cancer and emphysema ,a lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. Inaddition to being bad for your health ,alcohol and drugs can impair your abilityto think clearly and behave responsibly. These substances can cause your life toslowly fall apart. In the worst cases ,alcohol and drug addicts can lose theirfriends , families , jobs , and homes.

C

But how can watching too much television be harmful to your life and health？One way is that it can start a cycle of bad feelings. According to one study ,people who watch the most TV already suffer from anxiety or loneliness. WatchingTV makes them feel relaxed and helps them forget about their feelings for awhile. But the study found that while people did relax while watching television, the feelings of relaxation disappeared after they stopped watching , and thepeople felt worse than they did when they started watching TV. Therefore , theywanted to watch more television so they could continue to forget their badfeelings. All this TV watching kept them from doing things that could actuallymake them feel better , like exercising ,participating in hobbies , reading ,orspending time with friends and family.

D

Another way TV watching can be harmful is , like the addictions mentionedabove , TV can cause you to neglect your life. The more you watch , the more youwant to watch , and after a while , TV replaces real experiences. TV addictsstop talking to their families , don' t exercise , don' t see their friends ,and don' t learn new things. Basically , TV addicts stop experiencing life.

E

The harmful effects of TV addiction may not be as obvious as those ofcigarette ,drug ,or alcohol addiction ,but TV addiction can take a person' slife away. If you think that excessive TV watching is not harmful , keep trackof how much TV you watch every day , and think about all the other things youcould be doing during those wasted hours.

Questions 1-5 Choose the best answer(A , B , C or D)for each question.

1. What is the main idea of this article？()

A. TV addictions are more dangerous than cigarette , alcohol ,and drugaddictions.

B. TV addiction is not harmful to your life at all.

C. TV addiction can be harmful to your life.

D. People watch a lot of TV, but there is no such thing as a TVaddiction.

2. According to the article ,one way cigarette smoking can be harmful to yourlife is that________.()

A. it can make you neglect your friends and family

B. it can cause you to lose more and more money until you become obsessed

C. it smells bad, so people won't want to spend time with you

D. it can cause serious health problems

3. According to the article one way drug and alcohol addiction can be harmfulis that________.()

A. you can get emphysema,a disease of the lungs

B. addicts spend all their time trying to put their lives back together

C. it keeps addicts from doing things that make them feel better,likeexercising

D. drugs and alcohol keep addicts from thinking clearly and beingresponsible

4. According to a study ,the people who watch the most TV________.()

A. like to watch shows that teach them new things

B. already feel bad about themselves and their lives

C. also spend the most time exercising

D. don't have jobs

5. Television addicts probably________.()

A. are not healthy and physically fit

B. only watch shows that they really enjoy

C. feel better about themselves after relaxing in front of the TV

D. spend a lot of time with their friends